Results 361-380 of 6,307 for speaker:Gerald Nash

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 838. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the role of an organisation (details supplied) regarding the allocation of funding for higher education institutions and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36413/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 839. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adherence to the charter of an organisation (details supplied) is a condition of funding for higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 840. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if higher education institutions that fail to conform to the charter of an organisation (details supplied) to the same degree as other institutions receive less funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36415/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the alignment of research proposals with the charter of an organisation (details supplied) is a criterion considered in the decision to award funding for research; if research proposals which align more with the organisations charter experience an advantage in competitive applications for funding; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Enterprise Sector (18 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 866. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the creation of a national body for social enterprise, similar to the multi-annual funding model for an organisation (details supplied); the steps she intends to take to implement this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36410/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 241.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to cover DAA employed fire service personnel in terms of the increased retirement age from 60 to 62 for local authority firefighters under the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Scheme 2024 legislated for by the Oireachtas in July; if not, will he provide the reasons; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 242.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a policy concern raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the retirement age of airport police fire service personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34868/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 318.To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in each year since 2016 of the relief for increase in carbon tax on farm diesel, and the number of claimants in each year, in tabular form; to confirm that farmers can claim a double relief on this cost as it will already be deducted against profits for expenditure on farm diesel; if such a relief for carbon tax applies to any other sector; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 324.To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to maintain the current relief of €10,000 on the original market value of eligible cars for the purposes of calculating benefit-in-kind liability in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34262/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Redundancy Payments (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 326.To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to review the tax treatment of redundancy payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34324/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 367.To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the escalating cost of insurance premiums in relation to thatched buildings and the burden this represents for those who are operating businesses from such premises; the steps his Department is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35482/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Assets (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 435.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the State owns and-or has an interest in a parcel of land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35469/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 446.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average waiting time for an appeal lodged with the Information Commissioner; if he intends to provide additional resources to speed up the length of time it is taking to make decisions; his plans to reform the Freedom of Information legislation; when the final review report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 448.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the composition of Ireland's Brexit adjustment reserve claim; if it has been submitted to the EU authorities at this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35904/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 449.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if support will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund to resource the development of football academies across the State, taking into account the impact of Brexit on the game in Ireland, and the employment and career prospects of young players; if a formal request has been made by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 464.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that the €600-per-week cap on statutory redundancy payments has not been reviewed or revised upwards in almost 20 years; if he will review it upwards this year to the average weekly industrial wage; if he will then commit to a process of benchmarking the rate against wage growth on an annual basis; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 674.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s engagement with Meath County Council in regard to the planning application for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); if her Department has provided the information sought by Meath County Council on 17 April 2024 in respect of its request to her Department to provide ‘further...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 753.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm the names of the applicants from Louth who received grant aid under the 2023 night time economy noise mitigation scheme; the value of the grant(s), in tabular from; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[35379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 906.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pay increases have been awarded to community employment supervisors and other community workers indirectly funded by her Department in 2024; the projected pay increases for 2025; and the provision in her Revised Estimates for such pay rises under the public service pay agreement (details supplied).[33862/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abuse in Hospitals (9 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1772.To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with a group (details supplied) regarding the 2009 TC Smyth Review; if he will make arrangements to publish the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34844/24]