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Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: The facts are clear. One year on from the publication of Housing for All, the Government's signature plan is failing and failing abjectly. The Minister of State might think that as an Opposition Member that I would take some pleasure in reminding the Government of that, but I do not, because we need a plan that works. We need a housing plan for all but this is not it. I take no pleasure...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill. This legislation gives effect to many of the substantial proposals announced in budget 2023 in late September. This summer saw the longest run-in to a budget in many years at a time of great uncertainty and anxiety. In many ways, budget 2023 flattered to deceive. It is worth remembering that, even with the expenditure of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review under quarter 3 of 2022 of the Housing for All plan on the fiscal treatment of landlords was undertaken; if the Government plans to give landlords a tax relief under the recommendations of the working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53379/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (25 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenants given notice that the local government would house them in situ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the consolidation of planning legislation planned for the last quarter of 2022 is to occur, taking into account the loophole that allows change of use for student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53380/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the plan under the last quarter of 2022 to increase the borrowing capacity of the Housing Finance Agency to help local authorities finance land acquisition for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a payment to her Department by the UK DHSS for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53528/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (25 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason retired persons with qualifying pensions at a college (details supplied) have not yet received the 1% pay increase that was granted in October 2021 which current civil servants have already received; his plans to address this matter; if he can confirm that all eligible persons will receive their increase in 2022; and if he will make...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: The business of the House is going to be concluded earlier than we thought. A glance at the monitor told me we are probably two hours ahead of where we expected to be. On that basis, I am unlikely to use the full 20 minutes apportioned to me, but we will see how I get on. These are welcome proposals. They have been evolving now for some time and many of them are based on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 87. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount that it will cost the Exchequer to bring the pay of workers in Section 39 organisations in line with public service pay agreements Building Momentum and its potential successor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48278/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to the provision of a school bus ticket for a pupil (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52681/22]

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: This is a good but long overdue day. Several years after the Central Bank recommended that our laws be amended to make individual decision-makers and financial institutions responsible for their actions, we finally have a Bill before us to make it a reality. The recent history of banking in this country has been well documented. There was an absence of strong regulation and too close a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (19 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to introduce a new fund for capital investment and expansion of existing enterprise centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52388/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (19 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 297. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans, if any, to introduce capital funding schemes modelled on the REDZ scheme to invest in the development and or expansion of local enterprise centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52389/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (18 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 404. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has undertaken a review of the operation to evacuate Irish citizens from Kabul in Afghanistan; if a review, if any, examined the mode of transport that was required to facilitate the Army Ranger Wing trip to Afghanistan; if he is satisfied that a future purchase of enhanced airlift capabilities for the Air Corps is a necessity; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (18 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 405. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence with reference to the strategic reach aircraft requirement noted in a Commission On Defence Report (details supplied), if this recommendation requires yet another aircraft type for the Air Corps with new support and operational resources or alternatively; if there are any aircraft types in service or coming into service which, if an...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (18 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 406. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence with reference to a recent evacuation mission by the Air Corps (details supplied), if he has undertaken a review of the mission; if a review did take place, if it examined the appropriateness of the mode of transport that was utilised such as a single engine aircraft; if he is satisfied that the specified mode of transport is suitable for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the appeal made by a person in County Louth (details supplied) against the decision not to be provided school bus tickets this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51096/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an appeal against a decision not to provide a school bus for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51669/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (18 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full list of payments that will qualify for the cost-of-living measures in Budget 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51591/22]