Parliamentary questions

Tax Code

Ged Nash

67. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the respective European Union and OECD negotiations on a proposed new global minimum corporation tax rate; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a United States global intangible low-taxed income rate of 21%; if his Department has undertaken or intends to undertake an updated analysis of the potential cost to the Exchequer of proposed changes; if so, if this will include the potential loss to the Exchequer of a United States global intangible low-taxed income rate of 21%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21424/22]

Tax Code

Ged Nash

70. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if a new 30% rate of income tax is being considered by the Government, as announced by the Tánaiste in March 2022; his views on whether the programme for Government pledge on income tax cuts is prudent in view of the recent Stability Programme update and within the current fiscal and economic context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21425/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ged Nash

74. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the report by the Revenue Commissioners indicating that 641 companies that claimed the €267.8 million in employment wage subsidy scheme also filed for the dividend withholding tax (details supplied); the number of the companies in question that have returned all or part of the value of the subsidy paid to them during the lifetime of the scheme to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21427/22]

Public Sector Pay

Ged Nash

101. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.90 per hour for all workers in the Civil Service; the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.90 per hour for all workers in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21433/22]

National Development Plan

Ged Nash

123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of any review being undertaken by his Department on the national development plan in view of the marked increase in construction inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21434/22]

Heritage Sites

Ged Nash

134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the visitor centre at the Battle of the Boyne site at Oldbridge, County Meath has not been reopened to the public; the number of days the visitor centre has been open since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21430/22]

Environmental Policy

Ged Nash

141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to the impact of fast fashion on human rights; the status of policy or legislative work pertaining to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21523/22]

Environmental Policy

Ged Nash

148. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to the impact of fast fashion on the environment; and the status of policy or legislative work pertaining to this matter. [21522/22]

Environmental Schemes

Ged Nash

149. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the operation of SEAI retrofitting grants and the one-stop shop service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21529/22]

Banking Sector

Ged Nash

184. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the opinion of the Governor of the Central Bank that the retail banks are not ready to cope with the additional workload that will result from the exit of banks (details supplied) from the Irish banking sector; his views on whether it was a mistake for the two banks in question to proceed having full knowledge of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21647/22]

International Protection

Ged Nash

234. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to the issue of payments by the State to families who are hosting refugees from Ukraine under the Red Cross accommodation scheme; the estimated overall full-year cost of such a scheme; the amount that each host family will be allocated under the scheme per month; when the scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21431/22]

Equal Opportunities Employment

Ged Nash

237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the target set for public service employment for persons with a disability; the date by which same is to be achieved; the percentage as it stands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21432/22]

Suicide Prevention

Ged Nash

273. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for suicide prevention services in CHO 8 and in County Louth, respectively, from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21527/22]

Suicide Prevention

Ged Nash

274. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the resources that are provided for suicide prevention and the implementation of the national suicide prevention strategy Connecting for Life implementation plan in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21528/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

166. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form. [19200/22]

Departmental Data

Ged Nash

185. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount of IDA grants received by a company (details supplied) from 2018 to date in 2022 inclusive broken down under the headings of employment grants, capital grants, training grants and financial support for research and development in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19291/22]

Departmental Data

Ged Nash

186. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any elements of a company’s (details supplied) business has a client relationship with Enterprise Ireland; if training grants have been secured by the company from the agency in each of the years 2018 to date in 2022 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19292/22]

European Council

Ged Nash

199. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's position on the establishment of an European Union social imbalances procedure as discussed in the Council conclusions on the 2022 Annual Sustainable Growth Survey and Joint Employment Report agreed at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council Meeting no.3851; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20084/22]

Regional Aid

Ged Nash

201. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason that the Drogheda Urban electoral area was excluded from the recently published Regional Aid map for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20288/22]

Site Acquisitions

Ged Nash

202. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the precise location of a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20289/22]

Economic Sanctions

Ged Nash

763. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of notifications of frozen funds received to date from the Central Bank of Ireland in the context of the EU sanctions scheme targeted at Russia and Russian interests since the inception of the current sanctions regime; if he will identify and publish the names of the individuals and entities who have had funds related to their Irish-registered or managed vehicles frozen in the context of the sanctions regime; the total value of the funds which have been frozen to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20439/22]

Economic Sanctions

Ged Nash

764. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of derogation applications received by the Irish authorities to date in respect of Russian nationals or Russian-linked entities who have had funds frozen as a consequence of the EU sanctions regime against Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20440/22]

Economic Sanctions

Ged Nash

765. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that are being taken to develop a scheme to confiscate the assets of Russian nationals and-or Russian-linked entities that have had assets frozen in Ireland as a consequence of the EU sanctions regime against Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20441/22]

School Enrolments

Ged Nash

825. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) remains as a recognised national school with her Department; the roll number of the school; if the property is to be disposed of; if her Department has the means to recoup or otherwise retrieve capital grants or otherwise expended in the building development and the maintenance of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19437/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ged Nash

1121. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the policy issues raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the new core funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19796/22]

International Protection

Ged Nash

1156. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all of the locations that comprise group and congregated settings in counties Louth and Meath which have been deployed to date to accommodate refugees from Ukraine; the number of persons who have been accommodated in this way to date in both counties; his Department’s plans to utilise additional locations in the counties in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21138/22]

Ukraine War

Ged Nash

1311. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice her views on whether the Government needs to take additional measures regarding the Immigrant Investor Programme in response to the European Commission recommendation of 28 March 2022 on immediate steps in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in relation to investor citizenship schemes and investor residence schemes C 2022-2028 final; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21126/22]

Ukraine War

Ged Nash

1312. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that have been made to the Immigrant Investor Programme by Belarusian citizens in each of the years 2019 to 2022; the number of Belarusian citizens who had their application successfully approved under the programme in the same period, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21127/22]

Dental Services

Ged Nash

1505. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dentists providing care to medial card patients under the dental treatment services scheme has dropped by 40% since 2017 and by nearly 50% since 2012 (details supplied); the status of negotiations between his Department and an association on a revised medical card scheme; the plans his Department and the HSE have to ensure that patients in County Louth who have medical cards receive the timely treatment they need in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19884/22]

Medical Cards

Ged Nash

1546. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an estimate on the additional cost to the Exchequer of ensuring that those currently in receipt of disability allowance would retain their medical card upon entering employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20086/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

183. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19187/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

219. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19188/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

236. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19199/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

249. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under the auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19189/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

256. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under the auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

263. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with her Department and bodies under the auspices of her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19198/22]

Defibrillators Provision

Ged Nash

282. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19193/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

291. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under the auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19190/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

296. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under the auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19185/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

313. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with her Department and bodies under auspices of her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19186/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

328. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with her Department and bodies under auspices of her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19197/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

345. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19184/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

360. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19191/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

368. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with her Department and bodies under auspices of her Department in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19194/22]

Medicinal Products

Ged Nash

372. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of hormone replacement therapy in several pharmacies in areas (details supplied) in recent months; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that some women have been left with few options other than to travel to the Northern Ireland to source the treatment; the steps that have been taken and that he plans to take to address the unavailability of HRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18911/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

430. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19192/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

442. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19183/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

445. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with her Department and bodies under auspices of her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19196/22]

Oireachtas Committees

Ged Nash

33. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if a copy of the briefing books provided to the Governor of the Central Bank and accompanying officials in advance of their recent appearance before the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on 30 March 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18519/22]

Departmental Policies

Ged Nash

88. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some if not all local authorities have effectively prohibited local authority tenants from accommodating refugees from Ukraine; if his Department is considering the issuance of advice or a circular to local authorities to temporarily relax the terms of tenancy agreements to allow tenants to accommodate refugees once the capacity of the home permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18751/22]