Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Health Services

Ged Nash

152. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence regarding a supervised residential unit in Carndonagh (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9490/24]

Consumer Prices

Ged Nash

181. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the CCPC to investigate the practices and pricing within the infant formula market under his powers in section 10 (4) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9371/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Ged Nash

473. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the reported impact that proposed changes to the allowance and supports made available to women for the provision of post-mastectomy products (details supplied) may have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8644/24]

Health Service Executive

Ged Nash

506. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE plans to award a tender for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8803/24]

Industrial Development

Ged Nash

123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for completion and delivery of the planned IDA-backed advance facility in Drogheda, County Louth; the sector or purpose for which the facility will be marketed to potential IDA clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8517/24]

Business Supports

Ged Nash

125. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the impact on the local economy of the decision made by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability Integration and Youth to use all beds in a hotel (details supplied) in Drogheda to accommodate international protection applicants from March 2024; if he, his officials and local agencies will introduce a package of supports for local businesses to mitigate the anticipated loss of revenue to the local economy as a consequence of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8539/24]

Tourism Industry

Ged Nash

162. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department and the relevant agencies are aware of the fact that a hotel (details supplied) in Drogheda will, from March 2024, no longer have beds available for tourism use; if she and the tourism agencies are concerned about this, given the level of investment in Drogheda's tourism product in recent years; if she and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment have engaged on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8538/24]

Road Tolls

Ged Nash

54. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport to confirm when the contract with CRG for the M1 and Drogheda-Donore Road tolls will conclude; what plans he has for the toll when the contract concludes and when it is handed back to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8363/24]

Broadcasting Sector

Ged Nash

96. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on correspondence she has received (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8300/24]

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]