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Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (29 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 176. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of employees in IDA supported businesses by county in tabular form in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27224/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 177. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on the need for targeting of public expenditure supports to recipient firms and-or elements of equity in the form of upside or clawback for the State built into the grant support as cited in the Central Bank Governor's pre-budget letter; if he plans to discuss such proposals with the Minister for Finance and the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (29 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the Tax Strategy Group Budget 2021 proposal to adjust the class S PRSI rate for self-employed workers; her views on whether it is imperative to address the difference between contributions paid and access to benefits for the cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26796/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 913. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought or will be seeking for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to extend the Covid-19-related pension abatement waiver for HSE rehires beyond 30 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26962/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: The KBC tracker mortgage scandal illustrates something problematic in this country. It is that we do not do accountability. The culture of banking needs to change in this country. While my party welcomes the €18.3 million fine issued by the Central Bank today, it does not change anything in terms of holding individual bankers to account for their actions. Corporations do not make...

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: The Minister will remember the years between 2011 and 2016 very well and the oft-quoted mantra of the then Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. Was it a bit of virtue signalling and not a mantra, as the current Tánaiste might say? Enda Kenny wanted to make Ireland the best small country in the world in which to do business. I always countered that assertion by saying that we should also make this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Tests (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: The idea that a testing centre in Dundalk would be closed down and moved to Ardee misses the point entirely. That is splitting the difference. For the sake of good planning we should be making sure that the response is where the service is needed, which in this case is Drogheda. Looking at it on population terms or need terms, an objective case can and should be made to locate a centre of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Tests (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: Drogheda urgently needs a Covid-19 testing centre. I thank the 1,307 people who signed a petition on this matter that I launched several days ago. That shows the depth of feeling in the area and the need for a testing centre in Ireland’s largest town. It is a travesty that Ireland's largest town does not have a Covid-19 testing centre. The population of Drogheda town alone is in...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 113. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of persons employed by the IDA by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24812/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the feasibility study on the proposed Julianstown bypass, County Meath will commence; when the process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to relax the income tax returns and CRO deadline, respectively to ensure no business is penalised for a late submission during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by increasing the 2% stamp duty charged on residential property deals worth more than €1 million to 17% in line with the rate in the UK; his views on the appraisal by the Tax Strategy Group that the current rate is low; the action he plans to take in Budget 2021 to address the matter; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by ending the current BIK rate for non-electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to exercise his power under section 8 (11)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 to introduce regulations concerning management and maintenance of records held by freedom of information bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25378/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to publish specific guidelines forthe leisure, health and fitness sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24813/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend building regulations to provide for a requirement for all new public buildings and separately private commercial developments over a certain size to include changing places facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24773/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Reviews (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of schedule 4 of the Valuation Act 2001 will be complete; if the contents of the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25379/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the strict conditions which must be satisfied before permission to overfly the territory of the State may be granted; the thorough and robust procedures that are in place led by his Department with a view to ensuring that the conditions for securing permission for foreign military aircraft to overfly the State are clearly understood and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of the Defence Forces in cases in which foreign military aircraft overfly the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25117/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Review (22 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 377. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is responsible for drafting the terms of reference for the proposed commission on the future of defence; the time frame for the proposed consultation process that will be undertaken prior to the finalisation of the terms of reference of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/20]