Parliamentary questions

Programme for Government

Ged Nash

471. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has allocated funding for the collaborative town centre health check which is in the programme for Government; if so, the amount allocated to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16619/21]

Fire Stations

Ged Nash

486. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the planned Dunleer fire project; if a site has been identified; when work will commence; the planned completion date for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17028/21]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Ged Nash

548. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 27 January 2021, when the two detailed reports on technical pay grades 2-6 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16618/21]

Voluntary Sector

Ged Nash

693. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a request by an organisation (details supplied) for a once-off bridging grant of €2 million to support and sustain scouting in view of Covid-19; his plans in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16320/21]

Vaccination Programme

Ged Nash

860. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is actively identifying potential sites in Drogheda for a second Covid-19 vaccination centre in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16325/21]

Hospital Staff

Ged Nash

887. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified doctors at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda as a result of intern posts created in April 2020 which were designed to bolster the health service during an unprecedented pandemic; if he plans to retain all of the newly-qualified doctors and related posts as whole-time equivalents at the stated hospital given the continued seriousness of Covid-19 and the consequent backlog in terms of treatment waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16428/21]

Health and Safety Authority

Ged Nash

164. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new HSA inspectors hired since June 2020 and January 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14817/21]

Health and Safety Authority

Ged Nash

165. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Covid-19-related compliance checks undertaken by the HSA since June 2020 and January 2021, respectively; the number of inspections undertaken at sites of known outbreaks since these dates; the number of enforcement actions taken and completed since these dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14818/21]

Health and Safety Authority

Ged Nash

166. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Covid-19 complaints received by the HSA since June 2020 and January 2021, respectively; the percentage of these complaints that have been processed; the number of inspections and enforcement orders that were taken, respectively, as a result of these complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14819/21]

Health and Safety Authority

Ged Nash

167. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he has taken to prevent employers obliging employees to attend the workplace in circumstances in which remote working is a possibility in spite of current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14820/21]

Energy Policy

Ged Nash

251. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the concrete measures he plans to take to actively oppose proposals for floating LNG terminals in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15402/21]

Taxi Regulations

Ged Nash

340. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport his views on an anomaly (details supplied) which may prevent or inadvertently financially penalise taxi drivers seeking to avail of the recently announced electric SPSV scheme; if he plans to address this matter to facilitate more taxi drivers availing of this grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15335/21]

Banking Sector

Ged Nash

455. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal by a union (details supplied) on the need to establish a structured forum on banking to consider the future of the banking landscape in Ireland; if his Department will engage with the union to consider the proposals further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14538/21]

Oireachtas Proceedings

Ged Nash

456. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if a copy will be provided of the briefing notes prepared for Central Bank officials in preparation for their recent Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14539/21]

Motor Insurance

Ged Nash

502. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of the meeting between the Minister of State for financial services,credit unions and insurance and the chief executive officers of the main insurance companies; if the Minister of State plans to raise the issue of motor insurance rebates in view of the Covid-19 restrictions and the resulting reduction in motor claims costs for insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15701/21]

Departmental Bodies

Ged Nash

539. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Institute of Public Administration, the Economic and Social Research Institute and the Special EU Programmes Body as bodies under his aegis are operating under the Code of Practice on Accessibility of Public Services and Information provided by Public Bodies; if all such bodies have a trained access officer; if so, the year they first appointed an access officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15336/21]

Departmental Bodies

Ged Nash

540. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Institute of Public Administration and the Special EU Programmes Body as bodies under his aegis have an access team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15337/21]

Departmental Bodies

Ged Nash

541. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Institute of Public Administration and the Special EU Programmes Body as bodies under his aegis have an evacuation chair for mobility impaired persons in cases in which it is required at all of their premises; if so, if staff or agents at such premises have formal training with regard to the use of such a chair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15338/21]

Departmental Bodies

Ged Nash

542. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Institute of Public Administration and the Special EU Programmes Body as bodies under his aegis are in compliance with the Web Accessibility Directive EU 2016/2021 with regard to websites from 23 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15339/21]

Departmental Bodies

Ged Nash

543. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Institute of Public Administration and the Special EU Programmes Body as bodies under his aegis procure their legal services through the Office of Government Procurement framework; the bodies which do not procure their legal services through the framework; the last time agencies that were not part of the framework tendered for legal services; if such procurement was carried out in accordance with circular 05/13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15340/21]