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

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 2: In page 24, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “Review of operation of wage subsidy schemes 11.(1) The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, cause to be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the payment to employers of amounts under the provisions of section 28 or 28B of the Emergency Measures in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Nonsense.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the report from the housing defects working group; when he anticipates the report of the housing defects working group to be completed; if its recommendations will be published in advance of Budget 2023; when he anticipates the proposed redress scheme to be open for applicants; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce a windfall tax on the extraordinary profits of energy companies to fund measures to combat the rising cost of energy for households and enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/22]

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]