Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1260. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made to put in place a fully State-funded defects remediation scheme to tackle fire safety, water ingress and serious structural defects in apartments and duplexes across the State; and how will owners be fully reimbursed for the costs of remediating such defects in the past or in the immediate future.. [19957/25]

1261. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a building standards regulatory authority with sufficient resources to ensure regulatory compliance through regular on-the-ground inspections will be set up to ensure that major defects seen in Celtic Tiger-era apartment complexes will not be repeated. [19958/25]

1464. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is taking the Social Welfare Appeals Office nearly two years to make a section 318 decision in the case of a person (details supplied); and his views on whether it is reasonable that a decision be made promptly to allow the person’s family to sort out their deceased mother’s affairs. [20611/25]

1593. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice when the amending legislation will be introduced to reform the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and if it will include a regulator for OMCs and deal with governance of OMCs, dispute resolution, service charges and the need for sinking funds for apartment blocks. [19960/25]

1918. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of the Farrelly Report when the promised robust adult safeguarding legislation will be introduced to ensure social workers can adequately protect and support adults at risk of abuse with mandatory reporting to ensure safeguarding concerns are recognised and reported, and that the system responds in a way which places the rights, wishes and needs of the adult at risk at the centre of all activity. [20499/25]

2363. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health what is being done to address the length of time it is taking to get a GP referral blood test appointment in Saint James’s Hospital, given that in some cases, there is a six or seven weeks’ waiting period for blood tests. [20490/25]

11. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps taken in relation to EU directives on the circular economy vis-à-vis textiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18061/25]

59. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an audit of State-owned buildings has been carried out to ascertain the level of insulation, solar panels, heat pumps and other energy-saving measure have been taken in the past ten years, and planned for in the next five years. [18060/25]

136. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport is he aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if he will raise this case with the Road Safety Authority with a view to expediting the test; and the steps he is taking to reduce delays of this kind. [18236/25]

165. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Airgeadais míniú a thabhairt maidir leis an bhfáth ar dhiúltaigh sé do leasú Uimh. 5 ar Chéim an Choiste den Bhille Airgeadais (Rochtain ar Bhonneagar Airgid Thirim a Sholáthar), 2024, toisc nár thug sé míniú le linn na díospóireachta sin; an mbeadh sé sásta rochtain ar bhonneagar airgid thirim a chinntiú do phobal labhartha na Gaeilge tríd an mBille a leasú ar Chéim na Tuarascála; agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aige aon ghníomh a ghlacadh chun rochtain ar bhonneagar airgid thirim trí Ghaeilge a fheabhsú. [18309/25]

208. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to ensure that school secretaries have public service pensions similar to those paid by the State in same schools, teachers, SNAs who are paid by the same Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18213/25]

225. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to ensure that school secretaries have public service pensions similar to those paid by the State in same schools, teachers, SNAs who are paid by the same Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18214/25]

290. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment who were retrospectively deemed ineligible for the amount they received and asked to repay overpayments; the delay between each such recipient receiving their last payment and being informed that they were subsequently being deemed ineligible; the reason for this delay; the process by which his Department decided to retrospectively review eligibility; and the total amount being sought in repayment for pandemic unemployment payment overpayments by his Department. [18148/25]

335. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to increase the allocation of therapy services to a school (details supplied). [18224/25]

336. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an immediate assessment has been made of the therapy needs of children attending a school (details supplied). [18225/25]

337. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the innovative immediate, short-term solutions being taken or considered to address the shortage of therapist services to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18226/25]

401. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health is she aware of problems at St. James’s Hospital accident and emergency with regard to a lack of comfort and care for patients, particularly those undergoing mental health crises, a failure to provide medication and pain relief to patients in severe pain, poor communication and updates to patients and families, unhygienic and unsafe conditions, overcrowding, and long waiting times; if she has discussed these issues with the HSE, with the Health Information and Quality Authority, and with the hospital management; the steps she intends these agencies, the hospital and her Department to take to address the issues; and if she will agree to conduct a thorough investigation into the conditions and treatment at James Hospital accident and emergency department, with a specific focus on mental health care. [18227/25]

93. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cé mhéad airgead caipitil a caitheadh ar thionscadail chaipitil i scoileanna a fheidhmíonn trí mheán an Bhéarla arna miondealú de réir bliana do 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 agus 2024. [17675/25]

94. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cé mhéad airgead caipitil a caitheadh ar thionscadail chaipitil i scoileanna a fheidhmíonn trí mheán na Gaeilge arna miondealú de réir bliana do 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 agus 2024. [17676/25]

130. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhféadfaidh sé soiléiriú a thabhairt maidir leis an moill atá curtha ag a Roinn ar fhoilsiú na tuairisce is déanaí maidir le ról Údarás na Gaeltachta i soláthar tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht agus maidir leis na féidearthachtaí a bhaineann leis sin. [17877/25]

131. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na céimeanna atá glactha ag an Roinn le dhá bhliain anuas chun cumhachtaí breise a bhronnadh ar Údarás na Gaeltachta chun roinnt freagrachtaí maidir le soláthar suíomhanna do thithíocht shóisialta agus inacmhainne a chur ar fáil le linn na géarchéime tithíochta atá sa tír. [17878/25]

132. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na comhráite a bhí ann idir é féin agus an tAire Tithíochta maidir le ceist an tsoláthair tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht agus leis an ról a bheidh ag an Údarás sa cheist seo amach anseo. [17879/25]

133. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na comhráite a bhí ann idir é féin agus Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir le ceist an tsoláthair tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht agus leis an ról a bheidh ag an Údarás sa cheist seo amach anseo. [17880/25]

146. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén líon fóirne ar fud na n-údarás áitiúil a bhfuil an Ghaeilge ar a gcumas acu, agus an bhféadfaidh sé miondealú a thabhairt de réir údarás áitiúil. [17678/25]

267. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the business transformation project being undertaken by an organisation (details supplied) which, according to the published council minutes, appears to be stalled in year four of what was meant to be a three year project; will she make a statement on the cost overrun, if any, in this instance; if her Department provides any support to bodies under its aegis who undertake such projects, or conduct monitoring of the success or otherwise of such projects; and the manner in which she intends to support the organisation and other public bodies who face such challenges and project delays indicative of an overarching issue in the public sector. [17811/25]