Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

International Protection

Ged Nash

137. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide information on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8362/24]

International Protection

Ged Nash

138. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will explore in full a proposal to do a technical study of the D Hotel in Drogheda to establish if the facility can be operated as a dual function hotel accommodating both tourists and international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8365/24]

Middle East

Ged Nash

120. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government and the EU as a block will agree to call for an international declaration and statement calling on the Israeli government to lift its restriction on supplies of insulin and all other diabetes supplies and all other medications for long term medical conditions entering Gaza immediately; if he will detail any concrete and practical actions the Government has taken in this regard to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7479/24]

Middle East

Ged Nash

215. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will request that ISIF withdraws its investment in firms based in illegal Israeli settlements; if he will provide details of the engagement, if any, he and his officials have had with ISIF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7691/24]

Nursing Homes

Ged Nash

527. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the status of the draft design guide for long-term residential care settings for older people, recently published by his Department in conjunction with HIQA and the HSE, with particular reference to the proposition to cap future nursing homes at 85 beds; if he will provide the policy rationale for such a move; if he is aware of concerns in the sector that this may result in a cessation of provision of new nursing homes, due to economies of scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7472/24]

Local Authorities

Ged Nash

209. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the precise function and responsibilities he has in cases where complaints are made to his Department of alleged breaches of the Local Government Act by senior local authority officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7029/24]

Departmental Reviews

Ged Nash

226. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will use his powers to appoint an independent person to undertake a review of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7068/24]

Tax Rebates

Ged Nash

223. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of firms that will receive a refund of interest paid on warehoused tax debt, based on economic sector, by county; the total amount of money to be refunded to businesses that have made repayments arising from the announcement recently of the changes to the operation of the tax debt warehousing scheme that will take effect shortly, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6102/24]

School Enrolments

Ged Nash

331. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education to outline any plans being considered for a new second level school in the Blackrock/Haggardstown area of County Louth; if her Department’s population projections show the need for a new school in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6572/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Ged Nash

332. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that planning permission for an extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) was granted in 2021; if she will provide an update on when work will start on the school redevelopment project; the timeline for completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6575/24]

School Facilities

Ged Nash

333. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education to provide information on the full and total cost of the provision of modular facilities at the site of a school (details supplied) since the school has occupied the current site to the end of 2023; if she will provide a costing for the additional modular units required for the site for the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6576/24]

Public Inquiries

Ged Nash

571. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when a chair will be appointed to the promised inquiry into sodium valporate in Ireland; his response to those impacted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6170/24]

Departmental Reports

Ged Nash

606. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of recommendation No. 7 of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants; if he will consider establishing a joint labour committee to cover the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6581/24]

Work Permits

Ged Nash

2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for a pause in the increase to the minimum salary threshold in respect of the non-EEA general employment permit scheme for healthcare assistants; if he will consider the introduction of a JLC-ERO system to apply to healthcare assistants in the private nursing homes and home care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5990/24]

Freedom of Information

Ged Nash

183. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he will publish legislation to modernise and update the Freedom of Information Act and ethics in public office legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5994/24]

Housing Schemes

Ged Nash

220. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide current guidelines and policy documents in respect of his Department's policy and advices to local authorities with regards to tenant transfers between local authorities on compassionate or exceptional grounds particularly with respect to elderly persons and senior citizen housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5896/24]

Coroners Service

Ged Nash

262. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice to outline the role and functions of the coroner in a case where a citizen resident in the State has died in suspicious or unexplained circumstances outside the State and his or her body has been repatriated here. [6008/24]

Departmental Reports

Ged Nash

141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he hopes to publish the report of the Finance for Scaling Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5341/24]

School Transport

Ged Nash

169. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when an individual transport service request arrangement for a person (details supplied) will be made available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4987/24]

Tax Code

Ged Nash

80. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the amount of warehoused tax debt arising from the scheme introduced during the pandemic that has yet to be repaid to the Exchequer; if he is considering extending the repayment period again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4817/24]