260. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of supporting a place on the VTOS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12522/20]
259. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation to the VTOS programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12521/20]
258. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the VTOS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12520/20]
257. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of supporting a place on a training programme in a community training centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12519/20]
256. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation to community training centres in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12518/20]
255. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years of age on training programmes in community training centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12517/20]
254. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of supporting a place on the Youthreach programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12516/20]
253. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation to Youthreach in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12515/20]
252. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the Youthreach programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12514/20]
251. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of a notification procedure with regard to students on reduced timetables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12513/20]
125. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the further national expansion of the existing pilot access to apprenticeship scheme run by TU Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11694/20]
124. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to support greater participation of young women and other under-represented groups in apprenticeship programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11693/20]
123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for apprenticeships in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11692/20]
122. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the new apprenticeship programmes approved since 2014; the title of each apprenticeship programme; the year each was approved; the number of apprentices participating in the programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11691/20]
121. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices by age cohorts 16 to 17, 18 to 21, 22 to 25 and more than 25 years of age, respectively, participating in an apprenticeship programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11690/20]
120. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices participating in an apprenticeship programme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11689/20]
119. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices participating in an apprenticeship in each apprenticeship programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11688/20]
118. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the national apprenticeship advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11687/20]
117. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the Apprenticeship Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11686/20]
116. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the third level institutions that will be required to comply with the revised code of practice for the governance of third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11685/20]
89. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to bring an end to the temporary suspension of flexitime arrangements in the Civil Service and wider public service that was introduced in early April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11917/20]
54. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the plans of a bank (details supplied) to close a service in County Kilkenny in view of the fact the State is a shareholder in the bank; his views on this development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11948/20]
41. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the VAT compensation refund scheme; the number of recipients; the amount of VAT refunded to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11684/20]
40. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance when the national economic dialogue will be held in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11683/20]
9. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the individual actions contained in the high-level Strengthening Our Defence Forces report; the timelines for full implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11781/20]
1069. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when an additionally required declaration will be issued to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10983/20]
1041. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age on jobseeker's allowance who were previously on the €112.70 weekly rate but have now transitioned to date to the €203 weekly rate arising from the decision in budget 2020 to increase the rate for those on jobseeker's allowance under 25 years of age if they are living independently and in receipt of a State housing support such as rent supplement, RAS or HAP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11645/20]
1040. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the labour market council will engage in and provide opportunities for public consultation on policy matters before providing advice to Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11644/20]
1039. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the jobseeker's allowance for those young persons under 25 years of age who are currently on the weekly rate of €112.70 by €45.15 per week to €157.85; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11604/20]
1038. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the membership of the labour market council is determined; if there is a public call for expressions of interest to join the council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11601/20]
1037. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy matters which the labour market council is working on at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11598/20]
1035. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the terms of reference, membership and meetings held to date of the labour market council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11594/20]
1034. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons aged 25 years of age and under who are in receipt of the full rate of jobseeker’s allowance of €203 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11580/20]
1032. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s allowance and signing for credits in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11576/20]
1031. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance and signing for credits in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11574/20]
1030. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the new plans, initiatives and actions being put in place to address the high levels of youth unemployment arising from the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11573/20]
1024. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the back to education allowance scheme; the funding allocated to support young persons under 25 years of age on the scheme in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11517/20]
978. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a deadline for the publication of a report (details supplied) reviewing actors' contracts at RTÉ to ascertain if they have attributes akin to employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10666/20]
977. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that bogus self-employment practices are still in use in RTÉ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10665/20]
962. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a complete moratorium on the facility for employers to dismiss workers on grounds of redundancy during the period in which section 12 of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 remains suspended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10495/20]
961. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address bogus self-employment in the acting sector; the way in which she plans to address those in the sector who have failed to qualify for the pandemic unemployment payment as a consequence of misclassification of their employment status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10492/20]
834. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the recently announced quarantine proposals aimed at people flying here; if his attention has been drawn to the position of an association (details supplied) on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10781/20]
811. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the taxi licences of vehicles to all licence holders beyond the 31 December 2020 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10493/20]
777. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated revenue that would be raised by extending the plastic bag levy to other single-use plastic items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11469/20]
437. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to follow other EU member states that are refusing to grant public aid to businesses registered in tax havens and are making use of aid conditionality as an incentive for the enforcement of their fiscal rules; if her attention has been drawn to companies or their subsidiaries currently receiving State aid that are registered in tax havens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11256/20]
435. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of her plans to develop guidance on remote working particularly relating to the health and safety obligations of employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11239/20]
434. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional HSA inspectors her Department has hired and redeployed, respectively, to regulate and enforce the Return to Work Safely Protocol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11223/20]
408. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent foreign direct investment jobs by county for the year ending December 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10496/20]
344. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if full video link facilities and the capacity to take CCTV evidence is available in full in both courtrooms in the Drogheda court building; if not, when the Courts Service will remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10901/20]
319. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each station in counties Louth, Meath and Waterford, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10497/20]