582. 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 December 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24169/22]
580. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the delays in processing passport applications due to ongoing issues with confirming Garda witnessing (details supplied); her plans for a central logging system for the witnessing process of passport applications; her plans to raise this matter with the Minister for Foreign Affairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24132/22]
483. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for a PPS number for Syrian, Afghani, Yazidi and Ukrainian programme refugees, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24140/22]
434. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education her views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the Summer Programme 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24150/22]
387. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of cases in which a parental consent form could not be verified by the Passport Office in each of the years between 2017 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/22]
342. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the delays in processing passport applications due to ongoing issues with confirming Garda witnessing (details supplied); his views on whether a central logging system is urgently needed to expedite the witnessing process, including by An Garda Síochána of passport applications; his plans to raise this matter with the Minister for Justice. [24133/22]
266. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of tracker mortgages that are held by an organisation (details supplied); the average number of years left per tracker mortgage customer; the average loan amount per tracker mortgage customer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24888/22]
265. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the potential sale of the tracker mortgages of a bank (details supplied) to another bank in which the State owns a majority shareholding; if the transfer of this performing loan book will be transferred at a discounted rate; his views on whether the affected tracker mortgage customers should also be permitted to avail of any potential discounted rate provided to the receiving organisation upon the sale of these tracker mortgages and that they should be offered the option of repayment at any given discounted rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24887/22]
260. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of the promised excise relief programme that is currently available to craft brewers; if the programme is being extended to craft cider producers in the forthcoming finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24462/22]
245. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the way the process to examine the introduction of a levy on the construction industry in the Finance Bill 2022 that was announced on 30 November 2021 as part of his statement on the revised defective concrete block scheme is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24176/22]
207. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE places available in County Louth in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23690/22]
206. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE places that will be made available in County Louth in the coming year; the number of applications that have been received to date; if additional places will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23689/22]
170. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she has no function in the assignment, designation and relocation of staff within individual education and training boards; if it is entirely a function of the CEO of individual boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23567/22]
169. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the locations of the main offices of each of the officials and leaders (details supplied) of the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23566/22]
168. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the cost that has already been incurred to date in the design of the originally planned two-storey Louth and Meath Education and Training Board head office building to be located in Drogheda; the estimated total final cost of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23565/22]
167. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the rationale used by her Department’s building and planning unit to agree to a proposed change to the building plans for the proposed Louth and Meath Education and Training Board head office building in Drogheda from a two-storey to a three-storey building; if she will provide information on the comparative costs between the two-storey and three-storey option; the number, designation and title of all of the staff which the board has advised her Department will move to the proposed head office building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23564/22]
166. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an updated timeline for the commencement of building works at the site designated in 2013 for the new headquarters building for the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that €3 million was awarded in 2013 by her Department for the construction of the head office in Drogheda; if she will provide a date for completion of this long-awaited project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23563/22]
150. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the problems experienced by his officials in the Passport Office who have difficulty making contact with gardaí in part-time stations in order to verify consent forms for first-time passport applications for minors (details supplied); if he plans to engage with the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23695/22]
141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by members of the Defence Forces (details supplied) who have served as part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force mission in Syria in obtaining visas to visit the United States; if he will raise this matter with the United States authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23580/22]
78. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the legislative basis for a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/22]
684. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing delays with payments to the victims of a person (details supplied); the status of the dispute between the HSE and the religious order regarding the party that should pay legal costs relating to the High Court case concerned; his views on whether this dispute should not represent an impediment to the immediate payment of the settlements agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22585/22]
224. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the status of an application by organisation (details supplied) to fly between Addis Ababa and Dublin via Manchester; if his attention has been drawn to a recent report concerning the organisation in question; if the report will be considered in relation to the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22840/22]
199. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis has carried out an impact assessment of any kind on the potential effect on water quality and biodiversity in the River Boyne arising from this development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23033/22]
239. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to establish a dedicated clinic for sufferers of long Covid on a permanent basis in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22511/22]
214. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the report from the housing defects working group; when he anticipates the report of the housing defects working group to be completed; if its recommendations will be published in advance of Budget 2023; when he anticipates the proposed redress scheme to be open for applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22288/22]
274. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the resources that are provided for suicide prevention and the implementation of the national suicide prevention strategy Connecting for Life implementation plan in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21528/22]
273. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for suicide prevention services in CHO 8 and in County Louth, respectively, from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21527/22]
237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the target set for public service employment for persons with a disability; the date by which same is to be achieved; the percentage as it stands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21432/22]
234. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to the issue of payments by the State to families who are hosting refugees from Ukraine under the Red Cross accommodation scheme; the estimated overall full-year cost of such a scheme; the amount that each host family will be allocated under the scheme per month; when the scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21431/22]
184. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the opinion of the Governor of the Central Bank that the retail banks are not ready to cope with the additional workload that will result from the exit of banks (details supplied) from the Irish banking sector; his views on whether it was a mistake for the two banks in question to proceed having full knowledge of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21647/22]
149. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the operation of SEAI retrofitting grants and the one-stop shop service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21529/22]
148. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to the impact of fast fashion on the environment; and the status of policy or legislative work pertaining to this matter. [21522/22]
141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to the impact of fast fashion on human rights; the status of policy or legislative work pertaining to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21523/22]
134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the visitor centre at the Battle of the Boyne site at Oldbridge, County Meath has not been reopened to the public; the number of days the visitor centre has been open since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21430/22]
123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of any review being undertaken by his Department on the national development plan in view of the marked increase in construction inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21434/22]
101. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.90 per hour for all workers in the Civil Service; the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.90 per hour for all workers in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21433/22]
74. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the report by the Revenue Commissioners indicating that 641 companies that claimed the €267.8 million in employment wage subsidy scheme also filed for the dividend withholding tax (details supplied); the number of the companies in question that have returned all or part of the value of the subsidy paid to them during the lifetime of the scheme to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21427/22]
70. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if a new 30% rate of income tax is being considered by the Government, as announced by the Tánaiste in March 2022; his views on whether the programme for Government pledge on income tax cuts is prudent in view of the recent Stability Programme update and within the current fiscal and economic context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21425/22]
67. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the respective European Union and OECD negotiations on a proposed new global minimum corporation tax rate; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a United States global intangible low-taxed income rate of 21%; if his Department has undertaken or intends to undertake an updated analysis of the potential cost to the Exchequer of proposed changes; if so, if this will include the potential loss to the Exchequer of a United States global intangible low-taxed income rate of 21%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21424/22]
43. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of ongoing discussions on the European Union fiscal rules; the position adopted by the Government on any changes to the fiscal rules; his views on the recent recommendation of an Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee report (details supplied) which notes the need for certain well defined expenditure areas such as climate and public housing spending to be excluded from the fiscal rules and for a more accommodating set of rules toward public capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21426/22]
24. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if the recently announced temporary reduction in VAT, excise duty and lump-sum payments are to be paid from a surplus in the public finances or by adding to the public debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21423/22]
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce a windfall tax on the extraordinary profits of energy companies to fund measures to combat the rising cost of energy for households and enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/22]
1546. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an estimate on the additional cost to the Exchequer of ensuring that those currently in receipt of disability allowance would retain their medical card upon entering employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20086/22]
1505. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dentists providing care to medial card patients under the dental treatment services scheme has dropped by 40% since 2017 and by nearly 50% since 2012 (details supplied); the status of negotiations between his Department and an association on a revised medical card scheme; the plans his Department and the HSE have to ensure that patients in County Louth who have medical cards receive the timely treatment they need in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19884/22]
1312. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that have been made to the Immigrant Investor Programme by Belarusian citizens in each of the years 2019 to 2022; the number of Belarusian citizens who had their application successfully approved under the programme in the same period, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21127/22]
1311. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice her views on whether the Government needs to take additional measures regarding the Immigrant Investor Programme in response to the European Commission recommendation of 28 March 2022 on immediate steps in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in relation to investor citizenship schemes and investor residence schemes C 2022-2028 final; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21126/22]
1156. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all of the locations that comprise group and congregated settings in counties Louth and Meath which have been deployed to date to accommodate refugees from Ukraine; the number of persons who have been accommodated in this way to date in both counties; his Department’s plans to utilise additional locations in the counties in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21138/22]
1121. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the policy issues raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the new core funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19796/22]
825. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) remains as a recognised national school with her Department; the roll number of the school; if the property is to be disposed of; if her Department has the means to recoup or otherwise retrieve capital grants or otherwise expended in the building development and the maintenance of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19437/22]
765. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that are being taken to develop a scheme to confiscate the assets of Russian nationals and-or Russian-linked entities that have had assets frozen in Ireland as a consequence of the EU sanctions regime against Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20441/22]