49. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide information on the amount of moneys repaid to the State by the largest of the 20 technology companies, by value, that are client companies of the IDA in each of the years 2013 to 2023, respectively, with a particular focus on the area of employment grants where employment targets and conditions of grants were not met in terms of maintenance of employment numbers for a specified period and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14144/23]
48. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details on the grants given by IDA Ireland to each of the largest 20 technology companies, by value, that are client companies of the agency in each of the years 2013 to 2023, respectively, under various headings such as employment, training, research and development and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14143/23]
1448. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when backpay, which fell due in February and October 2022, and in March 2023 will be paid to a former HSE employee (details supplied) at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/23]
1447. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when backpay, which fell due in February and October 2022, and in March 2023 will be paid to a former HSE employee (details supplied) at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13528/23]
1441. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an increase to their HSE pension payments which fell due in February and October 2022, and in March 2023; when the back money due will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13519/23]
1184. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 23 February 2023, if the independent reviewer who has been engaged in the case referred to will be asked by his officials to engage with a group (details supplied); if he agrees that section 17.3 and other provisions of the agreement to which the question refers provides scope for the reviewer to engage with all parties affected by the issues at hand, and that this includes survivors and their representative and advocacy body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12416/23]
995. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when retired lecturers who worked in institutes of technology will receive the increases due to them, in terms of their pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12414/23]
706. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 8 March 2023, if she will provide additional information (details supplied) pertaining to the cost of the project to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13185/23]
330. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide information on the status of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund investments in a company (details supplied); if he is concerned at the exposure of these investments given the parent company has been taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of California; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13412/23]
288. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy in Ireland; the timeline he has in place to deliver this; has drafting commenced; the measures he is planning to protect people from being targeted by ads on social media for such practises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12064/23]
204. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of actions Ireland is taking on foot of the State being referred to the European Court of Justice on the 26 January 2023 to the European Commission over its failure to address the problem of polluted natural waters; if he will indicate the steps he and agencies under his aegis are taking to address issues in relation to the pollution of water courses in this jurisdiction, potentially caused by defective slurry tanks north of the border; if he has engaged with the Northern Ireland authorities on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12073/23]
199. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Online Safety Commissioner will have any responsibility for ensuring social media companies do not allow the targeting of advertisements for conversion therapy at people. [12063/23]
193. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year additional revenue that would be raised in taxes by removing sub-minima rates of the national minimum wage for those aged under 20 years that is, applying the full adult hourly rate of the national minimum wage to all employees under 20 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12082/23]
173. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has received correspondence (details supplied) in relation to an issue relating to the Eircom Superannuation Scheme; if he will set out his function and intentions in relation to a proposal on a 3% increase dated from July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/23]
143. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the total cost to date for the provision of temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) since the establishment of the school on its current site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11908/23]
142. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a planning application for a permanent building for a school (details supplied) will be submitted; if her Department has revised the timescale for completion of this project as a result of increased construction costs; the total current estimated costs for the provision of permanent school buildings for the school; if the new school building will be delivered in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11907/23]
38. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach if, in the context of the Government’s commitment to holding an inquiry/review into the State’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, he will request that the review/inquiry includes a module on the range of financial supports which were deployed to assist businesses and workers such as the temporary wage subsidy scheme and the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11262/23]
439. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has delayed an extra payment of child benefit to June while other cost-of-living measures announced by her Department recently are being paid in April; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11255/23]
210. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on when a decision will be made by the National Transport Authority on a possible extension of the short-hop rail zone to Drogheda and Laytown train stations; if he will apprise this Deputy of his functions in relation to the adoption of potential changes to fare structures for commuters using these stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11254/23]
185. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a specific timeline for the introduction of a windfall tax on the extraordinary profits of energy companies; what he expects the tax to raise in its first 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11261/23]
66. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the impact recent and predicted ECB interest rate rises will have on the ability of first-time buyers to afford to purchase a home and service a mortgage; if he or his officials have had discussions in relation to any policy interventions under consideration in regard to the impact of continuing rate rises on borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11263/23]
203. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when his Department will sanction proposals, following a March 2020 Labour Court recommendation, to enable a new offer on pay, terms and conditions to be tabled to adult education tutors for their consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10739/23]
191. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to introduce a dedicated paediatric speech and language service at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10501/23]
415. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the challenges faced by those who are employed as special needs bus escorts, in cases in which they are required to obtain social welfare support outside of school term as in the case of a person (details supplied); if she plans to request that the Intreo service improves and streamlines the system for claimants who work in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10001/23]
383. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to regularise the working conditions of special needs school bus escorts, who are currently forced to sign on the dole for approximately 11 weeks a year, when schools are closed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9920/23]
179. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport his views on a matter (details supplied) raised by elected Trustees of the CIÉ ‘1951’ pensions committee as it relates to his Ministerial responsibilities and functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9608/23]
270. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department and a third-party’s engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the organisation’s reported efforts to withdraw monies lodged with his Department and the HSE in the 1990s; if he will provide an up-to-date figure on the amount of money currently held by his Department and the HSE from the original account from the 1990s; if he will provide a copy of the agreement referred to in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9372/23]
245. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is concerned at the cost to students of undertaking degrees in medicine in order to qualify as a doctor; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the removal from the market of a scheme (details supplied) for medicine students has had on access to courses; if his Department is considering any scheme of financial supports for students where they or their families are on low or middle incomes in order to assist with the financial costs involved in studying medicine, such as bursaries with conditions attached, that would require beneficiaries to work in Ireland for a period following graduation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9305/23]
141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment as he prepares to address a cross-Border business conference in Dundalk next month, the new supports he will put in place to help businesses in the Dublin to Belfast economic corridor to cope with the continuing challenges of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9003/23]
134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the development of the new IDA site in Drogheda; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9002/23]
113. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a report (details supplied) which was commissioned by a trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/23]
79. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any plans to undertake a formal review of the operation of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/23]
243. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he plans to review the income thresholds for the medical card scheme in view of the increased cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9238/23]
251. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the recommendations from the independent review of the distribution and utilisation of lottery funding carried out by an organisation (details supplied) and published in December 2022 that he intends to act on; if he will provide a timeline for implementation of those recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8568/23]
227. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the 41% exit tax charged on exchange-traded funds, as reported in the media; if he will ask the Tax Strategy Group to undertake such an assessment ahead of budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8390/23]
192. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if the review which he announced in November 2022 of plans by toll road operators to increase toll charges from 1 January 2023 has been completed; when he will publish the review; if the postponed increases will now go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7926/23]
191. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the status of the proposed Ardee by-pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7925/23]
190. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the applications for funding that have been made in 2022 and 2023 by Meath County Council in relation to the Julianstown by-pass in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7924/23]
189. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has made the case in the strategic review on rail for the reopening of Dunleer train station; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7923/23]
102. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when her Department will act on a Labour Court recommendation that it formulates an offer of better working terms and conditions for adult education tutors working at education and training boards (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7490/23]
100. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when his Department will satisfy its obligation to publish its freedom of information logs for 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7643/23]
675. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans at European Union level to review and update the various EU nursing directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6836/23]
543. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when the north-east drugs task force will be provided with the details of its 2023 annual budget allocation; if this allocation will be increased to take account of inflation-driven cost rises; if so, the additional amount of funding in percentage terms to be allocated to the task force compared to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6493/23]
542. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Drogheda area will be provided with the resources as committed to by his Department to undertake the drug-related intimidation and violence engagement programme; when this programme will commence; the resources that will be made available to the programme in the Drogheda area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6492/23]
201. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for his position on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7491/23]
152. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering reviewing the issue of access to hackney licences in urban areas outside of the current pilot programme relating to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6837/23]
123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the introduction of the temporary solidarity contribution announced last year for 2022 and 2023 which will be levied on companies active in fossil fuel production or refining; the estimated amount of revenue he anticipates will be generated from the measure in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6835/23]
122. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update of the new windfall profit tax announced in November 2022 which is to be applied to the revenue of energy companies; the estimated amount he forecasts will be collected in 2023 from the measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6834/23]
291. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions processed in Ireland since the drug was added to the DPS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6364/23]