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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of any review being undertaken by his Department on the national development plan in view of the marked increase in construction inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21434/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the visitor centre at the Battle of the Boyne site at Oldbridge, County Meath has not been reopened to the public; the number of days the visitor centre has been open since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to the impact of fast fashion on human rights; the status of policy or legislative work pertaining to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21523/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to the impact of fast fashion on the environment; and the status of policy or legislative work pertaining to this matter. [21522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the operation of SEAI retrofitting grants and the one-stop shop service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the opinion of the Governor of the Central Bank that the retail banks are not ready to cope with the additional workload that will result from the exit of banks (details supplied) from the Irish banking sector; his views on whether it was a mistake for the two banks in question to proceed having full knowledge of same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 234. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to the issue of payments by the State to families who are hosting refugees from Ukraine under the Red Cross accommodation scheme; the estimated overall full-year cost of such a scheme; the amount that each host family will be allocated under the scheme per month; when the scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equal Opportunities Employment (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the target set for public service employment for persons with a disability; the date by which same is to be achieved; the percentage as it stands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for suicide prevention services in CHO 8 and in County Louth, respectively, from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21527/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that are provided for suicide prevention and the implementation of the national suicide prevention strategy Connecting for Life implementation plan in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21528/22]

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: I appreciate the opportunity to speak on these resolutions here this evening. Like Deputy Doherty and his party, the Labour Party and I have been arguing for the application of VAT reductions on energy bills for some time now. We see this is an opportunity to help to drive down the ever-rising cost of living for hard-pressed families across the country. This is just one tool or weapon in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: The future of how work in Ireland is organised is one of the greatest issues of our time and all the research shows the real appetite for working people to have a genuine right to flexibility in terms of work. Unfortunately, the Government seems determined to go back in time through its deeply flawed remote work legislation, which will essentially give employers a right to refuse requests...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: We are only a matter of months away from Ulster Bank and KBC leaving the Irish banking market. Almost 1 million Ulster Bank customers will need to find a new bank and the same will apply to 130,000 KBC customers. Two weeks ago, the Governor of the Central Bank told me that banks are not ready to deal with the biggest transfer of bank accounts the State has ever experienced. The potential...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: Quite frankly, the Taoiseach's response is an absolute deflection. The Government has a Minister of State with responsibility for financial services. What kind of message does his answer send to the 1 million consumers who have to switch accounts? Tens of millions of direct debits and standing orders could be in disarray over the next few months because of the disorganised way that all...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: You deflected in the original response. You have responsibility for economic management in this country.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: Is it now the Central Bank's responsibility?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: It has a function to play.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: It ought to hold the Central Bank to account politically.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: -----and that is fair enough, but they should not pretend they are on the side of working people.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: Do not make overstated claims about this motion.