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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be reached in relation to a visa application by a person (details supplied); if the visa will be expedited given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 387. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent advertisement for unpaid posts for HSE services (details supplied); the position of the HSE on the recruitment of roles in an unpaid capacity by HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26181/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 388. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent advertisement for unpaid posts for HSE services (details supplied); the person responsible for the creation of this advertisement; if the results of the review be made available to the public; if these positions will be readvertised as paid positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26182/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 389. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to make an announcement on whether the current national pilot assistant psychologist roles programme is to be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (24 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to redevelop a location (details supplied); the number of beds that will be available in the facility on completion; when the project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (23 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the banking industry to offer an extension of time to those who have received mortgage approval in principle but where as a result of the current Covid-19 related restrictions, the offers are not being progressed or withdrawn; his views on whether an extension of the standard mortgage approval period of six months is required given the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Institutes of Technology (23 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a building (details supplied) is currently vacant despite the fact that it was purchased by Dundalk Institute of Technology with the support of State moneys; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that an association has been involved in a three-year process with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (23 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of financial support provided by his Department to Dundalk Institute of Technology to assist in the purchase of a building (details supplied); if conditions were attached to the provision of funds in terms of a requirement to return monies to the State in the event that the building would be sold by the Institute in the future; and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (22 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: I met today with local Garda management and with Tania O'Neill, the mother of James. She speaks for all local parents and citizens, who are deeply frustrated with the situation, notwithstanding the good efforts of local gardaí and Garda management. This is not just an emotional argument. All the evidence is there, including the Central Statistics Office data showing a huge increase of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (22 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: It is scandalous the electoral district with the second-largest population in County Meath does not have a full-time Garda station. That is indefensible. I cannot put it any more simply than to say Laytown and the wider east Meath area demands and needs a 24-7 Garda station. As all present are aware, three weeks ago, Jamie O'Neill, a young leaving certificate student from Bettystown, was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the RSA driver theory test to 50,000 per month in order to clear the current Covid-19-related backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33090/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (22 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issues that arise in terms of the ability of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman to investigate complaints against financial institutions in situations in which joint accounts may be involved and the consent to allow the Ombudsman to investigate matters may be withheld by one party; his views on whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that a freeze on the loss of teachers and SNA allocations is introduced for special schools to bring them into line with the policy applied to mainstream schools in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic; her views on whether the case for such a move is strong given the lengthy waiting times involved in children receiving...

Regulation of Lobbying (Post-Term Employment as Lobbyist) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: I will not detain the Minister of State or the House for too long. I appreciate that it is late on a Thursday evening. I thank the Minister of State for his remarks. Dare I say it, but I think he understands, appreciates and supports the overarching principles that have informed the development of the Bill. I wish to thank Deputies Mairéad Farrell and Ó Murchú, who spoke...

Regulation of Lobbying (Post-Term Employment as Lobbyist) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to advance the Regulation of Lobbying (Post-Term Employment as Lobbyist) Bill 2020. I sincerely hope that the legislation will be supported by all Deputies and all parties. Ireland's standing in the global corruption index has fallen. We now sit well below the states against which we like to compare ourselves....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (17 Jun 2021)

Gerald Nash: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work his Department has undertaken to date to deliver on the plain language requirement on all public service communication as referenced in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32344/21]