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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have held meetings with a bank (details supplied) in relation to the recent announcement of 88 branch closures; if so, when these meetings occurred; and if he asked for and received assurances from the bank that there is a viable post office within 500 metres of a branch the bank plans to close as mentioned in his response to the bank...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, IPA and SEUPB have independent health and safety advisers at present; if so, if the procurement of such which was carried out in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17890/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB have implemented the public sector and human rights duty under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; if they have reported in their annual reports each year since enactment on the developments and achievements with regard to human rights; if the bodies have at all times promoted...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB have set out in their strategic plans an assessment of the human rights and equality issues they view to be relevant to the functions and purpose of the body with regard to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17892/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB have received protected disclosures since the enactment of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; if all such disclosures were reported as per the Act in their annual reports; if there were disclosures deemed not to be protected disclosures under the Act and thus not reported; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each of the bodies under his aegis and the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB hold membership with a confederation; if so, if he will provide the breakdown of payment to the confederation by each of the bodies in each of the years 2016 to 2020; if consideration of savings on this could be achieved on a shared service basis; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he plans to take with regard to public bodies under his aegis and the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB to have designated Irish language officers and be compliant with their obligations under the Official Languages Act 2003; if the bodies have had their services competently audited for compliance with the Act; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the bodies under his aegis and the ESRI, the IPA and the SEUPB energy policy are compliant with their obligations under the Public Sector Energy Efficiency Strategy; the bodies that have failed to meet their 2020 energy targets; the measures that will be put in place for those organisations that have not met their 2020 targets to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review the income thresholds for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; his views on the case of a person (details supplied); his further views on whether the scheme should be amended to accommodate cases such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the request of an organisation and persons (details supplied) for cardiac patients to be given priority access to the vaccine reflecting the medical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

Gerald Nash: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the category branch bank staff fall under in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. [17938/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding essential workers (details supplied) who have partially completed their mandatory essential driver training lessons but are unable to complete their 12 lessons nor book a driving test due to current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16327/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 317. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage at which loading above the premium norm for a prospective borrower with mitigating circumstance, for example illness, becomes exempt from the legal requirement for mortgage protection insurance; if he plans to define a specific percentage loading cap above the norm given that some persons with underlying illnesses such as diabetes can be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 318. To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which a prospective mortgage borrower can seek a legal exemption from the requirement for mortgage protection insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 319. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to update the Consumer Credit Act 1995 with respect to mortgage protection insurance given the difficulties of those with underlying conditions including Covid-19 in obtaining mortgage protection insurance at a reasonable price (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16474/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 320. To ask the Minister for Finance if a relevant authority under the auspices of his Department records the number and details of cases in which prospective borrowers are refused a mortgage due to their inability to obtain reasonably priced mortgage protection insurance; if not, if he will consider mandate banks, insurance companies and brokers to report such cases to relevant authorities;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 333. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps Ireland will take to support the taking forward of the recommendations in the report of the UN High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity to tackle illicit finance, including international tax abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16862/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 334. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps Ireland will take to support the proposal for an immediate commencement to negotiations of a UN tax convention to raise standards of tax transparency and co-operation and to ensure that all countries at all levels of per capita income are included in the benefits of same as outlined in the report of the UN High-Level Panel on International...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 335. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps Ireland will take to support the creation of an intergovernmental body under UN auspices to allow globally inclusive and transparent negotiations over international tax rules as outlined in the report of the UN High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity. [16864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 336. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps Ireland will take to ensure it participates fully in the automatic exchange of financial account information, including by providing information to lower-income countries on a non-reciprocal basis in the first instance, and by publishing information on the aggregate value of accounts on which information is provided and received by the UK under...