Aengus Ó Snodaigh

416. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil comhlachtaí forordaithe don dualgas chun ainm agus seoladh Gaeilge an duine, síntí fada san áireamh, a úsáid agus a thaifead i gceart, de réir Alt 9A d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 mar a leasaíodh i 2021; má tá, cén comhlachtaí atá an dualgas seo orthu; muna bhfuil, cén dáta faoina mbeidh feidhm ag an bhforáil seo ar chomhlachtaí. [9235/25]

417. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén fáth nár roghnaíodh dáta go fóill faoina mbeidh oifigigh státsheirbhíse ag feidhmiú trí Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht de réir an amchláir atá leagtha amach in Alt 18E d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 mar a leasaíodh in 2021; agus an dtabharfaidh sé an dáta faoina roghnóidh sé dáta. [9236/25]

418. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dáta faoina mbeidh Plean Gníomhaíochta i bhfeidhm a dhéanfaidh seirbhísí a shainaithint agus straitéis a shonrú de réir Alt 18C d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 mar a leasaíodh in 2021, agus atá geallta sa Phlean Náisiúnta um Sheirbhísí Poiblí Gaeilge a foilsíodh i mí Dheireadh Fómhair nach ndéanann na rudaí sin a bhí le déanamh de réir Alt 18C. [9237/25]

419. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dáta faoina mbeidh na Caighdeáin Teanga foilsithe de réir Alt 19A d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 mar a leasaíodh in 2021; an bhfuil na Caighdeáin dréachtaithe go fóill mar a bhí geallta roimh achtú an Achta sin in 2021; agus an mbeidh feidhm fós ag Scéimeanna Teanga na gcomhlachtaí poiblí go dtí go mbeidh feidhm ag na Caighdeáin atá chun teacht i gcomharba orthu. [9238/25]

421. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date his Department was first made aware of the National Gallery of Ireland’s plans to purchase an x-ray scanner in 2017; if his Department provided sign-off for the expenditure or oversight for the project; if the then-Minister was aware; if she provided sign-off; when the Department and the Minister were first made aware of the inability to house the scanner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9356/25]

427. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén dáta faoina bhfuil sé i gceist aige tosach feidhme a thabhairt don Acht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt, 2024, go háirithe Alt 6 chun an tAcht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt, 2000 a aisghairm; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [8982/25]

648. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery. [9080/25]

26. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais an bhfuil sé i gceist aici moltaí na tuarascála a rinne Comhchoiste Oireachtais na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge sa Dáil dheireanach a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le Córas Bronnta na nDíolúintí i leith na Gaeilge agus ar shonraíocht T1 agus T2 na hArdteistiméireachta don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [8501/25]

27. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais an bhfuil sé i gceist aici a chinntiú go gcloífear leis an ngeallúint do dhaltaí Gaelscoile i gceantair Bhaile Átha Cliath 2, 4, 6 agus 8 go mbeidh Gaelcholáiste acu le tosú ann i scoilbhlian 2026-2027 i gcomhthéacs an diúltaithe atá déanta ag scoil ainmnithe (sonraí tugtha) don réiteach a bhí fógartha ag a Roinn; an dtabharfaidh sí sonrú ar na céimeanna atá beartaithe aici a ghlacadh chun réiteach a aimsiú chomh luath agus is féidir; an mbeidh cruinniú aici leis an mbrúghrúpa Gaelcholáiste 2468 go luath; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [8502/25]

113. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection when the carer's allowance means-test will be scrapped. [6763/25]

119. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection whether consideration is being given to doubling the training and development grant associated for each community employment participant, given the general increase in cost of materials and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6764/25]

216. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will identify any positions relating to IT which the Arts Council sought to establish or fill since 2018 and required clearance from a Government Department, as well as the length of time it took for such a request from the Arts Council to be granted clearance to do so by the relevant Department and the reason for that length of time; what the role was of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8697/25]

217. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform what representation his Department had on the project steering group overseeing the Arts Council’s IT project which received sign-off from his Department; what knowledge or personal sign-off did the then-Minister and Secretary General at the time have when sign-off was conducted in 2019 and again when the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in his Department conducted a review in early 2024; and what specific conditions were attached to the sign-off provided to the Arts Council IT project in 2019. [8744/25]

218. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will publish in full every correspondence between the Arts Council and his Department in relation to the IT project and its problems since it received sign-off from his Department in 2019. [8747/25]

260. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will offer his full support to the Arts Council’s efforts to recoup costs incurred by the IT project through legal redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8695/25]

261. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will identify any positions relating to IT which the Arts Council sought to establish or fill since 2018 and required clearance for from a Government Department, as well as the length of time it took for such a request from the Arts Council to be granted clearance to do so by the relevant Department and the reason for that length of time; what the role was of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8696/25]

262. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will clarify the meaning of the ‘lessons learnt programme’ conducted in the Arts Council following the incorrect correspondence promising Next Generation Awards funding which had to be rescinded, as outlined in the 2023 Annual Report he recently signed off for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8742/25]

263. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will outline the composition of the project steering group overseeing the Arts Council’s IT project throughout its existence; and the representation his Department had on the group. [8743/25]

264. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will identify the most senior official in his Department who was aware of the Arts Council IT project problems prior to receipt of the 2023 Annual Report in summer 2024; how early they knew about the problems; and the reasons they decided not to inform the then Minister or Secretary General of the waste of almost €7 million. [8745/25]

265. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will publish in full all correspondence between the Arts Council and his Department in relation to the IT project and its problems since it received sign-off from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in 2019. [8746/25]

16. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of active and inactive members of each of the branches of the Defence Forces, for each of the past 20 years, and the establishment numbers which is the target number for the Defence Forces in those years. [5286/25]

112. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer informed the then Minister of the review conducted on the Arts Council digital transformation programme in 2024 or of the issues raised by the Arts Council in 2023, if so when and if not why not; what issues were raised by the Arts Council with the officer in late 2023; and will he publish the review conducted by the Office. [8421/25]

113. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the safeguards and oversight procedures, if any, that are put in place by his Department to monitor the projects of State agencies following sign-off on expenditure by the Department, and if his Department's officials followed up with the Arts Council following the sign-off provided to its digital transformation programme in 2019. [8422/25]

132. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the school planning areas, by the number of Irish medium primary schools, the total number of primary schools, the number of Irish medium secondary schools and the total number of secondary schools, in tabular form. [8306/25]

170. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether the review that is taking place into governance within his Department will be external and time-bound; the scope of the review; who is to conduct the review; the timeframe he intends for the review to complete; and if he will commit to publishing the review in full once it is concluded. [8592/25]