28. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm his Department's current remote work policy for Departmental staff; if there are plans to modify the policy in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2716/26]
884. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners, working on a multi-agency basis with An Garda Síochána and others, have identified any links between illicit roll-your-own tobacco activity and organised crime networks; the extent of such involvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2305/26]
883. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will obtain the position of the Revenue Commissioners on a policy matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2303/26]
193. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the number of successful prosecutions secured under section 24 of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment), Act 2022 (the provisions of the Act that relate to making the penalisation of an individual who makes a protected disclosure a criminal offence); the number of cases referred to the DPP for their consideration under the terms of the Act since the enactment and commencement of the relevant Section of the Act. [74743/25]
461. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the extensive population growth on the north side of Drogheda; if her Department has any plans to develop a new second-level school to address the needs of the area or to extend existing secondary schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73533/25]
169. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the contents of the Government’s medium-term economic framework; the reasons for the delay in producing the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73642/25]
309. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to further extend the Article 10(6)(a) exemptions under the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended), which are due to end on 31 December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73121/25]
715. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider introducing a scheme to allow the Courts Service to provide reasonable expenses to cover the cost of travel for citizens selected for jury duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71931/25]
564. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will sign the planned secondary legislation to allow local authorities to have their County Development Plans to be extended for a short period beyond 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71676/25]
528. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the construction of a new school building project will commence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72564/25]
499. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the building unit in her Department will engage with Louth County Council in relation to a school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72345/25]
456. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has received proposals from a school (details supplied) in County Louth proposing internal modifications to the proposed new buildings; if she is aware of the fact that the new school building has been in process for several years; if she will include the project in her Department’ Sectoral Plan under the revised NDP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71753/25]
451. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be included in the new DEIS Plus programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71675/25]
450. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the eligibility criteria for inclusion in the new DEIS Plus programme; if the principal criteria to be applied will be the Pobal Deprivation Index and other small area data sets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71674/25]
346. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail is aware that car parks at both Drogheda and Dundalk train stations are at full capacity from approximately 7.15am on weekdays; if, given the improvements to the frequency of commuter and Enterprise services and the roll out of the Dart service, and the fact that there are no plans under the revised NDP to open either a new North Drogheda station, or to reopen the station at Dunleer, County Louth, if he will work with Irish Rail to provide better access to parking for rail users to encourage more customers to avail of expanded services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72433/25]
69. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to reform ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70848/25]
60. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding the management of flooding at Seapoint, Termonfeckin, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70849/25]
50. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is considering modernising the framework of accountability for senior civil and public servants as regards their operational and policy delivery responsibilities and performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70847/25]
286. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the fee increase and assessment process will be open for application for eligible childcare providers and partner services who are in the core funding scheme in Louth and elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70640/25]
385. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to an issue caused by the lack of a late application process for notifying the NCSE of a child’s requirement for a place in a special class or school, and that parents who were not aware of the notification process or had a children born after the 30 September deadline are being left without a way to enrol their child in school for September 2026; the plans to deal with these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69097/25]
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the details of and timeline for the production of legislation to empower the Revenue Commissioners to implement the proposed new derelict sites tax; if all of the revenue collected will be disbursed to the relevant local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65023/25]
509. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early years services in Louth that are currently supported through the core funding model; the number of services in the county that left the core funding system in the years 2022 to 2024, and to date in 2025, respectively; if she will provide the names of the services that have left the system in each of the years in question, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68106/25]
508. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans for any reforms to ensure that rural based early years services remain within the Core Funding system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68105/25]
507. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that a childcare provider in Louth (details supplied) has left the Core Funding system; if additional support can be provided to the operator to ensure they remain within the system and continue to provide early years care to the cohort of families that currently use the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68104/25]
178. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Ireland supports the establishment of a UN convention on taxation; in particular, how Ireland is supporting the issue of taxing high net worth individuals, and the establishment of a global asset registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68022/25]
177. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if Ireland supports each of the elements of the ‘Compromiso de Seville’, the outcome document from this summer’s financing for development conference; how the Government is working to implement the commitments made, in particular, the commitment to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68021/25]
215. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will provide funding to develop a new fire station for Dunleer, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66629/25]
692. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the community probation team did not award funding, following an expression of interest process, to a project (details supplied) to continue its established Drugs Court partnership in Drogheda; if he will review the decision or alternatively provide additional funding to the group to continue its trusted Drugs Court partnership work in the community; his views that the decision following the expression of interest process runs contrary to the principles established by his Departments-sponsored Drogheda Implementation Board of supporting sustained community-based interventions, developing established trusted relationships, and investment in local services in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66292/25]
344. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a school’s (details supplied) difficulties in securing an increase in its SNA allocation; the progress on this issue; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65187/25]
327. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment following on from the recent guidance from the Revenue Commissioners which provides employers an opportunity to correct any payroll tax issues arising from the Supreme Court Karshan ruling of 2023, the means by which his Department and the industrial relations institutions under its aegis will ensure that all employers who have previously classified their employees as self-employed are adhering to the ruling; the means by which the institutions intend to enforce this; whether he anticipates more staff will be required to adjudicate on cases arising from the ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65775/25]
326. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the means by which his Department intends to take account of the 2023 Supreme Court “Karshan ruling” when transposing the EU Platform Workers Directive into law; whether the five step framework in that ruling will be applied to the determination of the employment status of platform workers and those working in the gig economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65772/25]
325. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the timeline to transpose the EU Platform Workers Directive into Irish law; the legislative pathway his Department envisages for the transposition; if he favours pre-legislative scrutiny of the heads of a Bill in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65771/25]
304. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out a list of unpublished reports carried out by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, either directly in his Department or by other Departments, which have been sent to his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65765/25]
303. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the costs involved in replacing signage in his Department due to errors on the signs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65764/25]
302. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out the policy in relation to the re-appointment of persons holding senior posts in State agencies beyond an initial five-year contract; if such a policy applies only to those at chief executive or head of agency level; if he will outline what other posts, or grades, groups and categories this policy applies to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65762/25]
276. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance following on from the recent guidance from the Revenue Commissioners which provides employers an opportunity to correct any payroll tax issues arising from the Supreme Court Karshan ruling of 2023, the means by which the Revenue Commissioners will ensure that all employers who have previously classified their employees as self-employed are adhering to the ruling, the means by which the Revenue Commissioners intends to enforce this; whether more staff will be required to enforce this adequately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65774/25]
275. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in view of the recent guidance from the Revenue Commissioners which provides employers an opportunity to correct any payroll tax issues arising from the Supreme Court Karshan ruling of 2023, his plans to enforce the Karshan ruling to ensure that all workers who should be classified as employees have such a classification; the means by which he intends to ensure there is a level playing field for those employers who take the opportunity to make these corrections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65773/25]
125. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to confirm that the OPW will prioritise the Seapoint Bridge and surrounding flooding zone in Termonfeckin, County Louth for attention in their list of projects for minor flood mitigation works; the timescale for those works to complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64059/25]
1109. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the difficulties people suffering from a rare genetic condition are having in accessing a drug (details supplied); the plans to make this drug more easily available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63665/25]
842. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a contract (details supplied) will terminate; if his department plans to renew the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63999/25]
695. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection his position on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63695/25]
628. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering undertaking a review of retail planning and development guidelines to provide for a distinct category for certain types of stores (details supplied) that are currently classified under the scope of general retail classifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61784/25]
424. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is concerned at the Data Protection Commissioner’s (DPC) ruling of June 2025 (details supplied) specifically in respect of the DPC’s finding and fine against the Department of Social Protection, regarding issues connected to the identification of a valid lawful basis for the Department’s processing of biometric data in connection with the registration of new public service cards; the requirement to cease processing of such data within 9 months (in the absence of the Department of Social Protection identifying such a valid lawful basis for the processing of such data); the work his Department has done with the Department of Social Protection since the ruling in order to address the issues identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61915/25]
311. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for information on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60841/25]
188. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he can provide a briefing on the reason search and rescue crews who commence work at 1300 hours for a continuous 24hr duty period, have their hours of work artificially reduced to 16.5 hours (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60718/25]