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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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the long-term illness scheme to includeinflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26649/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (31 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update with regard to the technological university development fund, the proposed successor to the technological university transformation fund; if this fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the TUT fund on 31 August 2023, specifically in relation to the position of IR facilitators, who are employed...

River Boyne Task Force Bill 2023: First Stage (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

River Boyne Task Force Bill 2023: First Stage (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a committee of the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly to serve as a River Boyne Task Force with the function of proposing and promoting policies and priorities for the protection and enhancement of the environment of the River Boyne and of its natural habitats and wildlife and the co-ordination of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budgets (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance what Ireland’s contribution to the EU budget is expected to be in 2023; the expected funding Ireland will receive in EU grants and supports this year; if he will provide details of the funds received and contribution made to the EU in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of allocations to date under the Brexit adjustment fund; the total amount allocated to Ireland; if he will confirm whether it all has to be spent by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25622/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of allocations to date under the Recovery and Resilience Facility NextGenerationEU fund; the total amount allocated to Ireland; if transfers have been made from other funds, such as the BAR; what those have been allocated to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25623/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes, if any, that have been made to capital allocations to Departments and agencies in 2023 to account for construction inflation; his plans to do so in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25624/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a request from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25601/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of a new school (details supplied); if she will provide details on the timeline for completion of the school; the facilities that will be available at the new school development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25611/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a certain area (details supplied) is within a rent pressure zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25554/23]