Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Ged Nash

557. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of once-off support to Section 39 bodies that will arise from the cost-of-living budget package in which he outlined that €110 million would be allocated to a range of health-funded bodies; the formula that will be used to award same; if similar payments will be made for Tusla-funded Section 56 bodies and section 10 homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48532/22]

Public Sector Pay

Ged Nash

663. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount that it will cost the Exchequer to bring the pay of workers in Section 39 organisations in line with public service pay agreements, Building Momentum and its potential successor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48374/22]

Maritime Safety

Ged Nash

95. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the actions the Marine Survey Office has taken with regard to the recent listing of the Hebble Sand dredging vessel on the River Boyne in Drogheda; the way the office proposes to work with the vessel owner and the Drogheda Port Company to make the vessel safe and-or have it removed from Drogheda Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47705/22]

Customs and Excise

Ged Nash

111. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of individual packages refused entry to Ireland due to a lack of a valid customs declaration form or electronic customs declaration form for each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the percentage the refused packages constituted of the total number of packages handled by customs for each of these years. [47751/22]

Customs and Excise

Ged Nash

112. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the total number of foreign postal services that have registered to use the automated import system to date (details supplied), which will enable them to register electronic customs declaration forms on behalf of customers; and the names of these foreign postal services. [47752/22]

Customs and Excise

Ged Nash

113. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned Irish citizens living or travelling in countries whose postal services have failed to register on the automated import system will be prevented from sending parcels of any kind to Ireland; and the way this may shut off Ireland from the global postal system. [47753/22]

Customs and Excise

Ged Nash

114. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the steps 'an individual can take to send items to Ireland if they are posting such items from countries whose postal services have yet to register on the automated import system; and if he is concerned at the risk of Ireland developing a reputation that is unfriendly to international business and trade. [47754/22]

Customs and Excise

Ged Nash

115. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if any foreign postal service has refused to register for the automated import system to date; and if he will provide the identities of these postal services. [47755/22]

Fire Safety

Ged Nash

149. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to a full redress scheme for construction defects; if so, if the scheme will be retrospective for persons who have already carried out safety work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47417/22]

Housing Policy

Ged Nash

150. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the report on increasing the social housing income limits nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47418/22]

Housing Provision

Ged Nash

151. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental housing units that will be delivered in 2022; the individual project targets for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47419/22]

Wastewater Treatment

Ged Nash

168. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of advice or guidance his Department has provided to county councils or the EPA, having regard to the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1993, the European Union Water Framework Directive and the European Communities (Water Policy) Regulation 2003 (SI 722 of 2003), to assist them when assessing all existing renewals and new wastewater treatment licences, given the State's legal commitment to climate change and biodiversity protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47710/22]

School Transport

Ged Nash

281. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on the appeals made by a person (details supplied) in County Louth against the decision not to be provided school bus tickets in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47333/22]

Tax Code

Ged Nash

94. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendations in the recent report by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare that wealth and capital taxes should increase materially as a proportion of tax revenues; his plans to broaden the tax base and generate additional Exchequer revenue from additional taxes on wealth and assets in order to sustain public spending and to meet the challenges of the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46486/22]

Tax Code

Ged Nash

126. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to reduce the rate of VAT applied on condoms and menstrual cups to 0%; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing the rate on said products to 0%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46208/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Ged Nash

130. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the recent findings of the Report of the Commission of Investigation IBRC that a senior official at his Department made an unauthorised disclosure of confidential information regarding the sale process for an organisation (details supplied); if he believes that it is appropriate that the same official now represents the State’s interest in relation to the liquidation of IBRC in their role as head of the shareholding and financial advisory division at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46207/22]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Ged Nash

135. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned about the impact of rising European Central Bank interest rates on mortgage holders; his plans, if any, to put a cap on variable mortgage interest rates to protect homeowners; if he agrees that the current code of conduct on mortgage arrears needs to be updated to provide greater protection to homeowners who may be in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46205/22]

Tax Code

Ged Nash

152. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Tax and Welfare Commission Report’s findings that wealth and capital taxes should increase materially as a proportion of tax revenues; his plans, if any, to increase such taxes in order to put the public finances on a sustainable footing as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46204/22]

Banking Sector

Ged Nash

161. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he, or any of his Departmental officials, were provided with any prior written or verbal notice regarding the decision of a bank (details supplied) on 21 July 2022 to terminate cash services at a number of its branches; if he or his officials were in possession of a document before the bank’s announcement of the decision to terminate cash services at a number of its branches on 22 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46206/22]

Pensions Reform

Ged Nash

90. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to hold a pension market review in view of the significant changes and ongoing issues within the sector; her views as to whether or not a full review including consultation with the public and relevant stakeholders is necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46239/22]