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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Services (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under Budget 2021 in order that services can respond adequately to increased incidence of domestic violence through Covid-19 and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37133/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2021 (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services can respond adequately to increased incidence of domestic violence through Covid-19 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37131/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the status of partners who wish to attend maternity care; if clarity will be provided on same; the status of water births under level 5 restrictions at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36407/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid to each general practitioner and practice in CHO 8 in 2018 and 2019 for the treatment of medical card patients under the GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37110/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 864. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who in previous years received the flu jab are unable to obtain it in spite of Covid-19; his views on whether the decision to acquire only 20% more doses of the flu jab compared with 2019 was short-sighted given, for example, that the UK has sought to double the number of persons vaccinated in 2020;...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 913. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the nature of the funding relationship between an organisation (details supplied) and Pobal; if the funding relationship remains in place; if Pobal is satisfied that all the recommendations contained in the verification report carried out by the agency in 2017 into expenditure funded under the community services programme have been...

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: The cost of working from home has shifted from the boardroom to the back bedroom. Many of the up to 800,000 workers who have done some or all of their work from home since late March can attest to this. Approximately 36% of the entire labour force is in this position. A recent survey by Taxback.com has shown that nearly nine in ten remote workers have seen an increase in household expenses...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (18 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of enforcement actions for breaches of the consumer protection code since July 2016, excluding the tracker mortgage scandal, that have been considered by the Central Bank in each year since then; the details of same without identifying the individual or firms in question; the reason none progressed to an enforcement action; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (18 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the threshold that must be met for enforcement action to be commenced by the Central Bank for breaches of the consumer protection codes; if the current policy is to pursue other options first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37369/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (18 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the lack of enforcement action for breaches of the consumer protection codes since July 2016 exclusive of the tracker mortgage scandal; if he has discussed this directly with the Governor of the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax-paying pensioners on pensions alone have no entitlement to either earned income credits despite the Revenue Commissioners classification of pensions as earned income; his views on whether this amount to discrimination against the earned income of tax paying pensioners; his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, to the House. I wish them both well in their important work. I recall the occasion, in 2015, when President Higgins gave the Edward Phelan International Labour Organization, ILO, lecture on the future of work. I was at that lecture, which was held in the Royal College of Surgeons in St. Stephen's Green,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (19 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is fair and proper that a bank (details supplied) in which the State owns a significant share is informing customers that their credit history will be negatively affected with the application of a Covid-19 payment break; if payment breaks can only be applied once throughout the lifecycle of a mortgage; and if he will make a...

Measuring Quality of Life in Ireland Bill 2020: First Stage (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to confer functions on the Central Statistics Office and the National Economic and Social Council in relation to the publication of indices, to be known as Genuine Progress Indicators, designed to take fuller account of the quality of life and well-being of the community by incorporating environmental and social factors, in...

Measuring Quality of Life in Ireland Bill 2020: First Stage (24 Nov 2020)

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

Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: The Taoiseach will be aware that the Labour Party expressed concerns at the time about the fact that there was no trade union representation on the group and no regional print media representation initially. The Taoiseach went some way towards addressing that issue with the appointment of Ms Siobhán Holliman, who essentially wears two hats. She is the deputy editor of the Tuam...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: John or Vladimir Ilyich?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: During the previous Dáil, the Taoiseach was a champion of Dáil reform. He committed to end Government control of Dáil business in 2016. Yet, as soon as he took over the reins, he seemed to go into reverse. As Deputy McDonald said earlier, basic levels of accountability that we expect in this House are not being complied with, as is evidenced from the Taoiseach's approach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: The climate Bill, though considerably delayed, was published on 7 October. Will there be significant further amendments to it? Is that being discussed by the Cabinet committee? I was stunned by a reply I received last week to a parliamentary question to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, on the climate action delivery board. He confirmed to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: And then dismiss it.