Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

345. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19184/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

360. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19191/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

368. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with her Department and bodies under auspices of her Department in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19194/22]

Medicinal Products

Ged Nash

372. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of hormone replacement therapy in several pharmacies in areas (details supplied) in recent months; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that some women have been left with few options other than to travel to the Northern Ireland to source the treatment; the steps that have been taken and that he plans to take to address the unavailability of HRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18911/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

430. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19192/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

442. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19183/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

445. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with her Department and bodies under auspices of her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19196/22]

Oireachtas Committees

Ged Nash

33. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if a copy of the briefing books provided to the Governor of the Central Bank and accompanying officials in advance of their recent appearance before the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on 30 March 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18519/22]

Departmental Policies

Ged Nash

88. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some if not all local authorities have effectively prohibited local authority tenants from accommodating refugees from Ukraine; if his Department is considering the issuance of advice or a circular to local authorities to temporarily relax the terms of tenancy agreements to allow tenants to accommodate refugees once the capacity of the home permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18751/22]

Departmental Funding

Ged Nash

142. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to provide additional financial supports to organisations that are supported by the community employment scheme given the additional burden of rising energy and fuel costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18752/22]

Pension Provisions

Ged Nash

144. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the 0.5% fee cap attached to the State auto-enrolment pension scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a similar State-backed auto-enrolment scheme (details supplied) in the UK has a cap of 0.3%; if she is satisfied that the fee difference is justified and that the auto-enrolment scheme as currently envisaged is not too generous to pension funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18862/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ged Nash

175. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice her views on the recent European Commission recommendation urging member states to immediately repeal existing investor citizenship schemes and to ensure that strong checks are in place to address the risks posed by investor residence schemes (details supplied); her plans to immediately repeal all existing Irish schemes in view of this recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18470/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ged Nash

177. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice her views on a recent report by the European Parliament (details supplied) which calls for the European Union to ban the sale of citizenship by investment schemes and to regulate residence by investment schemes; her plans to ban the sale of citizenship by investment schemes and to regulate residence by investment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18499/22]

Housing Provision

Ged Nash

346. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the provision of a first home market based on the shared equity scheme as set out in Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18004/22]

Legislative Measures

Ged Nash

347. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on his plans to legislate through the Residential Tenancies Acts for default conciliation as part of the dispute resolution process within the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18005/22]

Housing Provision

Ged Nash

348. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the development of a youth homelessness strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18006/22]

Housing Provision

Ged Nash

349. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the progress of the expansion of street outreach services to engage with rough sleepers in key urban areas outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18007/22]

Housing Provision

Ged Nash

350. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the review of the Housing Agency Acquisition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18008/22]

Local Authorities

Ged Nash

351. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the preparation of housing delivery plans to include social and affordable housing delivery by each local authority; if each local authority has furnished his Department with these plans; when he plans to publish housing delivery action plans for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18009/22]

Rental Sector

Ged Nash

352. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the reform of the differential rents scheme and the planned introduction of a national scheme to standardise differential rents across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18010/22]