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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I apologise for arriving late. I want to ask whether the Minister of State, his colleague the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister for Finance, Deputy McGrath, intend to exceed their self-imposed 5% expenditure rule in budget 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of refugees from Ukraine and international protection applicants currently housed in buildings and on sites which the OPW owns; how many additional people from each category the OPW plans to accommodate in OPW-owned buildings in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22368/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to exceed the 5% expenditure rule in respect of Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21438/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he agrees with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications' recent analysis that thousands more civil and public servants are required to match the size of the economy and the demands placed on the State; the number of WTEs across the entire civil and public service as of 1 May, 2023 compared to the same date in 2020,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW has to protect and preserve the High Crosses at Monasterboice, County Louth; the quantum of resources the OPW has allocated for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what plans he and the OGP have to provide for the recruitment of a minimum number of craft apprentices in the context of the State's public procurement framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22369/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of her Department’s plans to build new primary and secondary schools to cater for the rapid expansion of the area which is the subject of the North Drogheda Environs Masterplan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22285/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: Everyone is very welcome. Like Deputy Doherty and unlike some others, I am hugely supportive and appreciative of the work that the Commission on Taxation and Welfare has done. I am also hugely appreciative of the range of very informed recommendations and propositions contained in the final report, which will hugely valuable to us as policymakers as we try to address some of the very clear...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: Does Professor Moloney agree with my proposition that we cannot have a sustainable, fair and equitable taxation system if we decide to dispense with residential property taxes?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: Land.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: That reliance on land and property further embeds some very unfair and inequitable tax reliefs that are available and perpetuates that situation. I will make one final point as I am aware that Deputy Moynihan may wish to make a contribution. We have had many debates at this and other committees of this House in relation to tax expenditures and the way in which we approach them in this...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am glad Professor Moloney agrees that we need to shift the balance of taxation away from taxes on labour to taxes on capital and wealth. There is no shortage of people in these Houses and across society who believe, for example, that we should exclude or excise local property taxes from our taxation system but my analysis would be that we cannot have a taxation system that is fair and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports and contact available to a person (details supplied) in County Louth in the context of a return to work in Ireland from Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21941/23]

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: To be fair to the Minister of State, I acknowledge that he arranged to organise this meeting last week, which is when he announced it. He brought forward the scheduled 21 June meeting of the retail forum to discuss this most pressing of issues. I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment. It is the first opportunity I have had to do so in this Chamber. I have no doubt the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he formally enunciated his concerns at the ECB's policy of continuing to increase interest rates and the impact of this policy on households and businesses at the recent meeting of finance ministers and ECB officials in Stockholm in late April 2023; if this is the official position of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that just €73 million of the more than €2.2 billion in warehoused tax debt under the relevant Covid scheme, which is owed by companies, has been paid as of March 2023; the steps he plans to take to address this issue, which now involves approximately 64,000 firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21439/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Prices (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the recently published ECB paper entitled 'How tit-for-tat inflation can make everyone poorer'; if he is concerned at the evidence that profit-taking is contributing to price gouging and elevated levels of inflation; the action the Government plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21440/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 605. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is engaging formally with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to assisting with its funding needs; if the HSE will provide an update on the status of that engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (4 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that when making provision for the European Accessibility Act (EU Directive 2019/882), he will ensure that every ATM and point-of-sale credit card terminal is accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired, and that this will include provision for audio guides and tactile keyboards;...