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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Low Pay Commission (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline, in view of the Low Pay Commission's recommendation that the hourly rate of the national minimum wage should rise to €12.70 in 2024, the estimated full-year cost of adjusting PRSI rates to avoid a cliff edge for full-time workers on the national minimum wage and employers in terms of any impact on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43802/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to expand the critical skills occupations list to address skills and labour shortages in the construction industry, especially in view of demand in the area of residential construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44370/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: Ministers are acutely aware of the impact that labour shortages and skills gaps in the construction are having on the ability of the Government to meet its own modest targets for residential construction. Does the Minister intend to review and expand the critical skills list in terms of craftspeople, the provision of additional skills and addressing those gaps for the construction industry?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: That is welcome information. At a committee meeting during the summer, I believe the Minister told my colleague, Senator Sherlock, that the review was under way. The figures are stark. I am looking at the October 2022 national skills bulletin from SOLAS, which identified a particular need for plumbers, carpenters, welders, computer numerical control, CNC, programmers, and electricians....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: That is okay.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I understand the point the Minister made in his initial contribution that we must first look to our EU partners and the capacity of skilled individuals across the Union to fill our gaps. Something we could do quickly would be to agree that apprentices should not be paid any less than the national minimum wage. We have an SEO in construction and some of these issues could be usefully...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, as reported in May 2023 (details supplied), he plans to further examine if new reporting mechanisms are required for companies such as supermarket chains that would oblige them to provide details on their margins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44372/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the full transposition of the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages; if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in developing, with the relevant LEEF sub-committee, the Action Plan to be presented to the European Commission no later than November 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: No, he has not.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance if tracker and variable rate mortgage holders who benefit from the rent-a-room scheme in respect of their principal private residence will be able to access the proposed new mortgage interest relief scheme announced in Budget 2024, provided they meet the criteria as outlined by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45257/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (17 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Code of Practice on the right to request remote work will be in place; if it will be in place before the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44635/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (17 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will seek and provide an update from the WRC as to the expected timeline on production of a code of practice on the “Right to Request Remote Working”, for which public consultation closed in early June 2023; when legislation will be progressed following the production of the code of practice; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a change in the nature of the school transport provision will be made for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45448/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: You will get on well so.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive an update and approval to proceed to the next stage on a matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45925/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (19 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference for the working group charged with developing policy on students who are exceptionally able or gifted; the membership of the working group; if she agrees that parents or guardians of students who are exceptionally able or gifted ought to be represented on the group; when the group will report to her; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received by his Department to date for the vacant property refurbishment grant; the number of applications awarded to date broken down by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45937/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason recipients of the partial capacity benefit will not receive a once-off lump sum payment; if she will review this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45971/23]

Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023: First Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enable and assist the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission better to perform its functions in relation to protecting consumers from abuse by undertakings of a dominant position by imposing unfair purchase prices, for that purpose to amend the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014, and to provide for...