Parliamentary questions

Flood Risk Management

Noel Grealish

188. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the updated flood maps for the Carnmore and Claregalway areas will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38238/22]

Pension Provisions

Noel Grealish

230. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that he has not signed off on a 2% pensionable increase for An Post pensioners, which was effective from 1 January; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37183/22]

Maritime Safety

Noel Grealish

260. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport the date that Ireland expects to become a party to the agreement called the Wilhemshaven Memorandum of Understanding between Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Holland, Great Britain, Spain and Norway relating to SDS, special designated historic ships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37259/22]

Planning Issues

Noel Grealish

389. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the lack of uniformity in the application of planning policy pertaining to the extension of planning permissions, in circumstances in which delays were encountered by developers of residential construction sites over the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37180/22]

State Bodies

Noel Grealish

604. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Social Protection the vacancies that are currently available on State boards (details supplied); the way that these vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37258/22]

Health Promotion

Noel Grealish

816. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a recently published report commissioned by the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care which found that a 40% increase in the rate of persons quitting smoking was required each year for the target of less than 5% smoking prevalence in England by 2030 to be met; the way that he proposes to achieve similar increases in the numbers of persons quitting given the Tobacco Free Ireland objective for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37181/22]

Health Promotion

Noel Grealish

817. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if he will request his officials to consider the recently published report commissioned by the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in completing the process of drafting the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019 following the release by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health of the report on the Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37182/22]

Work Permits

Noel Grealish

134. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit application can be approved in situations in which the job title is an ineligible job category but the job description and role are under eligible job categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33881/22]

Tax Reliefs

Noel Grealish

216. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if persons employed as fully-qualified accountants in either the public and civil service sector or the private sector are eligible for tax relief under section 114 TCA for their professional membership fees paid by themselves to their accountancy representative body; if fully-qualified accountants employed in accountancy practices are similarly entitled when they pay the fees themselves; if he will provide details of the legislative requirement in which such fees must be incurred wholly, exclusively and necessarily by an individual in the performance of the duties of his or her employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33700/22]

School Costs

Noel Grealish

609. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education if she will provide additional funding to schools to help them cope with the increased costs of electricity and heating; if the Covid cleaning payment will be paid to schools in the next school year 2022/2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34013/22]

Mental Health Services

Noel Grealish

401. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to a community-based counselling and psychotherapy service (details supplied) in Galway city, that provides counselling services to adults over 18 years of age and who receive a significant number of referrals from general practitioners; the funding schemes are available from his Department for this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33294/22]

Tax Code

Noel Grealish

22. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he will share the Department’s fiscal contingency plan in the event multinational companies leave the Irish market on foot of the implementation of the global and or European minimum tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33171/22]

Interest Rates

Noel Grealish

140. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Taoiseach the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have been charged negative interest by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced; the amount of interest that has been charged to each State agency, organisation or board in 2021 in each of the preceding years in which such charges were applied. [29213/22]

Interest Rates

Noel Grealish

169. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of interest that his Department has been charged by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29199/22]

Interest Rates

Noel Grealish

170. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have been charged negative interest by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced; the amount of interest that has been charged to each State agency, organisation or board in 2021 in each of the preceding years in which such charges were applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29218/22]

Interest Rates

Noel Grealish

208. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of interest that his Department has been charged by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29200/22]

Interest Rates

Noel Grealish

209. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have been charged negative interest by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced; the amount of interest that has been charged to each State agency, organisation or board in 2021 in each of the preceding years in which such charges were applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29219/22]

Interest Rates

Noel Grealish

266. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport the amount of interest that his Department has been charged by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29201/22]

Legislative Programme

Noel Grealish

364. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021; the progress that has been made to date; when he expects the full details of the Bill to be introduced in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28861/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Noel Grealish

372. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the frequency with which the board sits; the number of appeals that are outstanding waiting to be heard; when the backlog of appeals will be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29042/22]