Parliamentary questions

Civil Service

Ged Nash

290. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide data, if available, on the qualification levels (details supplied) of civil servants in her Department as of 31 December 2022; how educational attainment levels have evolved in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14634/23]

Fiscal Policy

Ged Nash

330. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide information on the status of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund investments in a company (details supplied); if he is concerned at the exposure of these investments given the parent company has been taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of California; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13412/23]

Schools Building Projects

Ged Nash

706. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 8 March 2023, if she will provide additional information (details supplied) pertaining to the cost of the project to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13185/23]

Further and Higher Education

Ged Nash

995. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when retired lecturers who worked in institutes of technology will receive the increases due to them, in terms of their pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12414/23]

Abuse in Hospitals

Ged Nash

1184. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 23 February 2023, if the independent reviewer who has been engaged in the case referred to will be asked by his officials to engage with a group (details supplied); if he agrees that section 17.3 and other provisions of the agreement to which the question refers provides scope for the reviewer to engage with all parties affected by the issues at hand, and that this includes survivors and their representative and advocacy body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12416/23]

Pension Provisions

Ged Nash

1441. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an increase to their HSE pension payments which fell due in February and October 2022, and in March 2023; when the back money due will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13519/23]

Health Services Staff

Ged Nash

1447. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when backpay, which fell due in February and October 2022, and in March 2023 will be paid to a former HSE employee (details supplied) at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13528/23]

Health Services Staff

Ged Nash

1448. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when backpay, which fell due in February and October 2022, and in March 2023 will be paid to a former HSE employee (details supplied) at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Ged Nash

173. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has received correspondence (details supplied) in relation to an issue relating to the Eircom Superannuation Scheme; if he will set out his function and intentions in relation to a proposal on a 3% increase dated from July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/23]

National Minimum Wage

Ged Nash

193. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year additional revenue that would be raised in taxes by removing sub-minima rates of the national minimum wage for those aged under 20 years that is, applying the full adult hourly rate of the national minimum wage to all employees under 20 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12082/23]

Online Safety

Ged Nash

199. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Online Safety Commissioner will have any responsibility for ensuring social media companies do not allow the targeting of advertisements for conversion therapy at people. [12063/23]

Water Pollution

Ged Nash

204. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of actions Ireland is taking on foot of the State being referred to the European Court of Justice on the 26 January 2023 to the European Commission over its failure to address the problem of polluted natural waters; if he will indicate the steps he and agencies under his aegis are taking to address issues in relation to the pollution of water courses in this jurisdiction, potentially caused by defective slurry tanks north of the border; if he has engaged with the Northern Ireland authorities on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12073/23]

Legislative Measures

Ged Nash

288. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy in Ireland; the timeline he has in place to deliver this; has drafting commenced; the measures he is planning to protect people from being targeted by ads on social media for such practises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12064/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ged Nash

38. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach if, in the context of the Government’s commitment to holding an inquiry/review into the State’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, he will request that the review/inquiry includes a module on the range of financial supports which were deployed to assist businesses and workers such as the temporary wage subsidy scheme and the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11262/23]

Schools Building Projects

Ged Nash

142. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a planning application for a permanent building for a school (details supplied) will be submitted; if her Department has revised the timescale for completion of this project as a result of increased construction costs; the total current estimated costs for the provision of permanent school buildings for the school; if the new school building will be delivered in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11907/23]

School Accommodation

Ged Nash

143. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the total cost to date for the provision of temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) since the establishment of the school on its current site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11908/23]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Ged Nash

66. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the impact recent and predicted ECB interest rate rises will have on the ability of first-time buyers to afford to purchase a home and service a mortgage; if he or his officials have had discussions in relation to any policy interventions under consideration in regard to the impact of continuing rate rises on borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11263/23]

Energy Policy

Ged Nash

185. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a specific timeline for the introduction of a windfall tax on the extraordinary profits of energy companies; what he expects the tax to raise in its first 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11261/23]

Rail Network

Ged Nash

210. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on when a decision will be made by the National Transport Authority on a possible extension of the short-hop rail zone to Drogheda and Laytown train stations; if he will apprise this Deputy of his functions in relation to the adoption of potential changes to fare structures for commuters using these stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11254/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Ged Nash

439. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has delayed an extra payment of child benefit to June while other cost-of-living measures announced by her Department recently are being paid in April; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11255/23]