Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Living Wage

Ged Nash

58. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he remains committed to the agreed pathway for the implementation of a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17196/24]

EU Directives

Ged Nash

65. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his plans to transpose the EU directive on adequate minimum wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/24]

Referendum Campaigns

Ged Nash

119. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his position on the planned referendum on the United Patent Court ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/24]

Tax Exemptions

Ged Nash

239. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly that sees a VAT exemption applied to the services of psychologists but not to suitably qualified psychotherapists and counsellors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16745/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Ged Nash

313. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of correspondence issued to her from a school (details supplied); further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 13 February 2024, if she will provide an update which relates to the subject matter of the correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16333/24]

Fuel Prices

Ged Nash

6. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider deferring the planned excise duty increase on petrol and diesel due for August; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15013/24]

Tax Code

Ged Nash

36. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will commit to a review in 2024 of the remittance basis of tax and the domicile levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15014/24]

National Broadband Plan

Ged Nash

109. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the problems being experienced in areas such as Cherrybrook, Ardee, County Louth, where infrastructure/ducting deficits prevent homes from accessing commercial fibre broadband services through the recognised providers; if he will consider a 'gap funding' model to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14618/24]

Air Corps

Ged Nash

148. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when two Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft delivered to the Air Corps in June and October of 2023, will reach full operational capacity and be available for Maritime Defence and Security Operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14035/24]

Vacant Properties

Ged Nash

284. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of successful Living City Initiative applications made to renovate and refurbish properties in Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Kilkenny respectively in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the reasons Drogheda is not included in the initiative, given its population is significantly larger than that of Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13848/24]

Heritage Projects

Ged Nash

613. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the LGMA and the National Town Centre First office will carry out a long-awaited collaborative town centre health check for Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13847/24]

Departmental Funding

Ged Nash

1261. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will continue to fund an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13861/24]

State Properties

Ged Nash

1545. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health what plans the HSE has for the building in Laytown, County Meath that previously housed the Laytown Healthcare Unit; if the building could be released by the HSE for community use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15027/24]

General Practitioner Services

Ged Nash

1595. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that some GPs are continuing to issue six-month repeat prescriptions for long-term medicines and medical devices, despite the new rules introduced from 1 March, allowing them to issue these prescriptions for 12 months; what he and his Department are planning to do to ensure that GPs comply with the new rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15327/24]

School Accommodation

Ged Nash

203. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if land reportedly donated by an organisation (details supplied) to a school has been formally transferred to the school; if planning permission has been sought for a playground for the school on that land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13377/24]

Departmental Data

Ged Nash

263. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to the Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 22 February 2024, to address the issue outlined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13393/24]

International Protection

Ged Nash

264. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the full total spend by his Department to accommodate International Protection Applicants for 2023 alone (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13394/24]

Primary Care Centres

Ged Nash

289. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 1043 of 2 November 2021 and 1672 of 26 July 2022, when the HSE plans to develop a primary care centre at the site referred to in Ratoath, County Meath; if the plans are included in the HSE's current capital program; the overall cost and timeline for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13376/24]

Health Services

Ged Nash

293. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide its conclusions and its determination of a complaint (details supplied); if he will outline all of the actions taken at the facility since the complaint was made to address the shortfalls and risks detailed in the complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13397/24]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Ged Nash

328. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the work of his Department on the provisions of the National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Apprentices) Bill 2023 and based on the Government’s decision on a timed amendment to second stage of the Bill in the debate on the Bill in Seanad Éireann on 3 May 2023; if he will set out the next stage in the process of the Government’s consideration of the measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13420/24]

Departmental Reports

Ged Nash

162. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if, when and the extent to which future reviews as to the schedule for the complete implementation rollout of all recommendations made in the National Speed Limit Review Report will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12078/24]

Departmental Reviews

Ged Nash

234. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 5 October 2023, if he remains committed to undertaking a review of the remittance basis of tax and the domicile levy in 2024; if he is aware that this commitment is absent in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 1 February 2024; if he will clarify his position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12127/24]

School Transport

Ged Nash

371. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 7 February 2024, to provide an update on when a person (details supplied) will receive a personal transport service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11758/24]

School Accommodation

Ged Nash

408. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education her Department's position on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11900/24]

Departmental Policies

Ged Nash

502. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she intends to review the apparent anomaly that sees first and second-year teaching students carry out unpaid work within schools during breaks in their studies, while their third-year colleagues are paid by her Department for similar work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12760/24]

Housing Policy

Ged Nash

623. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the HAP limits for counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11889/24]

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]

Emergency Accommodation

Ged Nash

271. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotels that are currently providing accommodation under arrangements agreed with his Department for applicants for international protection, and where the hotels in question simultaneously provide accommodation to tourists in the normal course of their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9841/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Ged Nash

272. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotels that are currently providing accommodation under arrangements agreed with his Department for the programme refugees from Ukraine, and where the hotels in question simultaneously provide accommodation to tourists in the normal course of their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9842/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Ged Nash

273. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotels that are currently providing accommodation under arrangements agreed with his Department for accommodation for international protection applicants (families) where the operation of the hotels in question are exclusively for the use of accommodation for international protection applicants; if he will provide the details on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9843/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Ged Nash

274. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotels that are currently providing accommodation under arrangements agreed with his Department for accommodation for programme refugees from Ukraine where the operation of the hotels in question are exclusively for the use of refugees from Ukraine; if he will provide the details on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9844/24]