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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 January 2025
1272. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an issue (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1647/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 January 2025
622. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the reason for the ongoing delays to the construction and opening of a new ASD unit in a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion of this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1534/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2024
220. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when new setback guidelines for the development of onshore wind farms will be adopted; the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45628/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2024
219. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason there are no official planning guidelines at national level for the development of solar farms; if he plans to introduce such formal guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45627/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2024
194. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details as to the reason the application made for the new stadium for a club (details supplied) was not approved under the large-scale sports infrastructure fund 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45690/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
64. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education to list all of the grants and financial support schemes available to the primary school sector for works to enhance and improve the physical conditions of such schools and to assist in the development, for example, of play and sports facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45324/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1314. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 838 to 841 of 18 September 2024, where he stated that ‘to be eligible to apply for competitive research funding from national funding agencies, higher education institutions must comply with timelines set out by the HEA for engagement with the Athena Swan Ireland charter’, if he will confirm that Athena Swan Ireland Charter principles are not mandatory intellectual instructions that institutes and the academics within them are compelled to affirm; if he will further confirm that academics who employ intellectual perspectives that diverge from, or contest the Athena Swan Ireland Charter principles, will not be disadvantaged, or subject to less favourable treatment in applications for research funding, career progression or any other academic activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44542/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1136. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health why frontline staff working with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service were not included in the pandemic recognition payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44445/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see an occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44401/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1122. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment with, separately, a HSE psychologist and an occupational therapist; the reasons for the delay in receiving these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44400/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1121. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of respite care beds available in the Village Residence, Dublin Road, Drogheda; the number of beds at the facility currently available for those with dementia who require respite; if all beds that are available are fully operational as of 23 October 2024; if the HSE has sanctioned the full complement of staff required to ensure that all available beds are available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44399/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1120. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of children under the aegis of the south Louth CDNT who are currently awaiting first appointments with, an occupational therapist, a speech and language therapist, a psychologist, and an appointment with a physiotherapist, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44396/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1119. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of positions currently filled at the south Louth CDNT under the following headings: dietitians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and speech and language therapists; the number of posts under those headings that remain unfilled as of 23 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44393/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1118. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment to see an ophthalmologist under the Drogheda Primary Care Centre up to 1 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44392/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1117. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has an ophthalmologist available at the Drogheda Primary Care Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44391/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1063. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when he expects the counsellors and psychotherapists registration board of CORU to have completed its review of the submissions received regarding the draft standards of proficiency for counsellors and psychotherapists, and publish the outcome of this review; the projected timeline envisaged by CORU leading to the opening of the counsellors and psychotherapists register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44163/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
1007. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) has applied to the HSE to have a service level agreement considered with it; when a decision will be made on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43968/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
917. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the number of children under the care of the south Louth CDNT and North Louth CDNT respectively, who are currently on a waiting list for respite care; the average waiting time to access respite care for children in both CDNT areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44398/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
916. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the aegis of the north Louth CDNT who are currently awaiting first appointments with, an occupational therapist, a speech and language therapist, a psychologist, and an appointment with a physiotherapist, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44397/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
915. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need under the south Louth CDNT and north Louth CDNT; the average waiting time for an assessment of need in both CDNTs; the actions being taken to address the waiting lists; the number of children referred for an assessment of need by both CDNTs to private providers in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44395/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
914. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of positions currently filled at the north Louth CDNT under the following headings: dietitians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and speech and language therapists; the number of posts under those headings that remain unfilled as of 23 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44394/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
412. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a response to a representation regarding school transport (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44440/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
402. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when her Department will give permission to the LMETB to issue tender documents for the development of the LMETB head office building in Drogheda (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44390/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
198. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update from the RSA on the efforts it has made in 2023 and to date in 2024 to develop a permanent driving test centre in Drogheda, County Louth; if a site has been identified; if the RSA is looking at sites to re-establish a temporary centre in the area while the search for a permanent facility continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44389/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
197. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport to request from the NTA an update on the status of the proposed transportation plan for the Drogheda area, including parts of east Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44388/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2024
376. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to confirm the number of personal assistants employed either directly or through agencies/contractors in each of the HEA recognised third-level institutions as of the 30 September 2024, in tabular form; if he will confirm the identity of the individual agencies that provide personal assistants to each third-level institution; if he will provide information on the value of every such contract in 2023 and 2024; if he will confirm the minimum rate of hourly pay in each third-level institution for personal assistants in place for the 2024-2025 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43599/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2024
375. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the significant divergence between the hourly rates of pay afforded to personal assistants working in the ETB sector, and funded through SOLAS, and personal assistants working in the higher education system, funded by the Higher Education Authority; if he has engaged with the HEA to address this inequity; if he will provide a full-year costing estimate for the total cost of bringing the personal assistant hourly rate in the HEI system in line with the rate in the ETB sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43598/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2024
114. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units who may have either underpayments or overpayments for the 2022 and 2023 tax years respectively; the number who have not yet submitted a tax return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43696/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2024
54. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to set out the legislative action the Government plans to take to combat union-busting and to protect workers from victimisation in the workplace as part of the proposed Action Plan on Collective Bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43578/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2024
204. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing the long-term illness scheme to cover all patients with a stoma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43482/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
828. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will make fenfluramine available for the treatment of Dravet syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43214/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
707. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he can ensure that the HSE takes urgent action in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42638/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
337. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education why the period for 'further information' to Meath County Council was extended to January 2025 in the case of a school building (details supplied), when the original request was made to her Department in April 2024; whether the Department requested the additional time; if so, why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42631/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
219. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will carry out a feasibility study into the proposed M1 rail line between Drogheda and Clongriffin stations, as referred to in the all-island strategic rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43221/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
176. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if VAT at the standard rate will be applied to plant based milk substitutes such as those derived from oats, soya, coconut and almond; the reason for this; the measures that will be taken to reduce the impact on people allergic to diary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42142/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
115. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when site work will commence on a new special school project (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41673/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
260. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to outline the annual rate of the health levy contribution from 1990 up until it was merged into the universal social charge, any exemptions or exclusions that applied in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40717/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
209. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection when cohabiting couples whose partner has died will be paid the bereaved partner’s contributory pension they are entitled to; what provision was made in Budget 2025 for this; if the legislation will be included in the Social Welfare Bill to provide for budget measures to ensure this comes into effect as quickly as possible; when payments will begin to issue, if she intends to make interim payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40718/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
619. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if access to the publicly-funded IVF programme is to be extended to those who have had more than one round of treatment to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40284/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
618. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to confirm that single women who require donor material will be included in the proposed expansion of the publicly funded IVF scheme in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40250/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
610. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will re-examine the inclusion of additional medication into the high-tech drug scheme as outlined in communication from a person in Louth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40158/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
253. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital provided to Uisce Éireann in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the amount allocated for 2025; the mechanism for providing the €1 billion of additional capital for non-domestic capital investment as announced at Budget 2025; what is covered by non-domestic as referenced by the Minister for Finance in his Budget 2025 speech; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40064/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
252. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to date to the Land Development Agency since its establishment, broken down by the amount and when it was invested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40062/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
138. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason no spending review papers were published prior to the announcement of Budget 2025; if he will confirm when such papers are expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40249/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
113. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 26 September 2024, the number of persons it is anticipated that stand to benefit from the changes announced in Budget 2025 in regard to the capital gains tax retirement relief regime, based on the assessment contained in his reply to the referenced Parliamentary Question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40248/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
109. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if the money held in the Apple escrow account will be received by the Exchequer in whole or in part in the current year; whether the money is being accounted for on a cash accounting or an accruals basis; whether the normal accounting rules for Exchequer receipts are being departed from; if so, the reason; if Eurostat or the CSO, or both, were consulted about the accounting treatment of the money; to outline any advice received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40068/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
108. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reason the receipts from the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling involving Apple and the Irish State are split across 2024 and 2025 but booked on a general Government basis in full in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40065/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
41. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when an investment of €750 million will be made in the electricity grid; what the mechanism for placing this funding announced in the Budget will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40063/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
33. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the mechanism for the investment of €750 million of receipts from the sale of shares (details supplied) into the electricity grid; when the mechanism for making this investment is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40061/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
97. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will request that the State Examinations Commission provide more time to students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties who sit second level State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39591/24]