94. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for not including third-level students who are repeating first year in the scheme whereby student fees were reduced by €1,000 as part of the Government's cost-of-living support package; if he will provide a costing for the 2022-2023 academic year; if students in this category were to be included in the measure; if he plans to review the policy decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61259/22]
674. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants who have left posts at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda to date in 2022; the number and nature/discipline of the posts that are currently unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60846/22]
539. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of access to community neuro-rehabilitation teams in CHO 8, which impacts those living with neurological conditions within the Louth and east Meath constituency (details supplied); his plans, if any, for a community neuro-rehabilitation team to be set up in CHO 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60243/22]
516. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO8 area; if so, if he will provide a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60163/22]
317. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60718/22]
180. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Primary Medical Certificate Board; the number of applications that are waiting to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60413/22]
103. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a policy issue raised by constituents regarding the new corporate sustainability due diligence directive (details supplied); if he will provide an update on his plans, if any, to seek a strengthening of this directive to ensure it applies to a wider range of companies and their overseas values chains; if issues regarding climate and justice are addressed; if obligations for companies in the financial sector are strengthened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60789/22]
248. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW and An Garda Síochána have identified a site for the development of a new Garda station at Laytown, County Meath; if he will confirm when construction work on the site will commence under the relevant capital programme; the year in which the building will be completed; the estimated total cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59225/22]
162. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the date on which the contract with a company (details supplied) that operates the toll on the M1 at Julianstown, County Meath and the toll at the Donore exit at Drogheda will end; if his Department plans to end tolling at both locations on the conclusion of the contract and on transfer to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58559/22]
68. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent ECB Financial Stability Review (details supplied); if he is satisfied that the scheme is sufficiently targeted and financially prudent in view of current conditions which increase the vulnerabilities of more-indebted sovereigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58188/22]
572. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if a proposed Garda Station in Laytown is included in the current An Garda Síochána capital programme. [58082/22]
111. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a school transport appeal case will be determined for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56889/22]
101. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the plans that she has to increase spaces on buses available for school transport in County Louth arising from the additional funding allocated in Budget 2023; if she will provide a firm date as to when the additional provision will come on stream; the number of additional places that will be made available in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56763/22]
551. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will provide services to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56402/22]
453. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will consider developing, with the ETBs and other statutory education bodies, networks of remote study hubs in regional towns in which there is no third level institution footprint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56484/22]
255. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the revised wind energy development guidelines will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56483/22]
130. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the land, properties or buildings the OPW or his Department have made available in 2022 for housing or accommodation for Ukrainian refugees or those seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56432/22]
114. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on when the review of ethics legislation will be published; if he will confirm that ten submissions were received by the closure date of the public consultation in mid-January 2022; if those submissions have now all been considered; if he has considered the findings of the review yet; when he intends to bring forward a general scheme of a Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56431/22]
112. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in publishing the report on the review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, which was scheduled for early in quarter 3 of 2022, according to the roadmap; if he has received the review report and recommendations yet; when he intends to publish it; if he will be bringing forward changes to the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56435/22]
105. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of projects under way by the OPW to improve the energy efficiency of the buildings it manages and owns; the budget for such works in 2022; the projected budget for 2023; the square meters of building space that will be retrofitted this year; the role the OPW has in delivering on climate mitigation and adaptation in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56430/22]
89. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Dáil Éireann passing a motion on Wednesday, 12 October 2022 in support of pay increases for community and voluntary sector workers, the action he or his Department has taken to deliver on the commitments listed in the motion; if he intends to provide for a standing forum and mechanism for collective bargaining on pay and conditions with recognised trade unions in the sector; if he or his Department has engaged with trade unions on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56433/22]
164. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the average response time for an online Revenue query; if he is satisfied the Revenue Commissioner is adequately resourced to respond to such queries in a timely fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55837/22]
142. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage owners currently in short- and long-term arrears, in tabular form; if his Department or the Central Bank will conduct an analysis on the potential impact of rising ECB rates on mortgage arrears; if he is satisfied the 2013 code of conduct on mortgage arrears is adequate to protect customers in the current environment of rising rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55834/22]
133. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if any data centres have applied for and been approved to draw down support under the temporary business energy support scheme; his plans, if any, to restrict data centres and other large energy users from availing of the TBESS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55836/22]
103. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of applicants and successfully approved recipients of the temporary business energy support scheme (TBESS); if he plans to attach any conditions on companies accessing the scheme, for example, restricting the payments of dividends and senior management bonuses to firms in receipt of funds under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55835/22]
95. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, post-budget analysis that suggests that permanent tax changes made in budget 2023 will disproportionately benefit higher earners; if he is concerned that full-time workers who are on the minimum wage will not see the full benefit of the planned 80 cent an hour increase in the national minimum wage due to the failure to entirely adjust all relevant PRSI and tax bands to account for this increase; his plans, if any, to address this issue on Committee or Report Stage of the Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55838/22]
90. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank has undertaken, or plans to undertake, an analysis of the potential impact of rising ECB interest rates on Irish mortgage holders; his views as to whether the Central Bank will require additional regulatory powers to protect those with variable and tracker mortgages from rising rates, given the lack of competition in the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55833/22]
36. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has held any meetings with Irish banks about the rate of interest paid on customer deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55775/22]
35. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the dividends received on shares held in banks (details supplied) since 1 January 2020; the dividend per share; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55774/22]
34. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the price achieved for shares in a bank (details supplied) in each transaction since he began selling down the State’s shareholding following the financial crash; the total yield and individual price per share in each of those transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55773/22]
33. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the price achieved for shares in a bank (details supplied) in each transaction since he began selling down the State’s shareholding following the financial crash; the total yield and individual price per share in each of those transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55772/22]
32. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the price achieved for each disposal of shares in banks (details supplied) since 1 January 2020; the number of shares sold in each of those transactions; the number of remaining shares he holds in each bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55771/22]
30. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of recipients of the temporary wage subsidy scheme who will be expected to pay back tax in 2022 and in 2023, by county in tabular form; the number who had underpayments for 2020 and also received TWSS; the amount of persons with TWSS underpayments; the average TWSS underpayment per person; the total amount of outstanding TWSS under payments; his plans, if any, to scrap the TWSS tax bill for affected workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55730/22]
29. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners is currently writing to carers, widow’s pensioners, people on invalidity pensions and other DSP recipients, with no other income sources requesting them to complete income tax return before 31 October 2022 and 16 November 2022 for previous years 2019, 2020 and 2021 due to PAYE underpayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55729/22]
28. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of calls received by the Revenue Commissioners by month from 2017 to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of calls per category; the average waiting time to be connected to a Revenue official; the number of calls left unanswered or disconnected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55728/22]
655. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding streams and supports her Department makes available to schools across the country to provide food for students; if any new schemes are being developed to meet rising needs in the context of the cost-of-living challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54747/22]
654. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the range of financial supports and funding streams available to schools to provide for meals and or food for students; if her Department is prepared to provide new and additional supports to schools in this regard in the context of the cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54746/22]
636. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for domiciliary care allowance made by a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54267/22]
559. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on an appeal made by a person (details supplied) in County Louth against the decision not to provide a school bus ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54552/22]
384. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is correct that there are delays currently in his Department issuing archaeological licences for archaeological projects; if so, the reason for these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54757/22]
260. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners are currently writing to carers, widow’s pensioners, people on invalidity pensions and other DSP recipients, with no other income sources requesting them to complete income tax return before 31 October 2022 and 16 November 2022 for previous years 2019, 2020 and 2021 due to PAYE underpayments (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54488/22]
256. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the incentives, if any, that will be provided to companies and workers who require company vehicles, to move to EVs, especially in view of the impact of changes to the BIK regime on such workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54338/22]
206. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on an appeal filed by a person (details supplied) in County Louth on a decision not to provide school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53963/22]
200. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made in relation to the provision of a school bus ticket for a person in County Louth (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53929/22]
154. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans, if any, to engage with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to seek a reversal of charges (details supplied) given the current energy-cost crisis and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53992/22]
519. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason retired persons with qualifying pensions at a college (details supplied) have not yet received the 1% pay increase that was granted in October 2021 which current civil servants have already received; his plans to address this matter; if he can confirm that all eligible persons will receive their increase in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53305/22]
485. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a payment to her Department by the UK DHSS for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53528/22]
321. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the plan under the last quarter of 2022 to increase the borrowing capacity of the Housing Finance Agency to help local authorities finance land acquisition for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53381/22]
320. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the consolidation of planning legislation planned for the last quarter of 2022 is to occur, taking into account the loophole that allows change of use for student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53380/22]