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Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Central Bank of Ireland
Ged Nash
33. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has met with the Central Bank to ascertain its views on announcements (details supplied). [21077/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Banking Sector
Ged Nash
34. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he sought the views of the Central Bank on a statement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21078/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Banking Sector
Ged Nash
35. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether a public review on the strategy for the banking sector should be undertaken to set out a vision for the future particularly at present when he is in a position of significant influence (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21079/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Banking Sector
Ged Nash
36. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether local control of at least one Irish bank is very important to the development of the small Irish economy in a globalised world and to assist the operation of businesses by SMEs and taxpayers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21080/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Museum Projects
Ged Nash
37. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the planned national children’s science centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20888/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Air Corps
Ged Nash
70. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence if a guarantee will be given that any changes necessary to Defence Force Regulations CS4 and its accompanying administrative instructions will be carried out in the case that the Air Corps is directed by Government to provide part of the search and rescue contract currently being overseen by the Department of Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20948/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Military Aircraft
Ged Nash
71. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence the arrangements for the establishment of an independent military air regulator within his Department, the establishment of which has been recommended by previous independent safety reports and is also common practice in other EU states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20949/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Climate Action Plan
Ged Nash
46. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department will play in ensuring that annual departmental spending proposals as part of the annual budgetary cycle are aligned with climate action and carbon-reduction targets; the way in which his Department plans to assess the National Development Plan 2018-2027 against Ireland’s carbon-reduction plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20242/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Public Sector Staff
Ged Nash
61. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the oversight of his Department of the target to increase the public service employment target for persons with disabilities on an incremental basis from a minimum of 3% to a minimum of 6% by 2024 (details supplied); the number and percentage of public service employees in this category in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20245/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Fiscal Policy
Ged Nash
64. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to establish a new oversight, accountability and transparency unit in order to regularly record the allocation of capital expenditure and grants on a publicly accessible Open Ireland portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Fiscal Policy
Ged Nash
71. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent Parliamentary Budget Office analytical model (details supplied) which suggests that the State’s debt burden will be on a sustainable path over the next 10 years and that aggressive fiscal consolidation will not be required to ensure that the burden of debt can be sustained taking growth rate forecasts into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20246/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Fiscal Policy
Ged Nash
111. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent comments of the ECB president and board members on the crucial need to maintain an ambitious fiscal stance to avoid the risk of delaying economic recovery and amplifying the longer-term scarring effects of the Covid 19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20244/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ged Nash
187. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if children's clothing is included on the essential retail list; his plans to include children's clothes on the essential retail list along with children's shoes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19519/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Cycling Policy
Ged Nash
421. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the potential costs to the Exchequer associated with the expansion of the bike sharing schemes outside of Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Cork cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20251/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Cycle to Work Scheme
Ged Nash
422. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the estimated costs associated with expanding the bike to work scheme or a similar initiative to include students in higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20252/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Sovereign Debt
Ged Nash
479. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Parliamentary Budget Office analytical model for public debt sustainability analysis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18524/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Banking Sector
Ged Nash
480. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of the legislative timeline for the senior executive accountability regime, SEAR, legislation; the details on the precise licensed and regulated sectors within the financial services industry to which the regime will ultimately apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18525/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Central Bank of Ireland
Ged Nash
481. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the section of legislation used by the Central Bank to investigate a transaction undertaken in 2014 by a consortium of staff at a firm (details supplied) only enables the regulator to pursue actions against staff of regulated firms once the facts have been found and an enforcement action against the firm concerned has been taken or a settlement agreement has been reached; if he plans to undertake a review of the relevant legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18526/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Central Bank of Ireland
Ged Nash
482. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his plans to update the Central Bank code of practice to allow for impact assessments and 12-month consultation periods in which bank branch closures are considered; his plans to increase the bank levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18527/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Financial Irregularities
Ged Nash
483. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the steps Ireland will take with reference to the report of the UN High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity and the FACTI panel to ensure it meets the important recommendations to tackle illicit finance including international tax abuse. [18528/21]