105. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if persons with a second meter for storage heating in the same residence received two €200 electricity credit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35026/22]
104. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total cost to the Exchequer of the €200 electricity credit; the number of beneficiaries who received the payment; the number of beneficiaries who received two, three or more payments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35025/22]
39. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way local authorities determine who is homeless; the powers local authorities have to decide who is homeless and eligible for emergency accommodation; the criteria used by local authorities to decide who is homeless and eligible for emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35167/22]
38. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of complaints received by the Residential Tenancies Board relating to the €200 electricity credit payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35028/22]
746. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason that a number of staff (details supplied) at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital have not received the pandemic bonus payment given that their direct counterparts in Beaumont Hospital and Our Lady’s Navan did receive the payment; if the HSE plans to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33563/22]
385. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice when she will publish the review of the atypical work permit scheme which is in place for non-EEA migrant fishers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33567/22]
65. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding allowing local authorities to purchase a house where there is a tenant in situ; if updated guidance has been issued to the local authorities; the budget that is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32981/22]
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the An Bord Pleanála’s review report published in 2016; his views on each recommendation; the recommendations that have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32980/22]
752. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be made available by the HSE to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital to accommodate the additional resource demands that will be placed on the hospital arising from the plans to discontinue the emergency department service at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32055/22]
414. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when pension increases due to retired public service workers who were employed by FAS, the ETBs and Solas will receive payment of the increases they are owed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31402/22]
399. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a payment equivalent to illness benefit for the five days medical care leave as proposed in the work life balance and miscellaneous provisions Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31406/22]
140. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the current 5% spending rule given the cost-of-living crisis; if he agrees that efforts to support households through the crisis combined with the existing Programme for Government’s current spending commitments may see the 5% rule breached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31013/22]
138. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the impact of rising construction costs on the delivery of the National Development Plan; the total cost to the State in 2022; the estimated cost in 2023 of his Department’s commitment to pay 70% of the construction cost inflation on recently agreed contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31014/22]
114. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total underspend on capital spending to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31015/22]
100. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of plans for a new climate division in his Department; if he will confirm its staffing structure; its overall responsibilities and the function it will play in the allocation, implementation and enforcement of sectoral carbon budgets and ceilings across Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31012/22]
58. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the warnings from an organisation (details supplied) of an over-reliance on corporation tax receipts; if he will outline his strategy to reduce this over-reliance; the way that he plans to broaden and sustain the tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31011/22]
29. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce a windfall tax on the super-normal profits of energy companies; if he will provide details of any engagement that he and his officials have had with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, his officials and the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31010/22]
33. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to an issue in relation to a person (details supplied); if his Department has plans to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31101/22]
18. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the additional revenue raised from capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax respectively when the rate increased from 25% to 30% and then to 33% for each year from 2012 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31051/22]
1914. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); the plans, if any, that the HSE has to address the problems outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30831/22]
1410. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the issues with the HSE national payroll system which caused the delay in the payment of the pandemic bonus payment to eligible HSE staff in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29047/22]
1067. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30920/22]
380. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of increasing the small benefit exemption to €2,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29430/22]
195. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering taking steps to invoke sections 61 to 63 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 with a view to introducing maximum price orders on certain goods and products in the context of the current cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30940/22]
Bill entitled an Act to provide for measures to address market failures in the market for principal dwelling house mortgage loans, and to provide for related matters.
86. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the ways in which energy companies can assist the State and consumers to meet the challenges of escalating energy prices for domestic users; if he will outline the work being undertaken by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28586/22]
206. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 second dose booster programme for persons under 65 years of age; when this age cohort will be offered an additional Covid-19 booster vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28262/22]
91. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department plans to take on any functions relating to the delivery of the Collaborative Town Centre Health Checks programme operated by the Heritage Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28201/22]
89. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the attention of her Department has been drawn to the change in the ownership and company structure at an organisation (details supplied); her views on whether this changed structure means that the organisation is ineligible to draw down the Sports Capital Grant awarded to it in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28203/22]
75. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the plans, if any, to reopen the train station in Dunleer, County Louth; the estimated cost of reopening the existing station; his views that Dunleer offers the potential for an improved rail service for the mid and south Louth areas and that a cost-benefit analysis should be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28239/22]
59. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an investigation is being undertaken by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the substance of a complaint submitted to the ODCE by a person (details supplied) in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28212/22]
827. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will extend the Brexit temporary fleet tie-up scheme 2022 to include the month of December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27745/22]
726. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when stakeholders will receive a letter confirming funding for the Sláintecare: Towards Self-Care in Headache project so that the participating hospitals can retain and recruit vital staff, as per his Department’s announced roll-out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27766/22]
512. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that has taken place between a development company and his Department and or IPAS on an issue (details supplied); if agencies such as the HSE and the Department of Education have been consulted to ensure that local supports and service provision will be put in place to support such an initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27914/22]
458. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a community employment scheme (details supplied) that has been instructed by her Department to discontinue a long-established programme of environmental works in three estates in Ardee, County Louth; if she will provide documentary evidence from her Departmental officials outlining the policy basis for this decision; if this decision is being implemented evenly and consistently across all relevant community employment schemes in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27478/22]
262. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement that has taken place between a development company and his Department and or IPAS on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27915/22]
184. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that retired civil servants with qualifying pensions have not yet received the 1% pay increase that was granted in October 2021 which current civil servants have already received; when he expects that all persons eligible for this pension increase will have their increase applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27288/22]
182. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider pausing the sale of the State’s shareholding in a bank (details supplied), in light of a recent European Central Bank paper which states that a mixed composition consisting of foreign and domestic-owned banks that are controlled by the state and private owners is advisable, in order to conduct a full review of the risks of a fully-privatised Irish banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28060/22]
181. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with his stated policy decision to unwind the State’s shareholding in commercial banks (details supplied) in light of a recent European Central Bank paper; if he agrees with the analysis that a fully-privatised banking sector may worsen the impact of crisis periods; if he agrees that Ireland is particularly vulnerable given the ECB paper’s assumptions regarding the small number of banks and lack of competition within the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28057/22]
180. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review his stated strategy to unwind the State’s shareholding in commercial banks (details supplied) in light of a recent European Central Bank paper which cites that a mixed composition consisting of foreign and domestic-owned banks that are controlled by the state and private owners is advisable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28056/22]
63. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details on all of the engagement IDA has had with a company (details supplied) in 2022 in advance of its recent decision to propose 307 redundancies at its operations in Dundalk and west Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27772/22]
62. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of grants provided by the IDA to a company (details supplied) under all of the relevant IDA grant headings in each of the years 2012 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27771/22]
99. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the status of the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); when her Department plans to submit the planning application for the project to Meath County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26612/22]
303. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is working with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the relevant agencies to provide opportunities to match refugees from the Ukraine with employment opportunities; if her Department is considering running jobs fair-type events across the country with local agencies for that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25495/22]
110. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he and the Higher Education Authority are taking to progress the process of obtaining technological university status for Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24104/22]
172. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he anticipates any difficulty or delay in payment of the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment wherein a qualifying individual is now working for a new employer within a qualifying sector; to outline whether two or more employers are expected to split the cost of the pandemic bonus payment in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25220/22]
52. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of his engagement with mobile network operators in Ireland to roll-out a shared rural network in Ireland to ensure that mobile coverage blackspots in Ireland are eliminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25074/22]
51. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of his engagement with a company (details supplied) to roll-out a shared rural network to ensure that mobile coverage blackspots in Ireland are eliminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25058/22]
583. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made in relation to an application for family reunification submitted by a person (details supplied) in January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24170/22]