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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax liabilities will be issued to workers whose employer wrongly availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3858/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employers found not to be in compliance with the temporary wage subsidy scheme to date; if employees who have worked in firms found not to be compliant are subject a tax bill on their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost implications of extending the reduction in VAT from 23% to 21% for six months beyond February 2021; if he is considering this step; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4386/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if another reference month can be used to calculate business mileage undertaken under the extended benefit-in-kind on company vehicles for those workers without a mileage record for January 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4479/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the collaborative town centre health check programme; the amount of funding provided; the staffing level of the group overseeing the implementation of the programme; the names of the towns currently on the programme; the person or body responsible for adding a town to the programme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 423. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to deploy the Air Corps Casa aircraft in support of EUNAVFORMED Operation IRINI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Proposed Legislation (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the expected timeline for completion of legislation to extend paid parental leave by an additional three weeks; if payment for additional parental leave taken prior to the passing of this legislation can be backdated for parents whose child was born or adopted on or after 1 November 2019; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 736. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or NPHET has carried out a solid evidence-based feasibility study comparing a zero Covid-19 strategy for Ireland against the existing plan for living with Covid-19 which was adopted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3856/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 737. To ask the Minister for Health the expected vaccination timeline for maternity staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3857/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Promotion (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he or his officials have made on advancing the regulations relating to section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 which ensure the public is informed of the danger of alcohol consumption and the direct link between alcohol and fatal cancers in anticipation of the EU Commission's publication of its strategic plan on beating cancer in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Services (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 833. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review maternity hospitals' restriction of accompanying partners to key appointments relating to pregnancy; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current restrictions are being applied to couples who have lost children to stillbirth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4298/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ambulance Service (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 843. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service and HSE estates are working to identify a site in Drogheda, County Louth, to accommodate a modern, purpose-built ambulance service base; if a site has been identified; when the process will conclude; if such a commitment is included in the HSE's current programme of capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that charity shops operating in the retail sector selling clothes and other items are ineligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme; his plans to review same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 251. To ask the Minister for Health if sub-groups within category 7 of the national Covid-19 vaccination programme will be prioritised ahead of others in that cohort on the basis of urgent medical need; the way in which this will be achieved in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 288. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the travel restrictions which apply in law to citizens of the Republic of Ireland under regulations governed by the provisions of section 31A of the Health Act 1947 cannot as it stands, be applied and enforced to restrict the movements of, for example, Northern Ireland residents and others who are not...

Finance Act 2004 (section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: As we know, this is a technical matter in many senses. Indeed, a similar motion last March attracted no debate or real attention at all. However, the sheer scale of the carryover and the magnitude of State spending last year and this year warrants debate and further examination. There are now 607,000 people, or 25% of the labour force, out of work, all of whom have their own stories,...

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister for presenting this important motion this afternoon. The Labour Party fully supports the motion and the extension of the EWSS going forward. The TWSS, and its successor the EWSS, have been an extraordinarily important initiative taken by the Government. It has literally been a lifesaver for countless businesses and workers across the country. The Minister might recall...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason support from his Department by way of short-time work support is not taxable when support from jobseeker's support casual dockets is taxable given the impact on workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the terms of reference of the strategic review by a bank (details supplied) in Northern Ireland; if his Department has held talks with the bank on the issue; his views on whether it would be good practice for the bank to discuss the detail of a strategic review with staff representatives prior to decisions being made; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 621. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence section 53 of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 as it relates to pharmaceutical assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5026/21]