Parliamentary questions

Tax Code

Gerald Nash

508. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to changes introduced by the Revenue Commissioners regarding credit in respect of tax deducted from emoluments of certain directors and employees; his further views on whether this is a departure from the established practice; his views on this new initiative by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19529/21]

Tax Code

Gerald Nash

509. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to recent changes by the Revenue Commissioners regarding credit in respect of tax deducted from emoluments of certain directors and employees; his views on this new initiative by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19560/21]

Tax Collection

Gerald Nash

515. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent statement by the IMF in respect of the prospect of a solidarity surcharge (details supplied) to support economic recovery globally; if he will commit to producing a well-designed system of net wealth taxes to support Ireland’s economic recovery and public investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19834/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gerald Nash

586. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the April 2020 EU Parliament resolution (details supplied); the steps he has taken and controls his Department has put in place one year on since the resolution to ensure that such conditions are attached to the high level of public support received by enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20821/21]

Waterways Issues

Gerald Nash

724. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the body responsible for co-ordination and enforcement of legislation in relation to magnet fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19067/21]

Land Development Agency

Gerald Nash

830. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on remarks made by the outgoing interim chair of the Land Development Agency that the current allocation of €2.5 billion for the agency for delivering housing is insufficient (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20247/21]

School Facilities

Gerald Nash

1049. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when she plans to implement the recommendations contained in a report commissioned by the Department of Justice (details supplied) to provide DEIS band 1 status and or equivalent resources and supports to schools on the north side of Drogheda, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19904/21]

Pension Provisions

Gerald Nash

1204. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the average fees on standard private pension products such as PRSAs and AVC-PRSAs in Ireland; the way in which these fees compare to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20829/21]

Visa Applications

Gerald Nash

1398. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice the status of the reopening of visa application centres and mandatory biometric enrolment for applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18709/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gerald Nash

1754. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the names of the security firms carrying out the security related work in respect of the Covid-19 mandatory hotel quarantine regulation; if security staff contracted to support the mandatory hotel quarantine system are in full compliance with the terms of the current security employment regulation order including the minimum hourly rate of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/21]

Medicinal Products

Gerald Nash

1992. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health his views on the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) to make first-line treatments available under the medical card and drug payment scheme; his plans to include cariban on the medical card or on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19526/21]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Gerald Nash

2146. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the use of autoimmune drugs such as humira, neupogen and IVIG approved on the drugs payment scheme for the treatment of miscarriages caused by autoimmune issues in view of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19971/21]

Vaccination Programme

Gerald Nash

2300. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 70 years and over in counties Louth and Meath who have been registered by general practitioners to be vaccinated in their own homes under the National Ambulance Service Covid-19 home vaccination programme as of 15 April 2021; the number of persons in this cohort who have been vaccinated to date; the number of persons in this category who are still awaiting vaccination under this programme as of 15 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20506/21]

Seafood Sector

Gerald Nash

2481. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason representatives for crewmen and women are absent from the recently established Seafood Sector Taskforce; if he will commit to expanding the current taskforce to ensure the views of crewmen and women are represented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18969/21]

Banking Sector

Gerald Nash

93. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have held meetings with a bank (details supplied) in relation to the recent announcement of 88 branch closures; if so, when these meetings occurred; and if he asked for and received assurances from the bank that there is a viable post office within 500 metres of a branch the bank plans to close as mentioned in his response to the bank announcement. [17940/21]

Public Procurement Contracts

Gerald Nash

102. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, IPA and SEUPB have independent health and safety advisers at present; if so, if the procurement of such which was carried out in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17890/21]

Departmental Bodies

Gerald Nash

103. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB have implemented the public sector and human rights duty under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; if they have reported in their annual reports each year since enactment on the developments and achievements with regard to human rights; if the bodies have at all times promoted equality of opportunity and treatment of staff and persons to which they provide services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17891/21]

Departmental Bodies

Gerald Nash

104. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB have set out in their strategic plans an assessment of the human rights and equality issues they view to be relevant to the functions and purpose of the body with regard to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17892/21]

Protected Disclosures

Gerald Nash

105. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB have received protected disclosures since the enactment of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; if all such disclosures were reported as per the Act in their annual reports; if there were disclosures deemed not to be protected disclosures under the Act and thus not reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17893/21]

Departmental Bodies

Gerald Nash

106. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each of the bodies under his aegis and the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB hold membership with a confederation; if so, if he will provide the breakdown of payment to the confederation by each of the bodies in each of the years 2016 to 2020; if consideration of savings on this could be achieved on a shared service basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17894/21]