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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
354. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a certain area (details supplied) is within a rent pressure zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25554/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
265. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the development of a new school (details supplied); if she will provide details on the timeline for completion of the school; the facilities that will be available at the new school development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25611/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
263. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education her views on a request from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25601/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
234. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the changes, if any, that have been made to capital allocations to Departments and agencies in 2023 to account for construction inflation; his plans to do so in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25624/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
233. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of allocations to date under the Recovery and Resilience Facility NextGenerationEU fund; the total amount allocated to Ireland; if transfers have been made from other funds, such as the BAR; what those have been allocated to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25623/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
232. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of allocations to date under the Brexit adjustment fund; the total amount allocated to Ireland; if he will confirm whether it all has to be spent by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25622/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
205. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance what Ireland’s contribution to the EU budget is expected to be in 2023; the expected funding Ireland will receive in EU grants and supports this year; if he will provide details of the funds received and contribution made to the EU in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25625/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2023
296. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the anomalies that have been brought to the attention of the National Apprenticeship Office, SOLAS and the Health and Safety Authority by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the current construction regulations and the ability of those who complete the new consortium-led scaffolding apprenticeship in December 2023 and who attain a QQI level 5 qualification to legally scaffold; if he is concerned that these anomalies have the potential to inadvertently undermine the new consortia-led system and impact on participation rates when compared against the ability to access a SOLAS national craft card by other construction apprentices; if he agrees that the scaffolding apprenticeship programme ought to be recognised independently of the construction skills certification scheme, CSCS, under the construction regulations; the steps he plans to take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25479/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2023
196. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if any financial support or HSE schemes are available to Irish citizens for a specific treatment which is available in the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25079/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2023
Bill entitled an Act to establish a committee of the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly to serve as a River Boyne Task Force with the function of proposing and promoting policies and priorities for the protection and enhancement of the environment of the River Boyne and of its natural habitats and wildlife and the co-ordination of the activities of public authorities in relation thereto; and to provide for connected matters.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
498. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in the light of the changing shape of the Irish family, her Department has plans to review the eligibility criteria for family-based social protection payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24988/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
497. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that separated couples who have divided responsibility for childcare across a given week are currently caught in a situation where neither party is deemed to be entitled to the working family payment, despite the children being entirely dependent on both parties; if she has plans to address this unfair anomaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24987/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2023
212. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the annual return on investments made by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund for each year since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23902/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2023
333. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when the new school building project for a school (details supplied) will commence; the timeline for completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22750/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2023
239. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on any progress the RSA has made since it closed the temporary driving test centre in Drogheda on the identification of a site for a new temporary centre and/or a site for a permanent centre in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22844/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2023
186. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of her Department’s plans to build new primary and secondary schools to cater for the rapid expansion of the area which is the subject of the North Drogheda Environs Masterplan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22285/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2023
150. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform what plans he and the OGP have to provide for the recruitment of a minimum number of craft apprentices in the context of the State's public procurement framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22369/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2023
149. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of refugees from Ukraine and international protection applicants currently housed in buildings and on sites which the OPW owns; how many additional people from each category the OPW plans to accommodate in OPW-owned buildings in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22368/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2023
148. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the plans the OPW has to protect and preserve the High Crosses at Monasterboice, County Louth; the quantum of resources the OPW has allocated for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2023
147. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he agrees with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications' recent analysis that thousands more civil and public servants are required to match the size of the economy and the demands placed on the State; the number of WTEs across the entire civil and public service as of 1 May, 2023 compared to the same date in 2020, 2021 and 2022; how many additional WTEs his Department is planning for in terms of workforce planning out to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22366/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2023
51. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he plans to exceed the 5% expenditure rule in respect of Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21438/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2023
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he plans to exceed the 5% expenditure rule in the context of budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2023
35. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the supports and contact available to a person (details supplied) in County Louth in the context of a return to work in Ireland from Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21941/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2023
605. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is engaging formally with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to assisting with its funding needs; if the HSE will provide an update on the status of that engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21331/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2023
363. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 20 local authority housing units approved for construction in Father Finn Park, Louth Village, County Louth in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; and if not, the reason for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21665/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2023
362. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 35 local authority housing units approved for construction in Coxes Demesne, County Louth in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; and if not, the reason for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21664/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2023
361. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the targets set out in Appendix 1 of the Laying the Foundations: Housing Action Report produced in 2016 by the then Department of Environment, Community and Local Government were met in respect of Louth County Council; if he will confirm whether the proposed 778 units were delivered from 2015 to 2017; if not, how many were delivered; the final spend on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21663/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2023
85. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has read the recently published ECB paper entitled 'How tit-for-tat inflation can make everyone poorer'; if he is concerned at the evidence that profit-taking is contributing to price gouging and elevated levels of inflation; the action the Government plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21440/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2023
75. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that just €73 million of the more than €2.2 billion in warehoused tax debt under the relevant Covid scheme, which is owed by companies, has been paid as of March 2023; the steps he plans to take to address this issue, which now involves approximately 64,000 firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21439/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2023
64. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he formally enunciated his concerns at the ECB's policy of continuing to increase interest rates and the impact of this policy on households and businesses at the recent meeting of finance ministers and ECB officials in Stockholm in late April 2023; if this is the official position of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21441/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2023
211. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that when making provision for the European Accessibility Act (EU Directive 2019/882), he will ensure that every ATM and point-of-sale credit card terminal is accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired, and that this will include provision for audio guides and tactile keyboards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20935/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2023
319. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice in light of the financial pressure experienced by a person (details supplied) if his Department will agree to renew his stamp 4 on a two or three-yearly basis rather than annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20135/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2023
80. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment since the enactment of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015, the number of applications made to the Labour Court under Section 2 (1) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001, as amended; if he will provide a list of each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19802/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2023
79. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if craft apprentices in their first and second year must be paid at least the minimum wage of €11.30 per hour, or if, under the terms of the recent SEO, that a year 1 apprentice will be paid 33.33% of the craft rate which is €21.49 an hour from 18 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19801/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2023
72. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the methodology for determining what portion of corporation tax returns can be described as windfall; if he intends to commission an independent study of this to determine the prospects for future returns and what level may be one-off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19800/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2023
71. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the expected additional yield in 2023 if the rate of dividend withholding tax levied on REITs was increased to 33%, or 50%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19799/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2023
70. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the amount that was paid out as dividends by REITS in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively. [19798/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2023
69. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the amount of dividend withholding tax paid by REITs in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively; the amount of personal income tax paid on the dividends from REITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19797/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2023
68. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the amount of warehoused income tax liabilities and VAT liabilities at the end of March 2023; the amount of interest that is projected to accrue over the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19796/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 April 2023
515. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when a reply will be provided in relation to a representation sent to the HSE regarding a person (details supplied) in Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18997/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2023
306. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if engagement has occurred between his Department and the Garda Commissioner in relation to the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, in particular the need for increased Garda resources resulting from the extension to the hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18652/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2023
196. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he and the Revenue Commissioners are concerned about the implications of the recent European Court of Human Rights judgment on Ireland's legislative framework which provides for the publication, under certain conditions, of the names of tax defaulters and certain details of their cases; what actions are open to him and the Revenue Commissioners to ensure that the regime which has been in place in Ireland since 1983 can be maintained in light of this judgment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18759/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2023
106. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to make the case for the waiving of passport application fees for children in foster care under the aegis of Tusla, given the fact that such fees are not routinely automatically reimbursed to foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18443/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2023
54. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will outline her plans in relation to ensuring equitable treatment in the funding of the education of trainee psychologists (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18424/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2023
40. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the rights of those who have mortgages taken over by credit servicing firms under the terms of the Credit Services Directive once it is transposed into Irish law are enhanced, not diminished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18401/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2023
38. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update from the Marine Survey Office on the progress it has made in relation to a survey of the Hebble Sand vessel on the town quays in Drogheda; if he will provide details of the engagement the Marine Survey Office has had this year with the registered owner of the vessel; when the vessel will be removed from the River Boyne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18498/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2023
1. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider waiving passport fees for children who are in foster care under the aegis of Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18442/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2023
1589. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to provide a hospice facility at a location (details supplied); if a capital allocation has been made to the project; if he will confirm a timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17378/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2023
1341. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when a new pump clinic will be provided at Dundalk’s diabetes clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16324/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2023
1340. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a new endocrinologist has been appointed to the diabetes clinic in Dundalk; when this appointment will commence; if a new endocrinologist has not yet been appointed, when this post will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16323/23]