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Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons the Government plans to transpose the credit servicers directive by statutory instrument, and not primary legislation; if the Government is making efforts to have the trading of mortgages explicitly excluded from the terms of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Support Services (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance his views, based on the experience of the EWSS, on the need to embed a modernised short-time work scheme modelled on the successful German Kurzarbeit scheme, especially in light of the threat of 650 layoffs at the Tara Mines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering providing any assistance to mortgage holders impacted by the series of interest rate increases from the ECB over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30399/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 20 local authority housing units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the AHB housing unit approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in January 2016 has finished construction; if so, its completion date; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project not proceeding; the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the ten AHB housing units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in January 2016 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the seven AHB housing units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in January 2016 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 24 local authority housing units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in January 2016 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 12 local authority housing units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) in January 2016 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce a ministerial Order that will recognise the new generation apprenticeships that are, and will, progress from the construction skills certification scheme model to the more advanced apprenticeship model, in light of the possible solution identified in the answer provided to Parliamentary Question No. 296 of 25 May 2023 now...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I welcome Ms O'Loughlin and Dr. Moran. This is a process that I am interested in. A long time ago, I was persuaded that the best way of managing and understanding performance is not measuring GDP alone. GDP is practically irrelevant in any kind of metric that we might deploy to measure our own success or otherwise. It is very limited and always was. This is really about impacts, not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I introduced legislation in this space a number of years ago, building on legislation in the last Oireachtas from Deputy Brendan Howlin on well-being indicators. It is good to see progress that is now embedded in the system. It is clearly working. From my personal perspective, I would like to get to a point over the next few years where this is how we monitor and measure outcomes in our...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I have a final question. The response might take some explaining. A point that stood out for me on page 173 of the report relates to green budgeting. It states that to date the Department has taken a conservative interpretation of the definition of green budgeting. Will the witnesses elaborate a little more on what is meant by that and why a conservative approach to the definition of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: The EU taxonomy includes fossil fuel subsidies as well. I referenced that. I assume that would be captured in a different way in future and its impact properly measured. Will that be captured in a different way in future and its impact properly measured?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is planning to create a special infrastructure development fund or equivalent vehicle with funds identified from forecasted surpluses based on windfall corporation tax receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ethics in Public Office (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has formally taken back responsibility for the ethics reform agenda; if he will provide an update on his legislative priorities in respect of the ethics and standards in public office agenda for the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31365/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of new whole-time equivalents in the Civil Service and public service up to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Family Reunification (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that healthcare assistants who have been recruited by the HSE from abroad, are facing terrible difficulties reuniting with family members in Ireland because their income does not meet the income threshold for family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31056/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Family Reunification (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 272. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will move to increase the minimum wage of non-EEA healthcare assistants to €30,000 to help them reach the threshold for family reunification; if the Government will move to grant a Stamp 1G Visa for non-EEA healthcare assistant, HCA, spouses and-or allow dependents a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the...