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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the promoters of a development (details supplied) in Warrenpoint, County Down were obliged to notify Louth County Council of this development under transnational planning regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines for the teaching of the practical aspects of geography, including field work; when she plans to publish guidelines relating to the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24217/20]

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: Did you manage to enjoy some episodes from a box set yesterday evening while you-----

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: I will pick up from where I concluded yesterday evening. I was referring to the Government's honouring of the commitment made to public servants under the existing public sector pay agreement. I suggested that if we did not have an agreement in place, public servants and civil servants could well be targeted for pay cuts given the economic situation in which we find ourselves. Public...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Tests (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: Drogheda urgently needs a Covid-19 testing centre. I thank the 1,307 people who signed a petition on this matter that I launched several days ago. That shows the depth of feeling in the area and the need for a testing centre in Ireland’s largest town. It is a travesty that Ireland's largest town does not have a Covid-19 testing centre. The population of Drogheda town alone is in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Tests (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: The idea that a testing centre in Dundalk would be closed down and moved to Ardee misses the point entirely. That is splitting the difference. For the sake of good planning we should be making sure that the response is where the service is needed, which in this case is Drogheda. Looking at it on population terms or need terms, an objective case can and should be made to locate a centre of...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 113. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of persons employed by the IDA by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24812/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the feasibility study on the proposed Julianstown bypass, County Meath will commence; when the process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to relax the income tax returns and CRO deadline, respectively to ensure no business is penalised for a late submission during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by increasing the 2% stamp duty charged on residential property deals worth more than €1 million to 17% in line with the rate in the UK; his views on the appraisal by the Tax Strategy Group that the current rate is low; the action he plans to take in Budget 2021 to address the matter; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by ending the current BIK rate for non-electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to exercise his power under section 8 (11)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 to introduce regulations concerning management and maintenance of records held by freedom of information bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25378/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to publish specific guidelines forthe leisure, health and fitness sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24813/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend building regulations to provide for a requirement for all new public buildings and separately private commercial developments over a certain size to include changing places facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24773/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Reviews (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of schedule 4 of the Valuation Act 2001 will be complete; if the contents of the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25379/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the strict conditions which must be satisfied before permission to overfly the territory of the State may be granted; the thorough and robust procedures that are in place led by his Department with a view to ensuring that the conditions for securing permission for foreign military aircraft to overfly the State are clearly understood and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of the Defence Forces in cases in which foreign military aircraft overfly the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25117/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Review (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 377. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is responsible for drafting the terms of reference for the proposed commission on the future of defence; the time frame for the proposed consultation process that will be undertaken prior to the finalisation of the terms of reference of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by adjusting the level of social insurance contributions for self-employed workers class S PRSI from 4% to 5.75% and 7.5%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25122/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if workers laid off for extended periods that commence new employment will lose their entitlement to redundancy lump sums from their original employer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25115/20]