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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to establish a commission on pensions to examine sustainability and eligibility issues with State pensions and the social insurance fund; when he expects the commission to be formally established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18720/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (28 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the proposed review of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (28 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the closure of a crèche (details supplied) in County Louth; if his attention has also been drawn to the circumstances of the closure of the facility; if his Department and agencies are available to assist the service to continue under an alternative management structure; the details of the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 978. To ask the Minister for Health the concerns that led to the HSE and RCSI hospital group taking over operational control of a facility (details supplied) in response to the outbreak of Covid-19 at the facility on 17 April 2020; if the HSE will establish the precise criteria that were applied to prompt such a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18393/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (28 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 979. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the correspondence received from the owner and managers of a facility (details supplied) dated 12 April 2020; the response issued to that correspondence; if he will provide a copy of a report on the Covid-19 outbreak at the facility which was created by officials in his Department on 11 April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (28 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1030. To ask the Minister for Health when the revised income threshold for medical card applicants aged over 70 will be enacted following the abandonment of previous legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18811/20]

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: The July stimulus, which was announced last week and is reflected in the measures we are considering today, was the first real test of the philosophy as well as the economic policies of this new Government. It was an opportunity to think and act big and to imagine a new economic model that would provide a better quality of life for all our citizens. It could have been a belated first step...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this issue. In defence of the Minister, I know that at least he has good taste in music because I tend to find him at gigs I go to myself. He has a deep knowledge and interest in the arts and Irish culture and that is to be welcomed. He does not need to be convinced that support is required for the culture and arts sector in Ireland but it is...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I will speak to the section, if I may. I introduced an amendment that was, unfortunately, ruled out. It related to the notion of attaching social and employment conditions to the enormous bundle of taxpayers' money and borrowed cash that we will be injecting into the economy in the next period. It is not a radical idea and is done routinely across the European Union in one fashion or...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 13: In page 32, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “Layoffs and short-time 7. If and for so long as— (a) an employer is the beneficiary of the wage subsidy scheme or of special warehousing and interest provisions under the Act of 2020 as amended by this Act, and (b) one or more employees of the employer have been laid off or placed on...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I am satisfied with the Minister's articulation of that provision. We obviously need to maintain oversight over its robustness as the scheme evolves and as employers access it. On that basis, I am happy to withdraw the amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (29 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA plans to provide property solutions in Drogheda, County Louth for potential foreign direct investment clients; if, as part of the five year strategy and capital development programme, the IDA plan to develop a new business park and advance facilities in the town with a particular reference to the northside of Drogheda in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Advisers (30 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names and salaries of his special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19714/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Advisers (30 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names and salaries of his special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19716/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to roll out the new D4 and D5 Bus Éireann services in Drogheda and the enhanced 189 service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19816/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Advisers (30 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names and salaries of his special advisers; the salaries paid to the Minister and each Minister of State at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19729/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Transport if the recent July stimulus package will include additional funding for the Boyne Greenway from Mornington, County Meath to Drogheda, County Louth and a greenway to the Brú na Bóinne centre at Newgrange, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20501/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding streams available from his Department arising from the July stimulus package to local authorities for town centre pedestrianisation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20502/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Advisers (30 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance the names and salaries of his special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department. [19721/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 332. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to set a maximum duration for individual companies availing of the proposed employment wage subsidy scheme; if a review and compliance audit will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20472/20]