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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 671. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to introduce an over eight’s voucher scheme for optometry assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29394/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of first-year apprentices in the system on 1 January 2023, broken down thematically across the individual wet trades; the total number of apprentices across all years in the system as it relates to the wet trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29395/23]

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: This is relevant generally to the conditions of workers across the country. They should engage with the trade unions on alternatives. It is high time, by the way, in conclusion on this point, that the Government stopped ignoring the Labour Party's calls for a German-type short-time working scheme to be introduced that could greatly assist in situations like this. The Labour Party is...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: With the indulgence of the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach, I will take the opportunity to express my solidarity with the workers in Tara Mines who received the devastating news yesterday evening that there are to be 650 temporary layoffs - and we hope they are temporary - at the mine in Navan. 11 o’clock It has a huge impact on workers and families in Meath and across County Louth...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (14 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 155. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to engage with representatives of community-based pharmacists (details supplied) in relation to ongoing concerns over a 15-year pharmacy pay freeze and its impact on patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28705/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs to date of providing emergency power generation under the measures carried out as part of the consent granted to the CRU in June 2021 under Article 28(10) of the European Communities (internal Market in Electricity) Regulation and as part of the Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Act 2022; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what level of oversight his Department has in the provision of emergency power generation nationally; which body is in charge of managing the cost and delivery of these projects; how regularly this body reports on costs or costs overruns and progress in the delivery of this emergency power generation to his...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what he expects the all-in costs to the Exchequer are in terms of (euros per MWHr) of emergency electricity generation vs new-build electricity generation contracted under the recent capacity market auctions conducted in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 351. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the steps his Department takes to ensure that consulting firms do not share confidential information in terms of policy development within his Department with other sections of their business in order to gain competitive advantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27189/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the steps his Department takes to ensure that consulting firms do not share confidential information in terms of policy development within his Department with other sections of their business in order to gain competitive advantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27190/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects Ireland to receive almost €90 million in grants for REPowerEU projects; if he will provide details on the nature of the projects that will be funded by these resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27531/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 426. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the assessment by an organisation (details supplied) in its 2023 fiscal assessment report that the real value of proposed/planned capital spending under the terms of the National Development Plan out to 2025 is almost a quarter lower than had been expected in the original plan; if he agrees with this assessment; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give additional resources to Louth County Council to expedite urgent housing adaptation grant application cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27687/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revised guidelines on wind energy development will be published as part of Q2 targets for the 2023 Climate Action Plan; when the Planning and Development Act 2000 will be amended to reflect the proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28464/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 1176. To ask the Minister for Health when semaglutide will be available to diabetic patients as there currently is a shortage of this vital medication for many patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27686/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 1230. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a CHI-commissioned external review of the paediatric gastroenterology department at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, which was initiated to inform a new multi-annual plan to enhance the service and access to care for children across the State; the current status of the review; if the proposals contained therein will be funded and actioned;...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I thank Mr. Gjedrem for being with us and for sharing the benefit of his vast knowledge, wisdom and experience on this very important policy issue with which we are grappling in this country. It is a nice problem to have in terms of our future development and being responsible with the windfall revenues we anticipate from our corporation tax regime over the next few years, uncertain and all...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: Of course. I am impressed to hear that the strategy appears not to be one of active management. We know from the experience of, for example, pension investment over the years that all the evidence shows that funds that are passively managed perform as well, if not better, in the longer term. While we accept and understand that the government is not directly involved in the day-to-day...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I understand that. That is important and something we can take note of as a committee as our work informs the development of a potential fund in an Irish context. I think a degree of political consensus is emerging in Ireland that we should also develop a fund of this nature. In scale, it will clearly not be close to that of the Norwegian fund, but I think the principle is accepted that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I understand. There is no point in having prosperity without progress. We have many capacity issues here. In some ways, that is because of our macroeconomic success and fiscal position. There are big deficits in our public services. We now have not a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get things right but probably the best opportunity we have had since the foundation of the State. The...