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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently announced temporary reduction in VAT, excise duty and lump-sum payments are to be paid from a surplus in the public finances or by adding to the public debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21423/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of ongoing discussions on the European Union fiscal rules; the position adopted by the Government on any changes to the fiscal rules; his views on the recent recommendation of an Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee report (details supplied) which notes the need for certain well defined expenditure areas such as climate and public housing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the respective European Union and OECD negotiations on a proposed new global minimum corporation tax rate; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a United States global intangible low-taxed income rate of 21%; if his Department has undertaken or intends to undertake an updated analysis of the potential cost to the Exchequer of proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if a new 30% rate of income tax is being considered by the Government, as announced by the Tánaiste in March 2022; his views on whether the programme for Government pledge on income tax cuts is prudent in view of the recent Stability Programme update and within the current fiscal and economic context; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the report by the Revenue Commissioners indicating that 641 companies that claimed the €267.8 million in employment wage subsidy scheme also filed for the dividend withholding tax (details supplied); the number of the companies in question that have returned all or part of the value of the subsidy paid to them during the lifetime of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.90 per hour for all workers in the Civil Service; the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.90 per hour for all workers in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21433/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of any review being undertaken by his Department on the national development plan in view of the marked increase in construction inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21434/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the visitor centre at the Battle of the Boyne site at Oldbridge, County Meath has not been reopened to the public; the number of days the visitor centre has been open since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to the impact of fast fashion on human rights; the status of policy or legislative work pertaining to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21523/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to the impact of fast fashion on the environment; and the status of policy or legislative work pertaining to this matter. [21522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the operation of SEAI retrofitting grants and the one-stop shop service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the opinion of the Governor of the Central Bank that the retail banks are not ready to cope with the additional workload that will result from the exit of banks (details supplied) from the Irish banking sector; his views on whether it was a mistake for the two banks in question to proceed having full knowledge of same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 234. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to the issue of payments by the State to families who are hosting refugees from Ukraine under the Red Cross accommodation scheme; the estimated overall full-year cost of such a scheme; the amount that each host family will be allocated under the scheme per month; when the scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equal Opportunities Employment (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the target set for public service employment for persons with a disability; the date by which same is to be achieved; the percentage as it stands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for suicide prevention services in CHO 8 and in County Louth, respectively, from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21527/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that are provided for suicide prevention and the implementation of the national suicide prevention strategy Connecting for Life implementation plan in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21528/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Sanctions (26 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 763. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of notifications of frozen funds received to date from the Central Bank of Ireland in the context of the EU sanctions scheme targeted at Russia and Russian interests since the inception of the current sanctions regime; if he will identify and publish the names of the individuals and entities who have had funds related to their...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Sanctions (26 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 764. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of derogation applications received by the Irish authorities to date in respect of Russian nationals or Russian-linked entities who have had funds frozen as a consequence of the EU sanctions regime against Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Sanctions (26 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 765. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that are being taken to develop a scheme to confiscate the assets of Russian nationals and-or Russian-linked entities that have had assets frozen in Ireland as a consequence of the EU sanctions regime against Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20441/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) remains as a recognised national school with her Department; the roll number of the school; if the property is to be disposed of; if her Department has the means to recoup or otherwise retrieve capital grants or otherwise expended in the building development and the maintenance of same; and if she will make a...