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Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Financial Services
Ged Nash
204. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered making individual savings accounts (details supplied) available to Irish savers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17661/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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EU Directives
Ged Nash
214. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the exact nature and current status with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 24 January 2024 that it was sending Ireland a formal notice for failing to transpose Directive (EU) 2020/284 introducing certain requirements for payment service providers (INFR(2024)0070); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17926/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Teaching Council of Ireland
Ged Nash
303. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education to request that the Teaching Council addresses an issue raised with me by a person (details supplied); if the Council will set out the precise reasons registration with the Council continues to be denied to this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17737/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Ged Nash
319. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the reason several parents in an area, including one couple (details supplied), have been denied places for their children when they had previously been promised at a school’s ASD unit for the school year starting in September 2024; if she will commit to give the school the resources necessary in order that none of these children are denied their place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17977/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Planning Issues
Ged Nash
364. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 30 May 2023, if he plans to provide city status for the town of Drogheda; if he has reviewed his position on the matter since his reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17603/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Living Wage
Ged Nash
58. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he remains committed to the agreed pathway for the implementation of a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17196/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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EU Directives
Ged Nash
65. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his plans to transpose the EU directive on adequate minimum wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Referendum Campaigns
Ged Nash
119. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his position on the planned referendum on the United Patent Court ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Ged Nash
284. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates or patients with addresses in County Louth who are currently on the waiting list for their first formal and direct appointment at the fertility treatment facility for IVF at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; the average waiting times for a first appointment at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17109/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Ged Nash
285. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will consider establishing a fertility treatment facility to facilitate patients from the north east who are seeking to avail of publicly funded IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17110/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Ged Nash
286. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates or patients who have applied for treatment to date under the new publicly funded fertility treatment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17111/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Tax Exemptions
Ged Nash
239. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly that sees a VAT exemption applied to the services of psychologists but not to suitably qualified psychotherapists and counsellors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16745/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Schools Refurbishment
Ged Nash
313. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of correspondence issued to her from a school (details supplied); further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 13 February 2024, if she will provide an update which relates to the subject matter of the correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16333/24]
Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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Fuel Prices
Ged Nash
6. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider deferring the planned excise duty increase on petrol and diesel due for August; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15013/24]
Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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Tax Code
Ged Nash
36. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will commit to a review in 2024 of the remittance basis of tax and the domicile levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15014/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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National Broadband Plan
Ged Nash
109. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the problems being experienced in areas such as Cherrybrook, Ardee, County Louth, where infrastructure/ducting deficits prevent homes from accessing commercial fibre broadband services through the recognised providers; if he will consider a 'gap funding' model to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14618/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Air Corps
Ged Nash
148. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when two Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft delivered to the Air Corps in June and October of 2023, will reach full operational capacity and be available for Maritime Defence and Security Operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14035/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Vacant Properties
Ged Nash
284. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of successful Living City Initiative applications made to renovate and refurbish properties in Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Kilkenny respectively in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the reasons Drogheda is not included in the initiative, given its population is significantly larger than that of Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13848/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Heritage Projects
Ged Nash
613. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the LGMA and the National Town Centre First office will carry out a long-awaited collaborative town centre health check for Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13847/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Departmental Funding
Ged Nash
1261. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will continue to fund an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13861/24]