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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all applications made by schools for funding under the STEM grant awards announced in December 2023 were fully read and objectively assessed by her Department; the reason her Department used a lottery system to allocate funding under this scheme; if she will accept that the scheme is underfunded based on the level of applications; if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an additional specific new-build autism classroom will not be developed at a school (details supplied) for four to five years; the reason her Department will not permit the addition of high standard prefabricated or modular alternatives to allow the school to meet local demand; if she will review this urgent situation; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pay (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 898. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on proposals submitted to her Department by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform as referred to in correspondence (details supplied) containing proposals formulated in the Tripartite Forum involving trade unions representing Tús and RSS supervisors, ILDN and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1007. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána and the PSNI co-operate on joint training exercises and systems; if both police services are considering any alignment on training practices and courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56471/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1017. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 26 September 2023, to provide an update on the matter following this Deputy’s subsequent letter on this urgent issue to her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56591/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a response will issue to written correspondence to her office on 27 November 2023 from the office of this Deputy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1638/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1021. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 to be signed into law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56687/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2007/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1740. To ask the Minister for Health the current status and work of the Public Health Alcohol Research Group; when a report will issue from the group; if he intends to publish the group’s report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1636/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1741. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the mechanisms in place for the monitoring and evaluation of outcomes of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1637/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (14 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is prepared to address a policy anomaly in respect of the SEAI solar PV scheme that has seen the exclusion of an individual (details supplied) and potential other homeowners from access to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55929/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: 298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm that relevant qualifying media organisations will be in a position to draw down funding from the recently announced local democracy reporting scheme and the court reporting scheme before the local and European Parliament elections in June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55898/23]

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the ambitious Digital Services Act regulation and recognise that European law in this area continues to be the global leader. I also welcome this Bill. The Labour Party will support its transition through the stages to ensure it is enforced by 17 February. In much the same way that the general data protection regulation, GDPR, led the way in privacy rights, the Digital Services...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: I do solemnly declare that I will duly and faithfully, and to the best of my knowledge and ability, execute the office of an Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight without fear or favour, apply the rules as laid down by the House in an impartial and fair manner, maintain order and uphold the rights and privileges of members in accordance with the Constitution and Standing...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: The last question seamlessly moves on to my own line of questioning and I thank Deputy Conway-Walsh for the prompt. How difficult has it been since the budget was formulated and presented to the Dáil? How difficult has it been for the council to get the information it needs to make an informed assessment of the impact of budget 2024? How difficult has it been to access that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: Why?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: To get a sense of the question I am trying to ask and perhaps not articulating properly, I will better define where I am coming from. Were the main sticking points with the Department of Finance on its definitions around core and non-core? Professor McMahon might give me a characterisation of how that engagement went. I imagine there would be resistance. The Department is not blind to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: To move on to a couple of real-world impacts, because when we talk about how we generate and make decisions about the distribution of resources, it is about the real-world impact, Professor McMahon said, and has not put a tooth in it, that this is a procyclical budget. I do not mean to put words in his mouth but my interpretation of what he said was this budget could potentially add fuel to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: It would be fair to say that those who depend on the State for their income and those on low and modest incomes will be most adversely affected by inflation remaining higher for longer. As an economist, would Professor McMahon say budget 2024 was fiscally illiterate?