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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details on all of the engagement IDA has had with a company (details supplied) in 2022 in advance of its recent decision to propose 307 redundancies at its operations in Dundalk and west Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review his stated strategy to unwind the State’s shareholding in commercial banks (details supplied) in light of a recent European Central Bank paper which cites that a mixed composition consisting of foreign and domestic-owned banks that are controlled by the state and private owners is advisable; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with his stated policy decision to unwind the State’s shareholding in commercial banks (details supplied) in light of a recent European Central Bank paper; if he agrees with the analysis that a fully-privatised banking sector may worsen the impact of crisis periods; if he agrees that Ireland is particularly vulnerable given the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider pausing the sale of the State’s shareholding in a bank (details supplied), in light of a recent European Central Bank paper which states that a mixed composition consisting of foreign and domestic-owned banks that are controlled by the state and private owners is advisable, in order to conduct a full review of the risks of a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that retired civil servants with qualifying pensions have not yet received the 1% pay increase that was granted in October 2021 which current civil servants have already received; when he expects that all persons eligible for this pension increase will have their increase applied; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ukraine War (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that has taken place between a development company and his Department and or IPAS on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27915/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a community employment scheme (details supplied) that has been instructed by her Department to discontinue a long-established programme of environmental works in three estates in Ardee, County Louth; if she will provide documentary evidence from her Departmental officials outlining the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that has taken place between a development company and his Department and or IPAS on an issue (details supplied); if agencies such as the HSE and the Department of Education have been consulted to ensure that local supports and service provision will be put in place to support such an initiative;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 726. To ask the Minister for Health when stakeholders will receive a letter confirming funding for the Sláintecare: Towards Self-Care in Headache project so that the participating hospitals can retain and recruit vital staff, as per his Department’s announced roll-out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27766/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will extend the Brexit temporary fleet tie-up scheme 2022 to include the month of December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an investigation is being undertaken by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the substance of a complaint submitted to the ODCE by a person (details supplied) in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans, if any, to reopen the train station in Dunleer, County Louth; the estimated cost of reopening the existing station; his views that Dunleer offers the potential for an improved rail service for the mid and south Louth areas and that a cost-benefit analysis should be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the attention of her Department has been drawn to the change in the ownership and company structure at an organisation (details supplied); her views on whether this changed structure means that the organisation is ineligible to draw down the Sports Capital Grant awarded to it in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Council (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to take on any functions relating to the delivery of the Collaborative Town Centre Health Checks programme operated by the Heritage Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 second dose booster programme for persons under 65 years of age; when this age cohort will be offered an additional Covid-19 booster vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28262/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the ways in which energy companies can assist the State and consumers to meet the challenges of escalating energy prices for domestic users; if he will outline the work being undertaken by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28586/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: Nearly 20% of all households in this country are experiencing energy poverty. Up to March, energy prices had gone up by almost 50% in a year. As the Minister knows this is hitting low-income households throughout the country the hardest. Energy companies, as the Minister knows, have posted hyper-profits this year. What plans has the Minister to ask the energy companies to do more to help...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: The Minister's response will be cold comfort to struggling families across the country. We need political leadership on this. The best way the energy companies can help consumers is by Government slapping a windfall tax on the hyper-normal profits of energy companies. It is perverse that there is evidence of massive profit-taking going on at this time when customers are really struggling...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: Has the Minister ruled out a windfall tax in his discussions with the Minister for Finance? Deputy Ryan is the Minister with responsibility for energy. It is interesting that the €200 energy credit was very poorly targeted. I think everybody will agree with that. However, that did not cost the energy companies a red cent. That was derived from borrowing and tax revenue. The ESB,...