Parliamentary questions

Court Procedures

Ged Nash

888. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider amending the relevant legislation to allow for claims to the value of up to €5,000 to be handled by the Small Claims Courts; if she is aware that the €2,000 ceiling currently in place is €3,000 lower than the European Small Claims Procedure allows; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12324/24]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Ged Nash

1106. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to act on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11775/24]

Student Accommodation

Ged Nash

1543. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science as to whether the cross-departmental project group to be formed to establish appropriate standards in the delivery of affordable, purpose built student accommodation, to be chaired by his Department, as announced on 17 August 2023 has met, its membership and chair, its progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11642/24]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Ged Nash

1564. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason personal assistants in the further and higher education sector are paid monthly and not bi-weekly as compared to those who are employed in the broadly analogous role of SNA at primary and second-level education; the reason the personal assistant role and salary scale does not include annual increments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13165/24]

Business Supports

Ged Nash

213. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the increased cost of business grant will be paid out to eligible businesses; how the scheme will be administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11243/24]

Road Tolls

Ged Nash

153. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he, together with TII, will consider exempting HGVs from payment of tolls on the M1 outside Drogheda in order to alleviate traffic congestion in Drogheda and through Julianstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9982/24]

Rail Network

Ged Nash

156. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if the relevant agencies are working on the development of a new train station on the north side of Drogheda to service the expanding population in that area, and to service existing residents on that side of the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10106/24]

Road Projects

Ged Nash

159. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the nature of the engagement his officials have had with Louth County Council in recent months in respect of phase 2 of the Port Access Northern Cross Route in Drogheda, County Louth; if his Department is party to discussions between the Council and Irish Rail on matters connected to the completion of this segment of the road; if funding will be made available by his Department for phase 2 of the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10161/24]

Job Losses

Ged Nash

251. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm the date on which his Department was notified of the intention of the Glen Dimplex group, as reported in the media and as communicated to Dáil Deputies in Louth and elsewhere, to contemplate collective redundancies at its sites in the Republic of Ireland, including its facility in Dunleer, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10219/24]

Coroners Service

Ged Nash

480. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 8 February 2024, whether it is possible for a coroner to direct a post-mortem and/or an inquest in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10187/24]

Disability Services

Ged Nash

551. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that there are no specific individualised transport budgets for individuals with additional needs to transport them to respite services; if he plans to address this issue to allow all of those who are provided with a respite service to attend that service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10100/24]

International Protection

Ged Nash

590. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the date on which the contract to provide accommodation for international applicants in a hotel (details supplied) was formally agreed and signed by his Department; if he will specify whether or not there is a break clause and/or a cooling-off period provided for in the contract/arrangement; if such a cooling off period exists in the contract/arrangement, if he will provide the specific information on the nature and extent and the notice period that applies to the contract and separately the date on which any cooling off period expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10584/24]

Health Services

Ged Nash

616. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a matter in relation to post-mastectomy products will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9958/24]

Schools Building Projects

Ged Nash

191. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when the construction contract for the new building for a school (details supplied) in County Louth on a site at Cement Road, Drogheda will go out to tender; if she will provide a timeline for the completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9839/24]

Education and Training Boards

Ged Nash

192. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education in light of the securing of planning permission for the LMETB headquarters in Drogheda, County Louth, if the project will be put out to tender; the timeframe for completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9840/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ged Nash

236. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to change the legislation to allow for workers in receipt of widows/widowers pension to be in a position to qualify for illness benefit when they are unfit for work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9851/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Ged Nash

261. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total duration of the contracts currently held for accommodation; the calculated total expenditure on current contracts for the duration of those contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9782/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Ged Nash

262. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of hotels now in use by his Department that were functioning as visitor accommodation prior to contracting with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9783/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Ged Nash

263. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many companies hold multiple contracts with his Department for contracted accommodation; how many contracted properties each company holds, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9784/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Ged Nash

264. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of sites that have been identified by his Department to develop purpose-built accommodation capable of providing structured humanitarian aid in a sustainable way; when he expects any such sites to commence construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9785/24]