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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 510. To ask the Minister for Health when a Covid-19 vaccination appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 512. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a community intervention team with a multidisciplinary team in County Meath; his plans for an older person integrated care team in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22648/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (5 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 513. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting time for homecare packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (5 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 708. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she plans to formally reopen the application process for the community services programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22851/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. My remarks will refer to several broad issues and I plan to limit them to ten or 11 minutes. However, I may not use my full allocation of time. The challenge we face to get to net zero emissions by 2050 is simply enormous. We have an existential threat hanging over us and there is a very real danger that the scale of the task ahead could...

Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion on behalf of the Labour Party. I heard the Taoiseach say this week that the issue of housing is the biggest issue facing young people and I agree with him. It is also the biggest issue facing our society more generally. Precarious housing and precarious work produce precarious lives. Precarious lives destroy communities and wreck social...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Tests (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of plans by his Department and or the agencies under his aegis to roll-out pilot programmes with businesses and in workplaces as a consequence of the report and suggestions by the Covid-19 Rapid Testing Group and in respect of the use of rapid antigen testing in workplaces and in other environments; the way in which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 284 to 287 of 28 April 2021, the reason the number of convictions for serious offences under section 1078 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 was considerably lower in the period 2016 to 2020 than in the period 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 284 to 287 of 28 April 2021, if he is satisfied that the programme for prosecuting those offences constitutes an effective deterrent to tax evasion and fraud in view of the significantly reduced number of convictions for serious offences under section 1078 of the Taxes Consolidation Act in the period from 2016 to 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include Irish Sign Language as a school curriculum subject to ensure equality and inclusivity for the considerable proportion of Ireland's population who are deaf, hard of hearing or non-verbal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24006/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the LMETB does not have a single head office building as per a Government decision of 2013; if she is concerned that eight years after a decision was made to develop a headquarters building for the LMETB in Drogheda, the project has still not commenced; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that the Drogheda LMETB headquarters project has not formally commenced despite the allocation of funds made by her Department in 2014 under devolved projects for the fully designed project in view of the fact that planning permission was granted for the project in 2016 and in further view of the fact that that her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in February 2017 her Department gave the go ahead to LMETB to issue letters of intent to contractors clearing the way for the Drogheda LMETB headquarters project to commence; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that the devolved section of the building unit of her Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the effective obstacles placed in the way of the commencement of the Drogheda LMETB headquarters project by the ETB in respect of security concerns and subsequently in terms of the size and scale of the planned building since the ETB was instructed in 2017 by her Department to accept the lowest tender for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an instruction to retender the Drogheda LMETB headquarters project given by her Department in June 2018 has not been executed; the clear steps that will be taken by the devolved section of the building unit of her Department to compel compliance with its instruction of June 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24342/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sports Funding (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if investment into sporting clubs (details supplied) is eligible under the immigrant investment programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23645/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet and engage with the legal representatives of the families who lost loved ones in the Stardust tragedy to ensure that there are no further delays in starting the Stardust inquest; if she will provide free and non-means tested legal aid to the families of the Stardust fire victims in order that the inquests...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccine registration process for pregnant women in view of the recent NIAC recommendation; the way in which, when and by whom pregnant women will be contacted with regard to their vaccine appointment; if pregnant women will be able to register on the current vaccination portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23681/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 696. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reallocate appointments to those who have missed their scheduled vaccine appointment slot; the process for allocating new appointments to persons who have fallen between two vaccination cohorts between the time of registration and the time of allocating an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23682/21]

Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021: First Stage (12 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for greater transparency in relation to charges that may be imposed in the administration of pension schemes, for that purpose to amend the Pensions Act 1990, and to provide for related matters. A pension is often the second most expensive item a person will purchase during his or her working life, after a home,...