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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Jul 2022)

Gerald Nash: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated of cost of reducing apprentice fees by 20%, 50% and 100%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Jul 2022)

Gerald Nash: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to decrease the qualifying criteria for the non-adjacent rate of the SUSI grant from 30 km to 24 km; the estimated cost involved in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (12 Jul 2022)

Gerald Nash: 354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of unspent money contained in the Covid Contingency Fund as of 30 June 2022; the estimated expenditure from the fund on the provision of supports and services to refugees from Ukraine and Covid-19 related expenditure to 31 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37875/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (12 Jul 2022)

Gerald Nash: 357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the provisions providing protection to volunteers will be formally commenced on enactment of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill, 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (5 Jul 2022)

Gerald Nash: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a group (details supplied) regarding the development of offshore wind farms in County Louth; the status of the work of his Department to address such concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36222/22]

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I will pick up from where Deputy Ó Broin finished. I absolutely agree that this is not about kicking it into next month, and certainly not next year because this issue is far too urgent for that. It is about getting it right and we believe that we can get it right. While I am not a member of the committee, I speak as someone who attends the Oireachtas Select Committee on Housing,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (30 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total cost to the Exchequer of the €200 electricity credit; the number of beneficiaries who received the payment; the number of beneficiaries who received two, three or more payments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35025/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (30 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if persons with a second meter for storage heating in the same residence received two €200 electricity credit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35026/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (30 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any beneficiaries received an additional €200 electricity credit with respect to a holiday home; if so, the number of beneficiaries who received a further payment in respect of one, two or more holiday homes, in tabular form; the number of payments that were made in regard to holiday homes in cases in which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grounds on which a local authority may refuse families or individuals seeking emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35168/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 275. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will confirm that contract cleaning staff (details supplied) are eligible for the pandemic special recognition payment subject to the detailed terms of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35024/22]

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: For the benefit of those watching, the Government is not supporting the legislation. It is merely not opposing it and has provided its own critique. We do not want to be here legislating for basic public services that should be provided as of right to persons with autism. Deputies Ó Ríordáin and Bacik said that we were here in April 2021 calling on this Oireachtas and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of complaints received by the Residential Tenancies Board relating to the €200 electricity credit payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35028/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way local authorities determine who is homeless; the powers local authorities have to decide who is homeless and eligible for emergency accommodation; the criteria used by local authorities to decide who is homeless and eligible for emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35167/22]

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I was struck by a reference in a recent report from the ESRI that essentially, and I am interpreting this to a degree, stated that for many people on low and middle incomes the Ireland of 2022 is starting to feel like 2008 again. This is a comment and a reference that will resonate with many people. The difference, however, between 2008 and 2022 is that we have the resources now, if...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2022: First Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for measures to address market failures in the market for principal dwelling house mortgage loans, and to provide for related matters. I am pleased to move that leave be granted to introduce the Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2022. The general purpose of the Bill is to provide for measures to...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2022: First Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: So might a backbencher or two.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: The Taoiseach is a commentator.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: We would have to be reminded sometimes.