238. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of pre-letting expenses for landlords at the €5,000 cap in 2020, 2021 and those projected for 2022, respectively; and the rationale for the projected cost of €1 million in the first year, and €2 million in a full year are grounded on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48535/22]
237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the qualifying criteria for the rent tax credit; if tenants in approved housing bodies, local authorities and cost-rental developments respectively will be eligible; and if not, the reasoning for that exclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48534/22]
236. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reason that the projected cost of the help to buy scheme is listed as €83 million in Budget 2023 documentation given that the full-year cost in 2022 will be substantially more; the expected underlying level of applications for the help to buy scheme in 2023; the estimated average payment for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48533/22]
235. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated projected cost of the Special Assignee Relief Programme in 2023; the reason that no cost has been attributed to extending the Programme in Budget 2023 documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48531/22]
234. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated projected cost of extending the 9% VAT rate on electricity and gas for the remainder of 2023; the estimated cost for the extension in January and February 2023; the estimated additional average cost to a household and a business from the higher VAT rate applying for the remaining ten months in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48530/22]
166. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected dividend from the ESB in 2022 and 2023, respectively; if he has sought a specific figure from the ESB for windfall profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48537/22]
150. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his proposals for a windfall tax on energy companies in a scenario in which no agreement is reached at an European Union level; if such proposals will be included in the Finance Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48538/22]
103. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his plans in response to a spending review (details supplied) published by his Department; his views on whether the findings of the review would enable staff to avoid travel to and from the city centre on a daily basis and if there would be consequential savings in a reduced leasehold portfolios in the city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48280/22]
94. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his plans to reform the Standards in Public Office Commission; and when the Heads of the Ethics in Public Office Standards Bill 2015 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48283/22]
86. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to ensure that all contractors that are awarded State public procurement contracts pay all staff a living wage given the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48279/22]
79. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has examined or requested a SWITCH analysis of the budget 2023 measures, excluding the 2022 temporary cost-of-living measures to be carried out; if he will provide a copy of any such analysis reviewed by his Department, for the distributional impact of the permanent expenditure and taxation changes from budget 2023 only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48282/22]
115. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if any foreign postal service has refused to register for the automated import system to date; and if he will provide the identities of these postal services. [47755/22]
114. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the steps 'an individual can take to send items to Ireland if they are posting such items from countries whose postal services have yet to register on the automated import system; and if he is concerned at the risk of Ireland developing a reputation that is unfriendly to international business and trade. [47754/22]
113. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned Irish citizens living or travelling in countries whose postal services have failed to register on the automated import system will be prevented from sending parcels of any kind to Ireland; and the way this may shut off Ireland from the global postal system. [47753/22]
112. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the total number of foreign postal services that have registered to use the automated import system to date (details supplied), which will enable them to register electronic customs declaration forms on behalf of customers; and the names of these foreign postal services. [47752/22]
111. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of individual packages refused entry to Ireland due to a lack of a valid customs declaration form or electronic customs declaration form for each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the percentage the refused packages constituted of the total number of packages handled by customs for each of these years. [47751/22]
95. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the actions the Marine Survey Office has taken with regard to the recent listing of the Hebble Sand dredging vessel on the River Boyne in Drogheda; the way the office proposes to work with the vessel owner and the Drogheda Port Company to make the vessel safe and-or have it removed from Drogheda Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47705/22]
168. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of advice or guidance his Department has provided to county councils or the EPA, having regard to the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1993, the European Union Water Framework Directive and the European Communities (Water Policy) Regulation 2003 (SI 722 of 2003), to assist them when assessing all existing renewals and new wastewater treatment licences, given the State's legal commitment to climate change and biodiversity protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47710/22]
151. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental housing units that will be delivered in 2022; the individual project targets for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47419/22]
150. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the report on increasing the social housing income limits nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47418/22]
149. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to a full redress scheme for construction defects; if so, if the scheme will be retrospective for persons who have already carried out safety work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47417/22]
281. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on the appeals made by a person (details supplied) in County Louth against the decision not to be provided school bus tickets in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47333/22]
161. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he, or any of his Departmental officials, were provided with any prior written or verbal notice regarding the decision of a bank (details supplied) on 21 July 2022 to terminate cash services at a number of its branches; if he or his officials were in possession of a document before the bank’s announcement of the decision to terminate cash services at a number of its branches on 22 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46206/22]
152. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Tax and Welfare Commission Report’s findings that wealth and capital taxes should increase materially as a proportion of tax revenues; his plans, if any, to increase such taxes in order to put the public finances on a sustainable footing as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46204/22]
135. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned about the impact of rising European Central Bank interest rates on mortgage holders; his plans, if any, to put a cap on variable mortgage interest rates to protect homeowners; if he agrees that the current code of conduct on mortgage arrears needs to be updated to provide greater protection to homeowners who may be in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46205/22]
130. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the recent findings of the Report of the Commission of Investigation IBRC that a senior official at his Department made an unauthorised disclosure of confidential information regarding the sale process for an organisation (details supplied); if he believes that it is appropriate that the same official now represents the State’s interest in relation to the liquidation of IBRC in their role as head of the shareholding and financial advisory division at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46207/22]
126. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to reduce the rate of VAT applied on condoms and menstrual cups to 0%; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing the rate on said products to 0%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46208/22]
94. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendations in the recent report by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare that wealth and capital taxes should increase materially as a proportion of tax revenues; his plans to broaden the tax base and generate additional Exchequer revenue from additional taxes on wealth and assets in order to sustain public spending and to meet the challenges of the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46486/22]
123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to extend the provision of free condoms to all persons under 25 years, regardless of gender, as part of the State’s existing free contraceptives scheme; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46172/22]
102. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work he and his Department are undertaking, if any, to ensure all students have fair and equitable online access to further and higher education in light of the ongoing student accommodation crisis; if he agrees that high-level institutions must be proactive and flexible in providing online and remote opportunities to students where possible in view of the fact that the difficulties students have in securing appropriate accommodation; his plans, if any, to issue updated guidance to higher level institutions regarding remote learning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46115/22]
90. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to hold a pension market review in view of the significant changes and ongoing issues within the sector; her views as to whether or not a full review including consultation with the public and relevant stakeholders is necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46239/22]
537. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health his views on a policy issue raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the closure of sexual health services in the north east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45805/22]
312. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will consider an application for school transport for a person (details supplied) in Louth in view of the unique circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45469/22]
243. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to issue a formal circular to all Government Departments and all public bodies in relation to their responsibilities and statutory obligations under the Public Sector Equality & Human Rights Duty under Section 42 of the Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission Act of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45806/22]
240. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she plans to reintroduce the extended Covid leave for school staff who cannot attend work as a consequence of long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45297/22]
167. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the remote working from home relief from €3.20 per day to €5 per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44705/22]
1463. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost to the Exchequer of adding an additional 100 and 1,000 members of An Garda Síochána to the force in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43956/22]
1415. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice her Department's position given the recent decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to proceed with additional prosecutions on the need for a commission of inquiry into the conduct of a former doctor and convicted abuser (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43087/22]
1347. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will confirm whether legislation would be required for funding from the National Training Fund to be provided to third-level institutions through the Higher Education Authority and the recurrent grant allocation model to fund day-to-day expenditure through the block grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43756/22]
1346. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated additional yield to the National Training Fund from a 0.1% increase in the NTF levy in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43755/22]
1345. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the main areas of expenditure funded by the National Training Fund in 2022; the organisations which received funding in 2022; if the Higher Education Authority receives funding from the NTF; if so, the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43754/22]
1344. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated surplus in the National Training Fund for 2022, based on revenue received and projected expenditure; the total surplus in 2021; the total accumulated reserve; the projected surplus for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43753/22]
1325. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to an issue with the applied social care programme at a university (details supplied) receiving CORU accreditation; his views on same; if he believes that a full refund should be offered to affected students; his plans, if any, to engage with officials from the university, CORU and other relevant institutions regarding this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43177/22]
1302. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of trainee doctor places that have been on offer in the State each year since 2016; the number of those places that are being offered through CAO and to non-European Union students respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42362/22]
1301. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of trainee dental places that have been on offer in the State each year since 2016; the number of those places that are being offered through CAO and to non-European Union students respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42361/22]
1220. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1327 of 26 July 2022, if he will consider a proposal to insert an interim measure at section 4.3.1 in the early childhood care and education programme rules allowing for choice of start date for parents of multiple births, pending the outcome of the upcoming 12-month review of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42582/22]
1100. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the Pensions Council’s proposed cost-transparency initiative in respect of the costs and charges applied to the management of private pensions; if she will outline the details of the promised response (details supplied) that she has received, if any, on the issue from the Pensions Council; her views on the Pensions Council’s findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42715/22]
1003. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a special educational needs transport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed by her Department; when the proposed new service will be put out to tender; the timeframe for the delivery of this urgent service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43880/22]
656. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of formal complaints made to the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Body to date; the broad nature, subject matter of the complaints; the actions taken by the Body in relation to each complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43884/22]