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Thu, 2 Mar 2023
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Public Sector Pay
Ged Nash
203. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when his Department will sanction proposals, following a March 2020 Labour Court recommendation, to enable a new offer on pay, terms and conditions to be tabled to adult education tutors for their consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10739/23]
Wed, 1 Mar 2023
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Hospital Services
Ged Nash
191. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to introduce a dedicated paediatric speech and language service at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10501/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Pension Provisions
Ged Nash
179. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport his views on a matter (details supplied) raised by elected Trustees of the CIÉ ‘1951’ pensions committee as it relates to his Ministerial responsibilities and functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9608/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Social Welfare Schemes
Ged Nash
383. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to regularise the working conditions of special needs school bus escorts, who are currently forced to sign on the dole for approximately 11 weeks a year, when schools are closed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9920/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Social Welfare Schemes
Ged Nash
415. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the challenges faced by those who are employed as special needs bus escorts, in cases in which they are required to obtain social welfare support outside of school term as in the case of a person (details supplied); if she plans to request that the Intreo service improves and streamlines the system for claimants who work in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10001/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Legislative Reviews
Ged Nash
79. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any plans to undertake a formal review of the operation of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Employment Rights
Ged Nash
113. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a report (details supplied) which was commissioned by a trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Industrial Development
Ged Nash
134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the development of the new IDA site in Drogheda; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9002/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Brexit Supports
Ged Nash
141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment as he prepares to address a cross-Border business conference in Dundalk next month, the new supports he will put in place to help businesses in the Dublin to Belfast economic corridor to cope with the continuing challenges of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9003/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Third Level Costs
Ged Nash
245. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is concerned at the cost to students of undertaking degrees in medicine in order to qualify as a doctor; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the removal from the market of a scheme (details supplied) for medicine students has had on access to courses; if his Department is considering any scheme of financial supports for students where they or their families are on low or middle incomes in order to assist with the financial costs involved in studying medicine, such as bursaries with conditions attached, that would require beneficiaries to work in Ireland for a period following graduation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9305/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Abuse in Hospitals
Ged Nash
270. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department and a third-party’s engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the organisation’s reported efforts to withdraw monies lodged with his Department and the HSE in the 1990s; if he will provide an up-to-date figure on the amount of money currently held by his Department and the HSE from the original account from the 1990s; if he will provide a copy of the agreement referred to in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9372/23]
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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Medical Cards
Ged Nash
243. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he plans to review the income thresholds for the medical card scheme in view of the increased cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9238/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Tax Strategy Group
Ged Nash
227. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the 41% exit tax charged on exchange-traded funds, as reported in the media; if he will ask the Tax Strategy Group to undertake such an assessment ahead of budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8390/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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National Lottery
Ged Nash
251. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the recommendations from the independent review of the distribution and utilisation of lottery funding carried out by an organisation (details supplied) and published in December 2022 that he intends to act on; if he will provide a timeline for implementation of those recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8568/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Rail Network
Ged Nash
189. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has made the case in the strategic review on rail for the reopening of Dunleer train station; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7923/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Road Projects
Ged Nash
190. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the applications for funding that have been made in 2022 and 2023 by Meath County Council in relation to the Julianstown by-pass in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7924/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Road Projects
Ged Nash
191. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the status of the proposed Ardee by-pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7925/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Road Tolls
Ged Nash
192. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if the review which he announced in November 2022 of plans by toll road operators to increase toll charges from 1 January 2023 has been completed; when he will publish the review; if the postponed increases will now go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7926/23]
Wed, 15 Feb 2023
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Freedom of Information
Ged Nash
100. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when his Department will satisfy its obligation to publish its freedom of information logs for 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7643/23]
Wed, 15 Feb 2023
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Adult Education Provision
Ged Nash
102. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when her Department will act on a Labour Court recommendation that it formulates an offer of better working terms and conditions for adult education tutors working at education and training boards (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7490/23]