Results 2,061-2,080 of 6,308 for speaker:Gerald Nash

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for family reunification submitted by a person (details supplied) in January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24170/22]

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Thanks for signing the agreement.

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am proud to support and second the Bill, which is anchored in the very best traditions of the Labour Party. We fundamentally believe work must always pay. That is an absolute, fundamental principle for us and for the wider labour movement. It is timely that we now reflect on pay policy nationally, and when we do, we should do so in an informed and evidence-based way. For many, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the legislative basis for a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by members of the Defence Forces (details supplied) who have served as part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force mission in Syria in obtaining visas to visit the United States; if he will raise this matter with the United States authorities; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the problems experienced by his officials in the Passport Office who have difficulty making contact with gardaí in part-time stations in order to verify consent forms for first-time passport applications for minors (details supplied); if he plans to engage with the Minister for Justice and the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated timeline for the commencement of building works at the site designated in 2013 for the new headquarters building for the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that €3 million was awarded in 2013 by her Department for the construction of the head office in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale used by her Department’s building and planning unit to agree to a proposed change to the building plans for the proposed Louth and Meath Education and Training Board head office building in Drogheda from a two-storey to a three-storey building; if she will provide information on the comparative costs between the two-storey...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost that has already been incurred to date in the design of the originally planned two-storey Louth and Meath Education and Training Board head office building to be located in Drogheda; the estimated total final cost of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the locations of the main offices of each of the officials and leaders (details supplied) of the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has no function in the assignment, designation and relocation of staff within individual education and training boards; if it is entirely a function of the CEO of individual boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23567/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE places that will be made available in County Louth in the coming year; the number of applications that have been received to date; if additional places will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23689/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE places available in County Louth in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23690/22]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I agree with Deputy Clarke's assessment and analysis. Unfortunately, it is an all-too-common description that she has outlined to the House. I do not always find myself in full agreement with every sentence of every Sinn Féin motion or Bill that is presented to the House. We have our differences, and that is the cut and thrust of politics and is to be expected. However, I find myself...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Quality (10 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis has carried out an impact assessment of any kind on the potential effect on water quality and biodiversity in the River Boyne arising from this development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (10 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by organisation (details supplied) to fly between Addis Ababa and Dublin via Manchester; if his attention has been drawn to a recent report concerning the organisation in question; if the report will be considered in relation to the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22840/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Court Judgments (10 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 684. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing delays with payments to the victims of a person (details supplied); the status of the dispute between the HSE and the religious order regarding the party that should pay legal costs relating to the High Court case concerned; his views on whether this dispute should not represent an impediment to the immediate payment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to establish a dedicated clinic for sufferers of long Covid on a permanent basis in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22511/22]

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: That information was, indeed, provided to me by way of reply to a parliamentary question but that ought not to be the case. That information should be regularly available. Sadly, the point I am making seems to be lost on the Minister of State. We have spent over €10 billion on an objectively successful wage subsidy scheme. Nobody is saying otherwise. The scheme has been...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Not every two months but on the performance of the old ones.