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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if copies will be provided of any formal assessments carried out by her Department on the site of a school (details supplied) which were used by her Department to reach its determination that the current site of the school is unsuitable to meet the needs of the school in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6866/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a planning application for the proposed development of an interim school building solution for a school (details supplied) will be submitted to Louth County Council; the full capital cost and budget estimate for the proposed project; if the proposed move to a site will involve the addition of more places in first year for the 2021-2022...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a site in the ownership of the LMETB adjoining a school (details supplied) will not be used to develop a further interim property solution for another school; if it will be ensured that a permanent building for the school will be located in the east County Meath area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6868/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most recent data on the amount spent to date by her Department, in capital terms, on providing accommodation and facilities at a location for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6869/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: I agree that the Minister of State, unfortunately, does not seem to have all the facts. Deputy O'Dowd is correct. A letter was forwarded by the owner of the site to the school this afternoon confirming that there are no issues with road access, planning or the scale of the site. Relatively recently, the Department confirmed there were no issues regarding the expansion of the school to meet...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: I will put it simply to the Minister of State: this ridiculous, wrong-headed decision needs to be overturned, and it needs to be overturned now. To say that students, local families and the staff of the school were shocked at the decision and how it was imposed, without any consultation with the school community, is an absolute understatement. I have had a very close relationship with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a value for money policy review was conducted on the current search and rescue agreement in order that its findings can be taken into consideration before any future contract is awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6125/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on work currently underway between his Department and the Central Bank to progress the individual accountability framework which seeks among other things to enhance the accountability of senior persons in banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6069/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact of a debt to the Revenue Commissioners on an application for the help-to-buy scheme as a result of an applicant’s employer availing of the temporary wage subsidy scheme in 2020 and therefore creating an underpayment of personal tax for 2020 which will be repaid by the reduction in tax credits...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the view of local authorities have been sought in advance of a submission to the recovery and resilience facility of the European Commission; his plans for consultation with local authorities to enable same to contribute to the formulation of the national recovery and resilience plan ahead of it being finalised for the European...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Permanent Defence Forces from 2013 to date in 2021; the pay bill for the Defence Forces as a percentage of the gross Exchequer civil and public service pay bill for the same time period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6126/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ships in the Naval Service that are operationally ready to put to sea if required; the uptake of the new loyalty scheme which offers a bonus of up to €10,000 over four years for seagoing duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6127/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all section 39 organisations with service level agreements and grant aid agreements with his Department and or the HSE; if all section 39 bodies are included in the overall agreement reached with the trade unions in terms of the pay restoration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) received a supply of Covid-19 vaccinations; when all drug rehabilitation community employment projects are expected to receive Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (4 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors employed by the HSE since 2016; the amount of funding that is provided specifically to the area and discipline of public health each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6124/21]

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister for presenting this important motion this afternoon. The Labour Party fully supports the motion and the extension of the EWSS going forward. The TWSS, and its successor the EWSS, have been an extraordinarily important initiative taken by the Government. It has literally been a lifesaver for countless businesses and workers across the country. The Minister might recall...

Finance Act 2004 (section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: As we know, this is a technical matter in many senses. Indeed, a similar motion last March attracted no debate or real attention at all. However, the sheer scale of the carryover and the magnitude of State spending last year and this year warrants debate and further examination. There are now 607,000 people, or 25% of the labour force, out of work, all of whom have their own stories,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason support from his Department by way of short-time work support is not taxable when support from jobseeker's support casual dockets is taxable given the impact on workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the terms of reference of the strategic review by a bank (details supplied) in Northern Ireland; if his Department has held talks with the bank on the issue; his views on whether it would be good practice for the bank to discuss the detail of a strategic review with staff representatives prior to decisions being made; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (3 Feb 2021)

Gerald Nash: 621. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence section 53 of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 as it relates to pharmaceutical assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5026/21]