528. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will review the quota system in operation for the allocation of SNAs; if she will ensure that the recommendation made by a Louth-based SNA to provide additional resources to a school in Drogheda, which has been declined, will be honoured (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17374/25]
364. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance how he will satisfy himself that the IBRC has fully complied with all of its legal and regulatory obligations before its planned closure on 1 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17325/25]
363. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if independent audits have been conducted into the IBRC’s mortgage loan book to determine the extent of any current cases with the Central Bank or Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman alleging reckless lending or misconduct and where those cases have yet to be adjudicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17324/25]
362. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance in cases where borrowers have new evidence to present to the regulator or Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman to support ongoing cases against IBRC and its predecessor institutions, whether there will be legal avenues open to continue to pursue such cases after the winding down on 1 June 2025, given IBRC’s special liquidation status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17323/25]
361. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance what avenues are open for borrowers with ongoing legal or Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman cases against the IBRC and its predecessor institutions, after the planned winding-down on 1 June 2025, given IBRC’s special liquidation status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17322/25]
192. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the impact of US tariffs on the public finances; the preparations he is making to secure the public finances in regard to the potential impact of tariffs on the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16459/25]
90. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the proposed revised ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16243/25]
77. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the impact the imposition of tariffs by the United States will have on jobs, the economy and the public finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16297/25]
36. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to review CAT inheritance tax thresholds and arrangements for couples who have no children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16238/25]
408. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when she expects the review currently being undertaken in relation to issues pertaining to the indemnity agreement signed off by the Medical Missionaries of Mary in the context of the transfer of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital to the former North Eastern Health Board in 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14897/25]
394. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received legal advice requested by her predecessor in September 2024 from the Attorney General in relation to the publication of the 'Drogheda Review' undertaken by Judge TC Smyth in 2009; the date on which the formal advice was received by her Department from the Attorney General; if she will outline her next steps on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14796/25]
376. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when she plans to meet with representatives of a victims group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14740/25]
234. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she accepts the case made by the principal of a school (details supplied); when will her Department will make a determination on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14781/25]
233. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will investigate a case (details supplied) where the practice of determining teaching staff numbers based on the enrolment figures from the year before is resulting in this school facing huge class sizes in the autumn of this year, putting undue pressure on staff and pupils alike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14780/25]
223. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the correspondence between an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE regarding a service level agreement application submitted on 8 July 2024, as well as subsequent communications, she will provide an update on the status of the application; the steps her Department and or the HSE has taken on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14238/25]
449. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an outline of how much of the additional €1 billion equity investment announced in budget 2025 on 1 October 2024 is being spent on delivering Uisce Éireann’s capital investment plan to support water infrastructure and housing; which capital projects are being allocated this additional investment in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13564/25]
438. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify whether the allocation of €1 billion in additional capital investment to Uisce Éireann announced as part of budget 2025 on 1 October 2024 is additional funding or part of its existing funding requirements; his Department's understanding of how this funding is being allocated to non-domestic capital investment as outlined in the budget announcement for remedial action lists, connections for new housing and addressing urban wastewater pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13565/25]
290. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance when he plans to bring the credit union sector under the scope of the Dormant Accounts Act 2021, in order that the dormant accounts within credit unions can be repurposed for community projects. [14198/25]
173. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to confirm the names of the members of his Department's strategic economic advisory panel; how many times the panel has met; if he will provide me with its terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13419/25]
1809. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there is a community engagement programme or outreach programme for people living with diabetes in the Dundalk area; if so, the form that engagement takes; the number of people it reaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12119/25]
1808. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to open up a diabetes eye-screening location in the Dundalk area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12118/25]
1807. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the numbers availing of education courses on type 2 diabetes held at Dundalk Library; the numbers availing of the Living Well programme provided by public nurses in the Dundalk area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12117/25]
1806. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of diabetes specialist nurses/dietitians/chiropodists/psychologists presently working in Dundalk diabetes clinic; if these posts are specifically dedicated for people with type 1 and type 2 or other types of diabetes; if they are located exclusively in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12116/25]
1805. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of hours in Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, allocated to the newly appointed endocrinologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12115/25]
1804. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in Louth, and specifically in Dundalk, with type 2 diabetes attending GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12114/25]
1803. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the supports available at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, for people living with type-2 diabetes; when the promised chronic disease hub will be opening there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12113/25]
1802. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if dose-adjustment-for-normal-eating carbohydrate counting courses are available for diabetes patients in Louth; if so, the average waiting time for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12112/25]
1801. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to report on the waiting times for appointments for existing type 1 diabetes patients and newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients at the Dundalk Clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12111/25]
1800. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of people attending Dundalk Clinic for type 1 diabetes, broken down by those who have commenced treatment on pump therapy, those who have expressed an interest in pump therapy and are still on a waiting list and those who remain using insulin pens, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12110/25]
1476. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to provide details of grant schemes available through her Department and the HSE to support frontline community-based health responders such as Irish Red Cross branches to access support for investment in equipment etc; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10598/25]
1470. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will provide this Deputy with an update from the HSE on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10587/25]
1393. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a hotel (details supplied), as an IPAS accommodation centre, is not currently subject to HIQA inspection; if there are plans to bring this facility under the inspection regime of HIQA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11728/25]
1191. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has plans to put in place a pathway towards longer-term visas for spouses of Irish citizens who are non-EU citizens, as currently only very short-term visas are being issued in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12240/25]
1158. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of delays in the processing of family reunification visa applications for workers in the health care system on employment permits, leaving them separated from their families for extended periods of time; the measures his Department is taking to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11727/25]
1090. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to bring the heads of a bill to Government this year to provide for a promised disregard scheme for criminal convictions obtained by men prior to the 1993 legislation that decriminalised homosexuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10613/25]
932. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is currently considering the establishment of a separate statutory register for the category of competent architectural technologist in respect of design and assigned certifier functions under the terms of the relevant legislation; the status of a process in which his Department has been engaged since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12077/25]
812. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a proposal from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on ways to alleviate the debt levels in the approved housing bodies sector and to address concerns within the sector, regarding compliance with regulatory obligations and the financial implications of significant levels of debt, which was sent as a sanction request from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in August 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11469/25]
705. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if her Department will investigate the reasons for administrative delays leading to apparent underpayment of teachers (details supplied); the steps her Department will take to resolve the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12012/25]
525. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the proposed omnibus legislation launched by the European Commission on February 26 2025; if he is concerned that the proposed legislation has the potential to reinforce corporate impunity, prioritising the right of large companies to make profits above human rights, environmental protections and climate action; if he will oppose the omnibus proposal at EU level and publicly commit to enacting national due diligence legislation that prioritises protecting rights and the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11347/25]
414. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to outline the value of foreign exchange reserves by Ireland as of end-2024; to provide a breakdown by currency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/25]
413. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to provide the volume of gold or gold receivables held by the Central Bank at the end of each year since 2014, in tabular form; the value of that holding as of that year end; where the gold is currently held; the annual cost of securing the holding; the current market value of the gold holdings; when the last disposal of gold occurred; the amount sold and the price achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11723/25]
236. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline, given that according to the European Commission 17 large-capacity power generators were delivered to Ireland from EU stockpiles and from Denmark and Luxembourg to help with the after-effects of storm Éowyn by the air forces of Member States, including Romania, whether the Air Corps had the available capacity to fly the generators to Ireland; if the Air Corps offered to fly the generators to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11343/25]
35. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reason flat rate expenses will not be automatically carried forward for any category of worker or PAYE taxpayer into 2025; the reason these new arrangements have been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9845/25]
34. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the numbers in each employment category or job type that were in receipt of flat rate expenses in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the total amount claimed by all categories of worker for the relevant years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9844/25]
33. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE taxpayers to date who have applied to have their flat rate expenses reinstated, and a breakdown for the numbers in each category under job type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9843/25]
343. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has had to pause the certification of in-vitro medical devices and products; what actions have been taken by the NSAI to address the reasons for this pause; when the process will be permitted to commence again; if he is concerned that the pause will impact on Ireland's reputation as a centre for the med-tech sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9410/25]
266. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will confirm when the reduced rail commuter fare structure new commuter zone scheme will commence for rail passengers using the Drogheda and Laytown train stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9427/25]
265. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 5 November 2024, if he will provide an update from the National Transport Authority on the development of a draft transport plan for the Drogheda and east Meath area; the timeline for publication of the draft plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9426/25]