709. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to provide a facility in Drogheda, County Louth to ensure the swift roll-out of the Covid-19 booster shots to the population in Drogheda, south Louth and east Meath; when such a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57633/21]
708. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 843 of 27 January, the status of plans by the HSE to provide a new base for the ambulance service in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57632/21]
707. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a site (details supplied) is in the ownership of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57631/21]
110. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she plans to formally include schools (details supplied) as DEIS band one schools in the context of the recent review by her Department of the DEIS scheme; the timeline for the implementation of the recommendations of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56333/21]
103. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a planning application will be submitted to Meath County Council for the planned permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56208/21]
690. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the new community development approach to be piloted by her Department in Drogheda, County Louth from February 2022 (details supplied); if she will publish the framework governing the pilot initiative; the amount of money her Department will allocate to the initiative in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55729/21]
530. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections that the HSE has carried out in hospitality related businesses that operate indoor dining since 26 July 2021 in order to monitor and enforce compliance with the requirement for EU Digital COVID Certificates to be presented and checked by county; the number of compliance notices or formal orders issued to businesses that have been found to be non-compliant with the regulations relating the checking of EU Digital COVID Certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55656/21]
407. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the latest proposals by her Department to address the issue of the provision of pensions to community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56167/21]
194. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the stage at which the DART+ to Drogheda project stands in terms of the appraisal by his Department of the capital project; if he will provide an updated assessment of the overall cost and timeline for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55572/21]
127. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections that the Health and Safety Authority has carried out in hospitality-related businesses, such as, pubs, restaurants, cafés, hotels and nightclubs since 22 October 2021 in order to monitor and enforce compliance with the requirement for EU digital Covid certificates to be presented and checked, by county; the number of compliance notices or formal orders issued to businesses that have been found to be non-compliant with the regulations relating to the checking of EU digital Covid certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55498/21]
122. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the status of the well-being framework and dashboard; his plans to include the distribution of both pre-tax and post-tax income and wealth and Gini coefficient within the income and wealth dimension of the proposed well-being dashboard; and his plans to include measures for the security of employment, trade union density and collective bargaining coverage and work-life balance within the work and job quality dimension. [56110/21]
76. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to publish legislation to amend the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54953/21]
75. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide more access to remote working within the public sector; the status of negotiations with trade unions regarding the development of an agreed framework on remote working in the civil and public service into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54951/21]
63. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide information on planned changes to the public spending code against which proposals from Departments and State agencies will be appraised in respect of the need to comply with the aims of the climate action plan and sectoral carbon budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54955/21]
301. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence when backpay due to members of the Army Ranger Wing will be paid; the reason the money has not been paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55305/21]
300. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence his Department’s plans to allow the Air Corps to carry out priority one ambulance flights on behalf of the HSE; if arrangements will be made and adequate resources provided to allow this to come into effect from the start of 2023 when the current contract for the service expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55303/21]
140. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the number of first and second level school places allocated to schools (details supplied) for the 2021-2022 school year; if she is satisfied that there are sufficient second level first year places available in the Drogheda and east County Meath area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54925/21]
160. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of the sale of a portion of the State’s shareholding in a bank (details supplied); the brokerage costs of the sale to date; if he plans to reconsider plans to divest the State of its remaining shareholding in the bank in view of the recent profits posted by the institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54315/21]
111. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of workers aged under 25 years of age whose wages are subsidised through the employment wage subsidy scheme; if he will provide a breakdown on an economic sector by sector basis in respect of the total number of firms in receipt of the scheme as of 1 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54317/21]
110. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of his plans regarding double tax rules for cross-Border workers (details supplied) who are based in Ireland given the temporary Covid-19 waiver on these rules ends in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54319/21]
89. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a short-term reduction in the rate of VAT charged on energy and certain other household utility bills to assist households with escalating heating and energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54318/21]
87. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out a risk assessment regarding the winding down of the employment wage subsidy scheme and the potential impact on employment levels and the risk of corporate insolvencies; if his Department is considering a replacement scheme based on the principles of the successful German Kurzarbeit short-time work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54316/21]
345. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices in counties Louth and Meath that provided Covid-19 vaccinations to their patients under the initial vaccination programme roll-out; the number of general practitioner practices that have indicated to date that they will not provide the booster shot service to patients; if the HSE plans to utilise the mass vaccination centres in counties Louth and Meath to provide the booster shots to the relevant cohorts of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53730/21]
222. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for the decision to remove the grant of €2,500 for plug-in hybrid vehicles; if his attention has been drawn to the issues this has created for consumers who have pre-ordered such vehicles in the expectation that grant support would be provided; if consideration will be given to delaying the withdrawal of the grant to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53729/21]
152. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the immediate future of the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; the conditions and treatments the scheme covers; the number of patients from the Ireland who utilised the EU cross-border directive in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; the treatments they underwent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53469/21]
139. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of registered undergraduate students at a college (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2021 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53606/21]
1043. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide information on plans it has for a one hectare site in its ownership at Jamestown, Ratoath, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52998/21]
498. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education her views on the results of a survey (details supplied) of 37 schools in the north-east Leinster area regarding the percentage of schools surveyed that have been assigned a NEPS psychologist in the 2021-2022 academic year and last academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52357/21]
497. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education her views on the results of a survey (details supplied) of 37 schools in the north-east Leinster area regarding the collective total number of days since the start of the 2021-2022 academic year that schools were unable to get a substitute teacher to cover a mainstream class teacher; the collective total number of days they were unable to get a substitute teacher to cover for an absent special education teacher, unable to find a substitute teacher and a mainstream class was taught by a special education teacher and the collective total number of days that an unqualified substitute teacher taught a class to cover for an absent teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52356/21]
496. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education her views on the results of a survey (details supplied) of 37 schools in the north-east Leinster area and the percentage found to have not yet managed to source a psychologist through the SCPA scheme to complete psychological assessments to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52355/21]
495. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education her views on the results of a survey (details supplied) of 37 schools in the north-east Leinster area and the percentage found to have not been assigned a NEPS psychologist and that have been granted assessments through the scheme for the commissioning of psychological assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52354/21]
476. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to an application for additional support for children with ASD in a school (details supplied) in County Louth; if she plans to change policy relating to this matter to ensure that children who have had early intervention classes at a mainstream school will retain their SNA support while being educated and integrated into junior infants and beyond in the same school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52118/21]
179. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance when his Department will publish the submissions made to the recent public consultation process on corporation tax reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51758/21]
178. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an updated analysis on the forecasted losses or gains to the Exchequer arising from Ireland’s decision to sign up to Pillars One and Two of the OECD global corporation tax reform initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51757/21]
153. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the proposed right to request legislation; if the legislation will be enacted by the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51809/21]
361. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to reform and extend the cycle to work scheme to include those on social welfare benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50485/21]
108. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on recent comments by a person (details supplied) that the lifting of the pay cap is vital to the long-term sustainability of the indigenous banking sector. [49149/21]
107. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will give a full report on discussion papers received from his officials on the sale of shares in a bank (details supplied); and if he will report on any meetings he or his Department have had with banks on the matter. [49148/21]
106. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the discussion he has had with an organisation (details supplied) on the lifting of the pay cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49147/21]
105. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the discussions he or his officials have had with a bank (details supplied) in relation to lifting the pay cap in view of comments by its CEO; and if the pay cap will not be lifted until at least a time that SEARS legislation is enacted. [49146/21]
8. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the number of occasions in which the Attorney General delegated his functions to the Director General of the Office of the Attorney General since his appointment; the reason for such a delegation; and the date of each. [49300/21]
5. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach in circumstances in which the Attorney General has engaged in either the provision of legal advices and or opinions and or appearing in court in person or virtually or engaging in settlement mechanisms such as mediation, arbitration or settlement, the name of the person or persons who authorised him to so do; the date or dates when such authorisation was given; if such authorisation was given on a general basis; if the authorising parties were aware of the names of the clients; the nature of the advices provided and-or professional service provided; the identity of the instructing solicitor in each and every instance in which an authorisation was provided; and if there are instances in which no such authorisation was obtained and or declined. [48924/21]
4. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach if the Attorney General has engaged in the provision of legal advices and or opinions or the like for any party, other than the State or a Minister of the Government or any other State party, since their appointment; the time taken including preparation time; if the Attorney General charged or intends to charge a fee or fees of any description; and the identity of the client and the instructing solicitor. [48923/21]
3. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the full title and record number of each and every set of legal proceedings including commissions, inquiries and inspections in which the Attorney General has acted as counsel since their appointment; the proceedings in which they have acted as counsel for any party other than the State or a Minister of the Government or any other State party since his appointment, whether in person or by virtual hearing; the dates when such cases were heard; the dates when the Attorney General appeared; the date when any such hearing date was fixed; the identity of the instructing solicitor; the dates when such cases were heard, including if the case was heard by means of virtual hearing, in-person hearing or if, it was compromised, the date on which any settlement mechanism, arbitration, mediation or otherwise; the time taken including preparation time; and if the Attorney General charged or intends to charge a fee or fees of any description. [48922/21]
Bill entitled Act to provide for the automatic extension of notice periods with respect to residential tenancies where a tenant is certified as at risk of homelessness and for that purpose to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and to provide for related matters.
367. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the details of the total public expenditure committed to the Tobacco Free Ireland initiative in 2019 and 2020 within his Department, the health and well-being programme and the Health Service Executive, including all prevention and cessation programmes be provided in view of the progress reported in the recent Tobacco Free Ireland Annual Report 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48748/21]
18. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the call made by an organisation (details supplied) for the design of a special relief on carbon tax in order that relevant good producers can continue to increase sustainable production and consumption of Irish grown products on the domestic market in line with the Food Vision 2030 Strategy. [48434/21]
422. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education her views on the failure to provide a suitable and permanent school building for the parents, guardians and students of a Gaelscoileanna (details supplied) in view of the commitment in the Programme for Government to implement the 20-year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 and Action Plan; her views on whether this failure contravenes the commitment within the stated strategy to ensure a high standard of all-Irish education will be provided to school students whose parents and guardians so wish and that Gaelscoileanna will continue to be supported at primary level and all-Irish provision at post-primary level will be developed to meet follow-on demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48338/21]
421. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the status of progress of a Gaelcholáiste (details supplied); the efforts made by her Department to provide an adequate and permanent school premise to accommodate the needs of both current and future pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48337/21]
418. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 28 September 2021, if a copy of a masterplan (details supplied) will be provided to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48287/21]