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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB have set out in their strategic plans an assessment of the human rights and equality issues they view to be relevant to the functions and purpose of the body with regard to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17892/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB have received protected disclosures since the enactment of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; if all such disclosures were reported as per the Act in their annual reports; if there were disclosures deemed not to be protected disclosures under the Act and thus not reported; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each of the bodies under his aegis and the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB hold membership with a confederation; if so, if he will provide the breakdown of payment to the confederation by each of the bodies in each of the years 2016 to 2020; if consideration of savings on this could be achieved on a shared service basis; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he plans to take with regard to public bodies under his aegis and the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB to have designated Irish language officers and be compliant with their obligations under the Official Languages Act 2003; if the bodies have had their services competently audited for compliance with the Act; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the bodies under his aegis and the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB energy policy are compliant with their obligations under the Public Sector Energy Efficiency Strategy; the bodies that have failed to meet their 2020 energy targets; the measures that will be put in place for those organisations that have not met their 2020 targets to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review the income thresholds for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; his views on the case of a person (details supplied); his further views on whether the scheme should be amended to accommodate cases such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the request of an organisation and persons (details supplied) for cardiac patients to be given priority access to the vaccine reflecting the medical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the category branch bank staff fall under in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. [17938/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department will play in ensuring that annual departmental spending proposals as part of the annual budgetary cycle are aligned with climate action and carbon-reduction targets; the way in which his Department plans to assess the National Development Plan 2018-2027 against Ireland’s carbon-reduction plans; and if he...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: Earlier, we took Second Stage of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill. I am sure the Minister will agree that budget policy, public spending policy and infrastructure spending would be central levers to allow targets relating to carbon neutrality to be met. Climate action is far too important an issue for it to be sacrificed for short-term political expediency....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister. I am really interested to find out how all of this will work in practice. For example, the revised national development plan covers almost the entire period set out in the climate action Bill, during which the target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% over two carbon budgets. The Minister will acknowledge that how we spend our money and which national...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: On the detail of this, I am interested to know how the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will act. For example, if it is clear that a sector like transport or agriculture may miss its targets, what levers are available to the Minister? Does he envisage a situation where he would pivot away from what might be a budgetary norm or an agreement with a Department to prioritise and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the oversight of his Department of the target to increase the public service employment target for persons with disabilities on an incremental basis from a minimum of 3% to a minimum of 6% by 2024 (details supplied); the number and percentage of public service employees in this category in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to establish a new oversight, accountability and transparency unit in order to regularly record the allocation of capital expenditure and grants on a publicly accessible Open Ireland portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent Parliamentary Budget Office analytical model (details supplied) which suggests that the State’s debt burden will be on a sustainable path over the next 10 years and that aggressive fiscal consolidation will not be required to ensure that the burden of debt can be sustained taking growth rate forecasts...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent comments of the ECB president and board members on the crucial need to maintain an ambitious fiscal stance to avoid the risk of delaying economic recovery and amplifying the longer-term scarring effects of the Covid 19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20244/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if children's clothing is included on the essential retail list; his plans to include children's clothes on the essential retail list along with children's shoes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19519/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential costs to the Exchequer associated with the expansion of the bike sharing schemes outside of Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Cork cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20251/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycle to Work Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated costs associated with expanding the bike to work scheme or a similar initiative to include students in higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20252/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (21 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 480. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the legislative timeline for the senior executive accountability regime, SEAR, legislation; the details on the precise licensed and regulated sectors within the financial services industry to which the regime will ultimately apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18525/21]