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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student nurses who have been rejected for SUSI grants and who are unable to work outside of nursing due to Covid-19 can apply for their application to be assessed and reassessed given their changed circumstances; if this change of circumstances is being taken into account; the number of SUSI applicants who have had their application...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the proliferation of precarious and unpaid work in the academic sector as highlighted in a recent report (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some postgraduate students in a university were expected to teach as part of their postgraduate studies with no remuneration; his plans to address this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with NPHET regarding the way to manage the return to campus-based learning in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41674/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Colleges (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a college (details supplied) will be provided with the necessary funds to secure a permanent building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41676/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has ring-fenced funding from budget 2021 for covering the cost of providing rapid testing and tracing on college campuses in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41675/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recently reported comments from an ambassador to Ireland (details supplied) that European security is heavily dependent on cyber resilience; his further views on the implications of their further statement that 30% of European cloud data is stored in Ireland; his views on whether Ireland is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of a report (details supplied) carried out in 2019 as part of the review of search and rescue services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43572/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress the Central Bank has been making in ensuring that all retail banks and payment services providers will be ready in time to implement the strong customer authentication requirements of the payment services directive 2 in time for 1 January 2021; if all retail banks will be ready in time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43426/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of those on the State payroll who have purchased benefit under the public service single scheme pension purchase facility in its first year of operation since 1 October 2019; the number who have purchased benefit categorised by Department, State agency or other; the reason purchase is available through lump sum payment only...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 314. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of submissions received in regard to the terms of reference for the commission on defence; the submissions that called for a review of his Department and a review of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 and for both to be included in the terms of reference of the future commission on defence; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reviews (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 313. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the last review of his Department took place; the conclusions derived from the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43570/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the new youth guarantee; her plans and intended deadlines to ensure those under 29 years of age can receive an offer of employment, education, traineeship or apprenticeship within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education, as committed to under the new youth guarantee (details...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43565/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 641. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence and reasoning behind the continued closure of yoga studios when similar facilities such as gyms have reopened; if he will allow yoga studios to reopen with relevant guidelines if there is no clear evidence to the contrary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43569/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 564. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the strategy known as zero Covid; if his Department or NPHET has carried out an analysis on the feasibility of a zero-Covid strategy; if copies of advice NPHET provided to his Department on a zero-Covid strategy will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43271/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: 565. To ask the Minister for Health if copies of all of the correspondence between NPHET and his Department that was used to consider the move to level 5 restrictions in October 2020 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43272/20]

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: I support Deputy Doherty's position on this, as I enunciated on Second Stage. I hope we can speak on this matter which arises in section 14 and not section 11.

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: I appreciate that.

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 8: In page 11, lines 28 and 29, to delete from and including “48 hours” on line 28, down to and including “provide)” on line 29 and substitute “seven days”. The Minister of State went some way towards clarifying - if I can use that term - the question of the 48 hours' notice. We believe it is reasonable to amend this...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: "(c) The reference in paragraph (a) to casting votes includes casting votes on a resolution and casting votes at an election and, in relation to voting at an election, the mechanism referred to in that paragraph shall ensure the secrecy of the ballot.". I would appreciate the Minister of State's view...