Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ged Nash

526. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the decision by a university (details supplied) to hold a graduation ceremony online despite the return of face-to-face lecturing and the planned easing of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43959/21]

Electricity Generation

Ged Nash

45. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the scheme to allow microgenerators to sell up to 30% of excess electricity produced for export to the national grid will be in place; the price at which the electricity will be sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41899/21]

Departmental Data

Ged Nash

1308. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists with medical card contracts in counties Louth and Meath in each of the years 2016 to 2021, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42412/21]

Departmental Data

Ged Nash

1309. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for a dental consultation and dental surgery in counties Louth and Meath in tabular form; the percentage of patients who have been on each respective waiting list for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42413/21]

Dental Services

Ged Nash

1310. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 8 December 2020, the actions he has since taken to ensure that medical card patients are able to receive necessary and timely dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42414/21]

Health Services

Ged Nash

1405. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the future of Sruthan House, Dundalk, County ,with respect to the recently announced Reframing the Challenge, Continuing Our Recovery and Reconnecting plan to end Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42847/21]

Employment Rights

Gerald Nash

25. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the relevant Minister of State plans to formally sign the employment regulation order giving effect to recommendation made by the Security Industry, Joint Labour Committee; if he plans to delay the implementation of the order to 1 September 2021; the reason for any delay in its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40060/21]

Waste Management

Gerald Nash

69. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated revenue that could be raised from a waste recovery levy at €5 a tonne to apply to the three key waste recovery options, landfill, incineration and export; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39911/21]

Environmental Policy

Gerald Nash

70. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated revenue that could be raised from raising the landfill levy by €5, €10 and €15 per tonne respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39912/21]

Waste Management

Gerald Nash

71. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated yield from introducing an incineration levy at €50, €75 and €100 per tonne in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39920/21]

Environmental Policy

Gerald Nash

72. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the introduction of the coffee cup levy; the estimated yield from a 25 cent levy on every disposable coffee cup in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39921/21]

Environmental Policy

Gerald Nash

73. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated yield from a 10 or 25 cent levy on every plastic bottle sold in Ireland, a 10 or 25 cent levy on every fruit and vegetable sold in plastic and a 10 or 25 cent levy on disposable takeaway containers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39922/21]

Environmental Policy

Gerald Nash

74. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated yield from expanding the plastic bag levy to include medium-weight plastic bags and increasing the tax from 22c to 25c from 1 January 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39923/21]

Public Transport

Gerald Nash

200. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the estimated annual cost of subsiding free public transport travel for all in full-time and part-time education in Ireland, including all those in primary, secondary and tertiary education. [39766/21]

Tax Code

Gerald Nash

208. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport his plans to reform the calculation method for quarterly, half-yearly and annual charging for motor car tax; his views on whether the system unfairly and excessively overcharges those motorists in the lower income brackets that avail of the quarterly or half-yearly charge; and his plans to reform the motor car tax system. [39884/21]

Tax Code

Gerald Nash

209. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost to the Exchequer of ending the additional charge on quarterly and half-yearly motor tax payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39936/21]

Tax Reliefs

Gerald Nash

318. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the gross amount of tax relief provided for pension contributions in each of the past five years for which full figures are available in tabular form. [39861/21]

Tax Data

Gerald Nash

319. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of removing stamp duty on credit cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39862/21]

Tax Data

Gerald Nash

320. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the anticipated savings to the Exchequer in 2022 from ending the employment and investment incentive scheme, the key employee engagement programme, the special assignee relief programme and the foreign earnings deduction in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39863/21]

Tax Data

Gerald Nash

321. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the anticipated savings to the Exchequer in 2022 from ending the rent-a-room relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39864/21]