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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (3 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s allowance and signing for credits for 12 months or more in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9345/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (3 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the €112.70, €203 and other varying rates, respectively, of jobseeker’s allowance per week in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9348/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (3 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9349/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (3 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9351/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (3 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of restoring young persons under 25 years of age on the reduced rates of jobseeker’s allowance to the full rate of €203 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9395/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the pandemic unemployment payment which her Department has rejected due to there being no record of the applicant's employment; the steps she will take to investigate those employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9426/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has taken steps to investigate suspected abuse of the pandemic unemployment payment by employers since its introduction particularly relating to the misclassification of workers as self-employed; the number of suspected breaches by employers reported and subsequently investigated; the way in which cases into...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Services (3 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct local authorities to accept emails in lieu of stamped salary certificates as is the policy of the commercial lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9106/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Road Projects (3 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on a funding application to develop the northern port access route in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9138/20]

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. The Minister looks like she is about to deliver the votes of the Swedish Eurovision jury. I hope Louth gets douze pointswhen she responds. Earlier, the Minister raised the anomaly in the temporary wage subsidy scheme as it relates to women who are returning to work having spent time on maternity leave. I and my Labour Party colleagues are very pleased that this...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: That is because you have six talking at the same time. We do not.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: This was said on national radio and it was not denied. It was confirmed.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: I think that individual is well able to defend himself. This is a fact that he has confirmed.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: I appreciate that and I take the Ceann Comhairle's advice. It is revealing of the attitude of some in our society and is very troubling indeed. Given the preponderance of low pay in this country, with 23% of all workers on low pay, it goes to shows we have a big issue and we need to be careful how we treat the pandemic unemployment payment and the language that we use over the next period....

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the Minister into the Chamber again today to debate these Estimates. We truly are in exceptional and crazy times. I have said time and again over recent weeks that I find it a little unacceptable that we are being asked to provide an additional enormous resource to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection at this point in time without having the full knowledge of...

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]