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Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I do not plan to detain the House too long. I appreciate the opportunity to respond to the Minister of State's remarks and to discuss what the Bill seeks to achieve in general terms. I also appreciate that sections of the Bill have been long overdue, as well as long awaited. It is not too long ago since the media uncovered the fact that such ILP funds are not covered by European anti-money...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of quarterly progress reports on the Climate Action Plan published in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36073/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a common definition of "recyclable plastic" in either Irish or EU legislation; if a definition of "recyclable plastics" is under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36074/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an organisation (details supplied) will develop a definition of recyclable plastics to assist with administering eco-modulated extended producer responsibility fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that should plastic packaging producers eco-design plastic products to mono-material structures, waste managers may still not recycle these products and thus producers would continue to incur eco-modulated extended producer responsibility fees by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly relating to the Covid restrictions support scheme raised by an organisation (details supplied); his views on same; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36070/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current population equivalent in terms of the operating capacity of the Drogheda wastewater treatment plant at Marsh Road, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35827/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Supervision and Substitution Scheme (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an appeal (details supplied) for the immediate establishment of a primary teacher supply panel in the south County Louth and east County Meath area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36071/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by UCD graduate medical students in seeking clarity on the 2% to 4% annual increase in tuition fees for both EU and non-EU students; his views on and response to this campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36077/20]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: Brexit is nothing short of a tragedy and most of all it is a tragedy for the British people. Those who were conned into voting to take back control will, as a direct result of Brexit, see their Government take control all right - control of a faltering economy, a poorer, less diverse society and a deeply uncertain future. Far from delivering on the promise of a Britain more respected and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance when the HSE will be in a position to resume issuing primary medical certificates in the context of the disabled drivers tax concession scheme, which was halted in 2020 as a result of a Supreme Court ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35531/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank has ceased to enforce the consumer protection code, as evidenced by the fact that the Central Bank conducted 26 enforcement actions for breaches of the code between July 2006 and July 2016 but since July 2016 has not conducted a single enforcement action for a breach of the code aside from enforcement actions related to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank has been routinely renewing the licences of moneylenders annually for the past 17 years, including licences with associated interest rate charges of as high as 187%; his views on whether the Central Bank’s actions in approving these charges annually is consistent with its consumer protection role; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are directly funded the actual cost to the authority of funding and administering the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; if the scheme creates a contingent liability on the balance sheet of the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35569/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans currently in arrears and over three months by local authority in tabular form; if bad debt provisions under this scheme are carried by the local authorities or another agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35570/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPSN will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35538/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (10 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed broadband will be provided at a location (details supplied) in County Louth; when the locality and infrastructure will be surveyed as part of the national fibre network roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34776/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Medical Waste Disposal (10 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to families for the disposal of medical waste that is not incontinence wear (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35231/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 326. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on-course bookmakers are excluded from accessing the CRSS initiative on the basis that they do not possess a business premises; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that on-course bookmakers pay significant rents for defined pitches at race courses; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (10 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basis on which his Department has chosen to end funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34609/20]