Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Family Reunification

Ged Nash

583. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made in relation to an application for family reunification submitted by a person (details supplied) in January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24170/22]

Driver Licences

Ged Nash

78. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the legislative basis for a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/22]

Defence Forces

Ged Nash

141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by members of the Defence Forces (details supplied) who have served as part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force mission in Syria in obtaining visas to visit the United States; if he will raise this matter with the United States authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23580/22]

Passport Services

Ged Nash

150. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the problems experienced by his officials in the Passport Office who have difficulty making contact with gardaí in part-time stations in order to verify consent forms for first-time passport applications for minors (details supplied); if he plans to engage with the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23695/22]

Education and Training Boards

Ged Nash

166. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an updated timeline for the commencement of building works at the site designated in 2013 for the new headquarters building for the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that €3 million was awarded in 2013 by her Department for the construction of the head office in Drogheda; if she will provide a date for completion of this long-awaited project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23563/22]

Education and Training Boards

Ged Nash

167. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the rationale used by her Department’s building and planning unit to agree to a proposed change to the building plans for the proposed Louth and Meath Education and Training Board head office building in Drogheda from a two-storey to a three-storey building; if she will provide information on the comparative costs between the two-storey and three-storey option; the number, designation and title of all of the staff which the board has advised her Department will move to the proposed head office building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23564/22]

Education and Training Boards

Ged Nash

168. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the cost that has already been incurred to date in the design of the originally planned two-storey Louth and Meath Education and Training Board head office building to be located in Drogheda; the estimated total final cost of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23565/22]

Education and Training Boards

Ged Nash

169. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the locations of the main offices of each of the officials and leaders (details supplied) of the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23566/22]

Education and Training Boards

Ged Nash

170. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she has no function in the assignment, designation and relocation of staff within individual education and training boards; if it is entirely a function of the CEO of individual boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23567/22]

Childcare Services

Ged Nash

206. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE places that will be made available in County Louth in the coming year; the number of applications that have been received to date; if additional places will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23689/22]

Childcare Services

Ged Nash

207. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE places available in County Louth in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23690/22]

Water Quality

Ged Nash

199. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis has carried out an impact assessment of any kind on the potential effect on water quality and biodiversity in the River Boyne arising from this development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23033/22]

Aviation Industry

Ged Nash

224. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the status of an application by organisation (details supplied) to fly between Addis Ababa and Dublin via Manchester; if his attention has been drawn to a recent report concerning the organisation in question; if the report will be considered in relation to the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22840/22]

Court Judgments

Ged Nash

684. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing delays with payments to the victims of a person (details supplied); the status of the dispute between the HSE and the religious order regarding the party that should pay legal costs relating to the High Court case concerned; his views on whether this dispute should not represent an impediment to the immediate payment of the settlements agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22585/22]

Health Services

Gerald Nash

239. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to establish a dedicated clinic for sufferers of long Covid on a permanent basis in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22511/22]

Defective Building Materials

Ged Nash

214. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the report from the housing defects working group; when he anticipates the report of the housing defects working group to be completed; if its recommendations will be published in advance of Budget 2023; when he anticipates the proposed redress scheme to be open for applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22288/22]

Tax Code

Ged Nash

2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce a windfall tax on the extraordinary profits of energy companies to fund measures to combat the rising cost of energy for households and enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/22]

Fiscal Policy

Ged Nash

24. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if the recently announced temporary reduction in VAT, excise duty and lump-sum payments are to be paid from a surplus in the public finances or by adding to the public debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21423/22]

Fiscal Policy

Ged Nash

43. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of ongoing discussions on the European Union fiscal rules; the position adopted by the Government on any changes to the fiscal rules; his views on the recent recommendation of an Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee report (details supplied) which notes the need for certain well defined expenditure areas such as climate and public housing spending to be excluded from the fiscal rules and for a more accommodating set of rules toward public capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21426/22]

Tax Code

Ged Nash

67. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the respective European Union and OECD negotiations on a proposed new global minimum corporation tax rate; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a United States global intangible low-taxed income rate of 21%; if his Department has undertaken or intends to undertake an updated analysis of the potential cost to the Exchequer of proposed changes; if so, if this will include the potential loss to the Exchequer of a United States global intangible low-taxed income rate of 21%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21424/22]