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Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Tax Code
Ged Nash
310. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of an anomaly in the application of the zero VAT rate on books and e-books that exempts popular online audiobook platforms (details supplied) which are judged to be providing a digital service and are therefore obliged to charge VAT; if he will address this anomaly that unfairly discriminates against those with visual impairments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36145/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Office of Public Works
Ged Nash
348. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide mapping details and a report detailing the state of completion of works undertaken as a result of a €22,500 grant the OPW provided to Meath County Council in 2011 which was designed to remove and relocate existing pipes and ancillary works at Eastham Stream, Bettystown, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35817/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Job Creation
Ged Nash
369. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new net jobs created in IDA-client companies (broken down by client company name), in County Louth, in tabular form, for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35630/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Job Creation
Ged Nash
370. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new net jobs created in Enterprise Ireland-client client companies (broken down by client company name), in County Louth, in tabular form, for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35631/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Correspondence
Ged Nash
390. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); if he and his officials plan to engage further with the organisation on the matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36458/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Ukraine War
Ged Nash
403. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned at reports (details supplied) of Irish manufactured components having found their way into armaments used by the Russian military; if he will describe the nature and scope of the investigation referred to by the Taoiseach on his recent visit to Kyiv; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36857/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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EU Directives
Ged Nash
404. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of the European Commission's announcement of 13 July 2023 that it is to send Ireland a reasoned opinion for the failure to fully transpose the Representative Actions Directive (Directive (EU) 2020/1828) by the agreed deadline of 25 December 2022, when he expects the Government to fully comply with its obligations in respect of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36864/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Planning Issues
Ged Nash
560. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request from An Bord Pleanála details of the current waiting times for decisions; if he will provide information on the average waiting time for decisions in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Planning Issues
Ged Nash
561. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has asked An Bord Pleanála to develop a system whereby those who are awaiting a decision will be provided with a number in a queue in order that applicants and appeal parties can have information and updates as to when a decision on their file may be made; if an online and accessible system is under consideration; if An Bord Pleanála plans to initiate communication with all individuals who currently have an application awaiting decision in order to provide an estimate as to when their case will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35642/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Community Employment Schemes
Ged Nash
686. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will sanction the employment of an assistant supervisor for a community employment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35843/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Ged Nash
703. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider providing for the extension of the free travel scheme to a category of individuals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36151/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Ged Nash
860. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if, under the circumstances, an early decision will be made on a naturalisation application which was made in January 2023 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36472/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Forestry Sector
Ged Nash
941. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for the delay in the implementation of a new Forestry Programme; if he will detail the concerns the European Commission is reported to have with the programme submitted by his Department; the action his Department is taking to address those concerns; if he will confirm a timeline for the commencement of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36866/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Ged Nash
1017. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) has yet to receive an assessment of needs through the local HSE system, despite two requests having been made by his family since 2018; when they will receive the assessment they need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36134/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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EU Directives
Ged Nash
1075. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the European Commission's announcement of 13 July that it is to send Ireland a reasoned opinion for the failure to fully transpose the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) by the agreed deadline of 28 June 2022, when he expects the Government to fully comply with its obligations in respect of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36865/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ged Nash
1138. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if an individual (details supplied) qualifies for the pandemic special recognition payment; if so, when they will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35850/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ged Nash
1139. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the pandemic special recognition payment; if so, when they will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35851/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ged Nash
1223. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to consider correspondence from a disability sector provider (details supplied) whose staff have been incorrectly excluded from accessing the pandemic recognition payment; if he agrees that a direct and objective comparison can be made between the status of workers in private nursing homes who have received the payment and workers at the facility referred to in the correspondence who have been excluded from the scheme; if he will have this matter addressed in the interests of the equitable and consistent application of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36149/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Mental Health Services
Ged Nash
1224. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has not been accepted as a client of CAMHS in Louth despite presenting with severe behavioural problems for some time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36152/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Health Service Executive
Ged Nash
1372. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason a HSE employee (details supplied) who has met the criteria to qualify for the pandemic recognition payment has not received the payment to which they are entitled; when the application will be processed and paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36863/23]
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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Job Losses
Ged Nash
102. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned about the series of proposed collective redundancies at a company (details supplied); if he will confirm the date on which he was formally notified by the company; if the IDA is working with the company to minimise the number of potential redundancies and identify cost savings as an alternative to redundancies at the plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34502/23]
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Ged Nash
167. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the extreme difficulties often presented for many workers in the early years sector and other sections of the broader education system in making claims for jobseeker's payments at the end of school terms; if she will commit to streamlining this system in order to make it more efficient and effective for claimants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34746/23]
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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International Protection
Ged Nash
229. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to accommodating an individual (details supplied) in a certain accommodation centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34739/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Ged Nash
671. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including testosterone cypionate in the drug payment scheme in view of the financial hardships being endured by patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33492/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Road Projects
Gerald Nash
187. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that works being carried out on the historic Obelisk Bridge at Oldbridge, County Meath will see the bridge close from 1 August 2023 for one year; if he is aware that the closure of this bridge/route from the north to the south of Drogheda will force motorists to use the toll bridge on Donore Road, Drogheda; if he will engage with CRG to lift the toll for the duration of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32111/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Rental Sector
Gerald Nash
230. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to outline the public policy rationale for the changes made in the Finance Act 2022 in relation to the obligations of tenants and collection agents of non-resident landlords; if he will provide details on the number of non-resident landlords recorded by the Revenue Commissioners in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32433/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Local Authorities
Gerald Nash
369. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the number of new operatives and new trades apprentices hired into each of the 31 local authorities for each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32586/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Rental Sector
Gerald Nash
371. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline, on a step-by-step basis, the process provided for in section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (as amended) whereby the full administrative area of a housing authority i.e. an entire local authority area is capable of designation as a rent pressure zone; if this process is capable of being utilised to designate the Clogher Electoral District in County Louth as an RPZ given the fact that it is the only electoral district in County Louth that is not, for reasons set out in a Parliamentary Questions reply (details supplied) to ensure fairness and equity for tenants in this electoral district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32630/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Housing Schemes
Gerald Nash
385. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a decision will be made on an application by Louth County Council for additional funding for the housing adaptation grants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32808/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Pension Provisions
Gerald Nash
397. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection when she plans to introduce a pensions cost-transparency initiative, as referenced in the Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021 Second Stage Dáil Éireann debate on 22 September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32434/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Pension Provisions
Gerald Nash
398. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has carried out an “examination and assessment of the issues pertaining to the provision of information to pension scheme members in relation to costs and charges incurred by pension schemes and, if deemed to be required, to identify and develop the appropriate policy responses and associated methodologies”, as referenced in her Second Stage speech on 22 September 2022 on the Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32435/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Gerald Nash
419. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice to outline in detail the number of members of An Garda Síochána in place at the station in Drogheda, County Louth in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32142/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Gerald Nash
420. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if she plans to provide an extension to the operational period of the Drogheda Implementation Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32144/23]
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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Employment Support Services
Gerald Nash
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline his engagement with the owners of a company (details supplied) and the trade unions at the company; if he will detail the supports he is prepared to provide to assist in avoiding 650 potential layoffs at the operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31836/23]
Wed, 28 Jun 2023
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Solar Energy Guidelines
Ged Nash
27. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how his Department arrived at the estimation (details supplied) as included in his Statement of early May 2023 when he announced the zero VAT rate on the sale of solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31535/23]
Wed, 28 Jun 2023
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Rail Network
Ged Nash
45. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if, in light of the increase in demands on the Northern Rail Line that the Dart+ Coastal North project will bring, his Department has considered increasing the number of tracks from two to four on the busy stretch of the line between Malahide and Connolly Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31553/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Ged Nash
187. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is planning to create a special infrastructure development fund or equivalent vehicle with funds identified from forecasted surpluses based on windfall corporation tax receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31364/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Ethics in Public Office
Ged Nash
188. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has formally taken back responsibility for the ethics reform agenda; if he will provide an update on his legislative priorities in respect of the ethics and standards in public office agenda for the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31365/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Public Sector Staff
Ged Nash
269. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the estimated number of new whole-time equivalents in the Civil Service and public service up to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31363/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Family Reunification
Ged Nash
271. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that healthcare assistants who have been recruited by the HSE from abroad, are facing terrible difficulties reuniting with family members in Ireland because their income does not meet the income threshold for family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31056/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Family Reunification
Ged Nash
272. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will move to increase the minimum wage of non-EEA healthcare assistants to €30,000 to help them reach the threshold for family reunification; if the Government will move to grant a Stamp 1G Visa for non-EEA healthcare assistant, HCA, spouses and-or allow dependents a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31057/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Ged Nash
710. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite promotion of suitably qualified non-EEA healthcare assistants as nurses with an employer letter, without the need for a language proficiency exam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31058/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Ged Nash
763. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the progress he is making on expanding the national heel-prick test, given that 28 June is International Neonatal Screening Day; how many diseases babies born today in Ireland are currently being tested for; when he will decide on including spinal muscular atrophy in newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31309/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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EU Directives
Ged Nash
208. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reasons the Government plans to transpose the credit servicers directive by statutory instrument, and not primary legislation; if the Government is making efforts to have the trading of mortgages explicitly excluded from the terms of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30397/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Employment Support Services
Ged Nash
209. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views, based on the experience of the EWSS, on the need to embed a modernised short-time work scheme modelled on the successful German Kurzarbeit scheme, especially in light of the threat of 650 layoffs at the Tara Mines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30398/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Mortgage Interest Rates
Ged Nash
210. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering providing any assistance to mortgage holders impacted by the series of interest rate increases from the ECB over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30399/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Housing Provision
Ged Nash
247. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 20 local authority housing units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30270/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Housing Provision
Ged Nash
248. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the AHB housing unit approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in January 2016 has finished construction; if so, its completion date; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30271/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Housing Provision
Ged Nash
249. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the ten AHB housing units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in January 2016 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30272/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Housing Provision
Ged Nash
250. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the seven AHB housing units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in January 2016 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30273/23]