1034. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of proceeds from crime collected by the Criminal Assets Bureau that will go back into the Exchequer in regard to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19732/20]
1033. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the names and salaries of her special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19725/20]
990. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names and salaries of his special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19715/20]
920. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names and salaries of his special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19713/20]
905. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names and salaries of her special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in her Department [19727/20]
899. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams available from her Department arising from the July stimulus to local authorities for town centre pedestrianisation programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20504/20]
786. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names and salaries of her special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19720/20]
698. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of agencies that will fall under the remit of both her Department and the newly established Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20510/20]
697. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the proposed review of SUSI eligibility and adjacency rates as provided for in the programme for Government including the process; when she will carry it out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20509/20]
696. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the student survey from an organisation (details supplied) on the second level educational plans of persons in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20508/20]
695. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be made available in higher education institutions to comply with the two metre social distancing requirements in view of the latest public health advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20507/20]
694. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills if steps are being taken to roll out the sanctuary scholarship scheme across all higher education institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20506/20]
693. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide third level educational opportunities for residents in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20505/20]
652. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the names and salaries of her special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in her Department. [19719/20]
589. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence the person or body that is responsible for drafting the terms of reference for the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces; if the Commission will include a review the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 and the Defence Act 1954 to determine the respective Acts meaningfulness in the 21st century; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19731/20]
588. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence the names and salaries of his special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19718/20]
570. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names and salaries of his special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19722/20]
508. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application from Louth County Council for funding to develop the northern port access route, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20503/20]
437. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the names and salaries of his special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department [19724/20]
418. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names and salaries of her special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19717/20]
390. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to establish oversight and conditionality measures to ensure well managed and effective expenditure of the July stimulus funding; if this will include stakeholder oversight groups at sectorial levels with involved of trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20499/20]
389. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for effective oversight of July stimulus funding in view of the absence of performance indicators attached to recent Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20498/20]
388. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the reason the recent Estimates have not contained updated performance indicators relating to new expenditure allocations; if this will impede the work of the central expenditure policy and reporting division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20497/20]
387. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the eGovernment Strategy 2017-2020 and Public Service Data Strategy 2019-2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20496/20]
386. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the programme of organisational capability reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20495/20]
385. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Public Service 2020 strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20494/20]
384. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for sanctioning the engagement of and expenditure on special advisers to Ministers of State who do not attend Cabinet; if he will provide details of requests made to his Department by any Department on behalf of Ministers of State in terms of the possible appointment of special advisers to assist them in their roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20493/20]
376. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names and salaries of his special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19726/20]
352. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken with the banking sector to ensure that it is retaining lines of credit for mortgages to persons (details supplied) who are on the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20492/20]
351. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance when the databank of his Department was last updated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20491/20]
350. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of compliance inspections for the temporary wage subsidy scheme; the number of Departmental staff who have been assigned to compliance duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20490/20]
349. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of employers that have returned payments made by the Revenue Commissioners under the temporary wage subsidy scheme since its inception; the amount in cash terms that has been returned to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20489/20]
348. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details relating to the issue of liability for income tax on employees availing of the pandemic unemployment payment; the way in which the liability for tax owed will be treated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20488/20]
347. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details relating to the issue of liability for income tax on employees availing of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; the way in which the liability for tax owed will be treated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20487/20]
346. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans for an income tax relief for self-employed persons to provide liquidity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20486/20]
345. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans for an enhanced corporate tax loss relief to provide additional liquidity supports for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20485/20]
344. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of his discussion with the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation regarding the proposed eligibility criteria for the stay and spend incentive; his plans to end the effective employer veto of joint labour committees for the hospitality sector to ensure workers in businesses benefiting from the scheme are protected and fairly remunerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20484/20]
343. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans to attach eligibility conditions pertaining to employment rights and conditions for employers availing of the stay and spend incentive; his plans for a sectorial oversight mechanism with the involvement of recognised trade unions to ensure the effective implementation of this policy with respect to workers’ rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20483/20]
342. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he received advice from his officials regarding the distributional impact of the stay and spend incentive; if persons in the lower tax bracket or higher income tax bracket are more likely to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20482/20]
341. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans for a clawback mechanism in cases in which an employer availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme makes over 20% of staff redundant when using the scheme in circumstances in which the redundancies were not agreed with a recognised trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20481/20]
340. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the measures that are being put in place to ensure employees in firms availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme are protected from economic dismissal; if employers availing of the scheme will be obliged to inform workers' representatives and Revenue in the case of a planned dismissal; if they will lose the wage subsidy for such workers during the agreed notice period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20480/20]
339. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to help retain lines of credit for mortgages to persons who will be availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20479/20]
338. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans to make access to the employment wage subsidy scheme conditional on respect for workers' rights such as no outstanding or unimplemented WRC adjudications of Labour Court recommendations, compliance with an ERO if applicable and commitment to collective bargaining and-or collective agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20478/20]
337. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure compulsory and conditional top-ups to the full amount of an employee's pre-existing wage for those employers availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20477/20]
336. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans to protect existing workers from displacement or loss of income from the employment wage subsidy scheme; his plans to exclude temporary agency workers, those holding a work contract with another employer and trainees from the new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20476/20]
335. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans for training or job transfer measures as part of the employment wage subsidy scheme as is included in the German scheme; his plans to ensure eligibility to the scheme is conditional on the production of agreed training and reskilling plans of each employee to improve the comparatively low rate of in-work training and increase productivity here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20475/20]
334. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans to protect the employment wage subsidy scheme from significant waste and abuse of funds in view of the warning from his officials regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20474/20]
333. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans for a broader compliance and auditing of the proposed employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20473/20]
332. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans to set a maximum duration for individual companies availing of the proposed employment wage subsidy scheme; if a review and compliance audit will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20472/20]
312. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the names and salaries of his special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department. [19721/20]