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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses and employees respectively on the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31482/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage and number of employees on the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, receiving a full wage top-up contribution from their employers; the percentage and number of employees on the EWSS receiving a partial wage top-up from their employers; the percentage and number of employees on the EWSS receiving no top-up of their wages; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of employees respectively on the lower and higher rate of employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31484/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his plans to reform the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31485/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the compliance programme for the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS; the number of employers that have been inspected; the number of cases requiring further investigation; the number of employers that have been sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31486/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the staycation subsidy grant; if the projected cost of the scheme has changed in view of level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31488/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the outcome of the initial appeals in the context of the 2020 leaving certificate results will be available; the expected timeline for the completion of the entire appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31012/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (20 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the necessary legislation will be drafted to remove international student insurance from the remit of health insurance providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31287/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the significant drop in fundraising support for schools as a result of Covid-19; the specific measures available in the Roadmap for the Return to Schools or Budget 2021 to address this funding shortage for schools that have been unable to fundraise; her plans to ensure no school is reliant on future...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: It is nauseating to see stores that should be closed because of level 5 restrictions remain open on the basis that they sell essential products when these essential products account for 1% or 2% of their trade or floor space. New regulations have been developed overnight. Will restrictions be put in place to curtail those practices, which I think the Tánaiste will agree are unfair?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (22 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) is requesting information from mortgage applicants to confirm whether or not their salaries are supported through the EWSS; if his attention has further been drawn to the difficulties employees have in obtaining such information from their employer; if employees are entitled to have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the results of the 2020 leaving certificate written exam results will be made available to exam candidates; if her attention has been drawn to the need to have the results available before the 2021 UCAS deadline for candidates that wish to apply to study in third-level in UK institutions; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on a school transport case will be finalised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32149/20]

Regulation of Lobbying (Post-Term Employment as Lobbyist) Bill 2020: First Stage (3 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make further provision in relation to restrictions on the post-term employment of certain persons as lobbyists, for that purpose to amend the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, and to provide for related matters. It is a case of better late than never for me in introducing this Bill today. Sometimes we need reminding...

Regulation of Lobbying (Post-Term Employment as Lobbyist) Bill 2020: First Stage (3 Nov 2020)

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

Data Protection Act 2018 (section 60(6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulations 2020: Motion (3 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I appreciate that this is a technical matter but I would like to have my views on the matter recorded. The Minister of State is welcome this evening and, on behalf of the Labour Party, I welcome this move. I thank the Minister of State's officials for the briefing afforded to my colleague and I on the matter yesterday. We understand that these measures are required, and certain identified...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the risks to the State with regard to the service delivery options provided for the next generation search and rescue contract; his concerns with regard to potential affordability and deliverability if the service was provided by the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33632/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (3 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific constraints (details supplied) that prevent the Irish Coast Guard Service from providing a full 24-hour service to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33633/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 399. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will clarify the formula that was used to calculate the average net weekly pay under the terms of the TWSS for a person paid fortnightly; if the Revenue Commissioners has evidence obtained during its TWSS compliance programme or otherwise that would suggest that the formula artificially inflated the ARNWP compared to an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 400. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners attention was drawn to situations which have arisen for employees that were paid on a fortnightly basis under the TWSS in which the employee has been required to return moneys to their employer due to claims by some employers that the Revenue Commissioners formula as applied to workers paid every two weeks makes the employer...