Results 3,821-3,840 of 6,307 for speaker:Gerald Nash

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of arrears owed to employers under the TWSS relating to employees that were rehired since 1 May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that has been given to the HPAT exam and the way in which this may adversely affect their predicted grades; if the HPAT score can be carried forward to the following year for those who choose to avail of written exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7211/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a full immersion Gaelcholáiste (details supplied) for County Louth; if a decision can be expected in time for the beginning of the 2020/2021 school year; if not, if he will consider expediting the decision process with an appropriate deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7540/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 406. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to hire new HSA inspectors to investigate complaints and enforce social distancing requirements in the workplace; the number of inspectors she plans to hire; when she expects these to be fully trained and available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7233/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 407. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to allocate additional resources to the HSA to regulate and enforce social distancing requirements as set out in the return to work protocols; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7234/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 429. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she plans to redeploy staff from other Departments to the Health and Safety Authority to assist with Covid-19 inspections; if so, the number; the Departments from which; when these staff will be redeployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7549/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 408. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the provisions she plans to put in place to protect workers who make complaints to the HSA over breaches of Covid-19 guidelines in their place of work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7236/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 425. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will oblige those employers in receipt of Covid-19 business supports to respect Labour Court recommendations relating to trade union recognition and require the full participation of those same employers in the industrial relations infrastructure of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7487/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 426. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to amend the current Covid-19 business supports to ensure direct, targeted and low-cost finance to micro and small businesses; if she has considered a tapered scheme of support for businesses relating to company size; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7490/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 430. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average training time for a new HSA inspector; her plans to expedite this process in view of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7559/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 661. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis of the proposed payment rate for the Covid-19 voluntary fleet tie-up scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the scheme is not sufficient to meet the loss of business and debts of fishermen affected; if he will convene a fresh round of talks with representatives of the fishing sector relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 949. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to modify the short-term work support scheme during the reopening phase; her further plans to increase the rate of the scheme in line with the pandemic unemployment payment of €350; her plans to tailor the scheme in line with the need of specific sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7482/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 950. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific measures she is considering to support those under 25 years of age that have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7483/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 953. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to access EU funding relating to the support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency scheme; if so, the amount she anticipates accessing under the scheme; the specific programmes it will be acquired for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7563/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 954. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has undertaken an analysis to match skills shortages in sectors affected by Covid-19 with those with appropriate or transferable skills that are currently unemployed; if not, if such an analysis and subsequent action is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7565/20]

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: First, I join colleagues in expressing gratitude to Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection staff across the country, particularly in my own region in Dundalk, who have worked in a Trojan-like fashion since reality of this crisis dawned on us. They represent the very best of our civil and public servants and our civil and public service culture. Unfortunately, when difficult...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (20 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance if employees enrolled in the TWSS will have non-statutory deductions automatically reapplied after exiting the scheme while remaining in employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6619/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (20 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered an approach made in writing to the Minister of State with special responsibility for training, skills, innovation, research and development by an organisation (details supplied) for financial support for transport operators privately hired to undertake school transport work; the position of his Department on the matter;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration and contingency plans being put in place for leaving certificate students taking extra subjects outside school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6532/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (20 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to technological university status for Dundalk IT as per an agreement signed and lodged with the Workplace Relations Commission in November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5668/20]