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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 872. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an imminent plan to cut a community lactation consultant position in south-east Dublin; the rationale for the proposed cut; if he will reconsider the decision given the increasing demand for lactations service in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5898/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 876. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to engage the services of general practitioner practice nurses who are skilled in the inoculation of patients to play a part in the programme in view of the engagement of general practitioners to assist in the community roll-out of the national Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5908/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: I will put it simply to the Minister of State: this ridiculous, wrong-headed decision needs to be overturned, and it needs to be overturned now. To say that students, local families and the staff of the school were shocked at the decision and how it was imposed, without any consultation with the school community, is an absolute understatement. I have had a very close relationship with the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: I agree that the Minister of State, unfortunately, does not seem to have all the facts. Deputy O'Dowd is correct. A letter was forwarded by the owner of the site to the school this afternoon confirming that there are no issues with road access, planning or the scale of the site. Relatively recently, the Department confirmed there were no issues regarding the expansion of the school to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a value for money policy review was conducted on the current search and rescue agreement in order that its findings can be taken into consideration before any future contract is awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6125/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on work currently underway between his Department and the Central Bank to progress the individual accountability framework which seeks among other things to enhance the accountability of senior persons in banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6069/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact of a debt to the Revenue Commissioners on an application for the help-to-buy scheme as a result of an applicant’s employer availing of the temporary wage subsidy scheme in 2020 and therefore creating an underpayment of personal tax for 2020 which will be repaid by the reduction in tax credits...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the view of local authorities have been sought in advance of a submission to the recovery and resilience facility of the European Commission; his plans for consultation with local authorities to enable same to contribute to the formulation of the national recovery and resilience plan ahead of it being finalised for the European...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Permanent Defence Forces from 2013 to date in 2021; the pay bill for the Defence Forces as a percentage of the gross Exchequer civil and public service pay bill for the same time period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6126/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ships in the Naval Service that are operationally ready to put to sea if required; the uptake of the new loyalty scheme which offers a bonus of up to €10,000 over four years for seagoing duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6127/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all section 39 organisations with service level agreements and grant aid agreements with his Department and or the HSE; if all section 39 bodies are included in the overall agreement reached with the trade unions in terms of the pay restoration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) received a supply of Covid-19 vaccinations; when all drug rehabilitation community employment projects are expected to receive Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors employed by the HSE since 2016; the amount of funding that is provided specifically to the area and discipline of public health each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6124/21]

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: The living with Covid plan that Government published last autumn is, quite frankly, redundant. In fact, it was dead on arrival. There is no shame in standing down that plan. In fact, in our view, it would be to the Government's credit. Given the trauma, tragedy and anxiety that the people of this country have gone through, in particular, in the past six weeks, citizens would prefer it...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Issues (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government will join the qualified majority in support of the compromise text on public by-country reporting agreed by the Portuguese Presidency of the European Council, given that the clarity sought by Ireland and other member states on whether this file should progress through special legislative procedure or through...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a renewal driver licence will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6684/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure insurance companies provide rebates and premium reductions to customers in the case of a decline of claims costs related to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7018/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that are currently paying loans that were taken out to purchase land which was not included in the land aggregation scheme for housing purposes; the value of the land at time of purchase; the current value of the land; the amount paid back by each local authority; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 390. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered the expected cost to the Exchequer and the spending of his Department in view of the proposal by the European Commission for a new regulation establishing the European defence fund under the 2021-27 multi-annual financial framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7420/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of an application by a person (details supplied) for the provision of school transport for children with special educational needs will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6659/21]