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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (10 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that have taken place with the private purpose-built student accommodation providers in relation to providing flexible arrangements for the 2020-2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23068/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated of cost of reducing apprentice fees by 20%, 50% and 100%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23069/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to decrease the qualifying criteria for the non-adjacent rate of the SUSI grant from 45 km to 24 km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23070/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of students that would be affected by changing the SUSI adjacency rates from 45km to 25km, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23071/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: It is not beyond the bounds of normal industrial relations practice for a Minister or any other Member to call on a company to respect and honour an agreement. We asked the British Government this week to respect and honour an agreement they made with Ireland and the EU and I expect that this House would unite in requesting Premier Periclase to honour an agreement it made with its workers in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: Workers who are members of Unite the Union and SIPTU have been on strike action at Premier Periclase in Drogheda for almost a month now. This dispute has already gone on for longer than is necessary. I lay the blame for the fact that no settlement has been reached firmly at the door of an intransigent management and an operation that appears to be hell-bent on busting trade union activity...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected deficit for 2020 on the basis of revenue receipts to date based on the Exchequer returns for August 2020; if he will provide updated projections for revenue across the various tax heads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22927/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact of the July stimulus proposals on the Exchequer deficit for 2020 and 2021; the breakdown of the impact by individual tax heads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22938/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the most up-to-date estimate of the deficit for 2020 and 2021 based on current analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22941/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated Exchequer borrowing requirement for 2020 and 2021 based on current analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22942/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the temporary wage subsidy scheme in 2020; the projected cost if it had been retained for the rest of the year; the number of employers that accessed the scheme; the number of employees who have been supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22928/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost of the employment wage subsidy scheme in 2020 and 2021; the projected cost if it had been retained at the same rate as the temporary wage subsidy scheme; the number of employers that have accessed the scheme; the number of employees who have been supported; the estimated full-year cost for 2021 if it were extended for the rest of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Research and Development (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2021 from ending the refundable aspect of the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22930/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield from abolishing relief under section 604A; the cost to date to the Exchequer annually of this relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22933/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield from every €1 per tonne increase in the carbon tax; the estimated yield if there were a €10 increase in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22934/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the cycle to work scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the cost of the scheme in each of the years; the number of persons who accessed the maximum amount of tax relief in each of those years; the average tax relief in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22935/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the increase in the amount of tax relief available under the cycle to work scheme to €1,500 for pedelecs and ebikes and €1,250 for all other bicycles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22936/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs exempted from the high-income individual restriction; the estimated additional yield if those reliefs were not exempted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22937/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Data (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer from reducing pension relief to the standard rate in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (9 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an updated projection for spending by each Department on the basis of the Exchequer figures for August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22943/20]