427. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the provision of continuous glucose monitoring sensors for a person in Meath (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38484/24]
73. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if the OPW will carry out certain works (details supplied) arising from damage caused as a result of the serious flooding event in the Cooley peninsula in late October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38571/24]
133. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of the projected cost in 2025 of revenue foregone, if plans to impose a capital gains tax liability on the transfer of family-owned businesses worth in excess of €10 million were not to proceed in the manner in which it is currently planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38342/24]
54. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will designate Drogheda as a city in law and for local government administrative purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37978/24]
39. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the number of special education classes attached to mainstream schools in County Louth; the names of the schools concerned; the number of students accommodated in such classes in each school; the number of children in County Louth in special classes in mainstream schools in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38110/24]
38. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the number of children in Louth who have additional needs and who have no place in a second-level school in the county; her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38109/24]
37. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she is concerned that there are insufficient places available in second-level schools in County Louth this year for children with additional needs; her plans to provide additional places in second-level schools in Louth for the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38108/24]
18. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reason he has, to date, decided not to extend the living cities initiative to Drogheda and Dundalk; if he plans to do so in Budget 2025 and the forthcoming finance Bill; if he will provide an estimate of the annual cost of extending the initiative to these County Louth towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37979/24]
17. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full cost to the Exchequer from 2026 to 2029 as a result of the changes he proposes to make to the standard fund threshold in respect of pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37977/24]
473. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he plans to review the threshold for the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37491/24]
368. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the decision to relocate beneficiaries of temporary protection from the Franciscan Friary and Dominican Friary, Drogheda, to Drumcar County Louth; the reason the Franciscan and Dominican friaries will no longer be used to house beneficiaries of temporary protection; if his Department has plans to use these friaries for alternative purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37520/24]
242. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to appoint a deputy chief executive in Louth County Council with special responsibility for Drogheda; if he has the express authority to have such appointments made within local authority structures; the details on the legislative or regulatory basis on which a Minister can instruct a local authority to make such internal appointments as referred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37901/24]
241. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to act on the recommendations of the recent Law Reform Commission's report on proposed reforms to the compulsory purchase order process; if he agrees that reform in this policy area is urgent in an effort to tackle dereliction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37872/24]
99. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport when his Department received a feasibility study application from Louth County Council in connection with the proposed development of phase three of the port access northern cross route in north Drogheda (the phase of the road crossing the Dublin to Belfast railway line); the support that will be provided by his Department for the study; when the study is scheduled to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37539/24]
85. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport when work will commence on the Ardee bypass; the timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37285/24]
866. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the creation of a national body for social enterprise, similar to the multi-annual funding model for an organisation (details supplied); the steps she intends to take to implement this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36410/24]
841. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the alignment of research proposals with the charter of an organisation (details supplied) is a criterion considered in the decision to award funding for research; if research proposals which align more with the organisations charter experience an advantage in competitive applications for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36416/24]
840. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if higher education institutions that fail to conform to the charter of an organisation (details supplied) to the same degree as other institutions receive less funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36415/24]
839. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if adherence to the charter of an organisation (details supplied) is a condition of funding for higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36414/24]
838. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to clarify the role of an organisation (details supplied) regarding the allocation of funding for higher education institutions and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36413/24]
693. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of applications made by organisations to become section 39 bodies in 2023 and to date in 2024, including the names of the bodies; if any new section 39 arrangements have been entered into by the HSE in 2023 and to date in 2024; the names of the bodies in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36368/24]
513. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider establishing a programme to provide safe passage via a humanitarian entry visa to Ireland for Palestinians in Gaza, similar to other prior international programmes (details supplied); her views on whether such a programme would provide Gazans with a safe and legal passage to Ireland through neighbouring countries, therefore avoiding perilous journeys and stopping potential exploitation by human traffickers; her views on whether such a programme could also serve as a best-practice model for Ireland and other countries with respect to their broader humanitarian efforts going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36412/24]
359. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address the lack of strategy around regional screen production since the lapse of the s.481 regional uplift; and if she will support a dedicated regional strategy as part of Budget 2025 to specifically address the development of the sector in the regions. [36411/24]
89. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide data on the number of holiday homes that received the Government electricity credit in the past year; the number of holiday-home meter points that were deemed ineligible under the measures introduced to exclude low-usage customers; the estimated potential cost of extending the credit to holiday homes in the coming months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36409/24]
1936. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the days and hours of operation of the Cath Lab at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if the hours of operation have been adjusted recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35906/24]
1772. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with a group (details supplied) regarding the 2009 TC Smyth Review; if he will make arrangements to publish the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34844/24]
906. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection when pay increases have been awarded to community employment supervisors and other community workers indirectly funded by her Department in 2024; the projected pay increases for 2025; and the provision in her Revised Estimates for such pay rises under the public service pay agreement (details supplied). [33862/24]
753. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to confirm the names of the applicants from Louth who received grant aid under the 2023 night time economy noise mitigation scheme; the value of the grant(s), in tabular from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35379/24]
674. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education for an update on her Department’s engagement with Meath County Council in regard to the planning application for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); if her Department has provided the information sought by Meath County Council on 17 April 2024 in respect of its request to her Department to provide ‘further information’ to allow it to make a determination on the planning application; when the relevant information was provided to the local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35563/24]
464. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that the €600-per-week cap on statutory redundancy payments has not been reviewed or revised upwards in almost 20 years; if he will review it upwards this year to the average weekly industrial wage; if he will then commit to a process of benchmarking the rate against wage growth on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34323/24]
449. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if support will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund to resource the development of football academies across the State, taking into account the impact of Brexit on the game in Ireland, and the employment and career prospects of young players; if a formal request has been made by the relevant Department to include support for the football sector under the terms of the BAR fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35905/24]
448. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the composition of Ireland's Brexit adjustment reserve claim; if it has been submitted to the EU authorities at this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35904/24]
446. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the average waiting time for an appeal lodged with the Information Commissioner; if he intends to provide additional resources to speed up the length of time it is taking to make decisions; his plans to reform the Freedom of Information legislation; when the final review report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35841/24]
435. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the State owns and-or has an interest in a parcel of land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35469/24]
367. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the escalating cost of insurance premiums in relation to thatched buildings and the burden this represents for those who are operating businesses from such premises; the steps his Department is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35482/24]
326. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to review the tax treatment of redundancy payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34324/24]
324. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to maintain the current relief of €10,000 on the original market value of eligible cars for the purposes of calculating benefit-in-kind liability in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34262/24]
318. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the cost in each year since 2016 of the relief for increase in carbon tax on farm diesel, and the number of claimants in each year, in tabular form; to confirm that farmers can claim a double relief on this cost as it will already be deducted against profits for expenditure on farm diesel; if such a relief for carbon tax applies to any other sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34123/24]
242. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport his views on a policy concern raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the retirement age of airport police fire service personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34868/24]
241. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to cover DAA employed fire service personnel in terms of the increased retirement age from 60 to 62 for local authority firefighters under the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Scheme 2024 legislated for by the Oireachtas in July; if not, will he provide the reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34842/24]
2436. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has to extend the homecare support services to weekends; if he will provide a full-year costing for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32972/24]
2435. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 26 June 2024, the number of people for each CHO area who are currently on panels awaiting appointment as HSE-employed homecare workers, to 1 July 2024; the number of additional HSE-employed homecare workers that will be directly appointed this year across all CHOs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32971/24]
2089. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health his views on a policy matter raised by a constituent regarding compensation for clinical nurse specialists (details supplied); his plans to seek the implementation of the relevant recommendation outlined in the report of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31544/24]
1760. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 639 of 11 June 2024, when the outcome of the internal review will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31294/24]
1732. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a policy matter raised by a person (details supplied) to extend the allowable time for parental leave in all circumstances from 12 to 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30877/24]
1657. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the investigations his Department is conducting regarding recent revelations covered in an RTÉ programme (details supplied) regarding the operation of a company in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31943/24]
1587. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider a further extension for the Drogheda implementation board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32941/24]
1375. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the cost of repeating in 2024 each one-off cost-of-living grant provided in 2023 and announced in Budget 2024, in tabular form; and to provide, for each payment, the projected number of eligible applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32731/24]
1374. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of the auto-enrolment pension scheme in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32730/24]
1373. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected surplus (or deficit) in the social insurance fund for 2024, and each year to 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32728/24]