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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: Some of them are technical and inconsequential. Having just 90 minutes to debate something of this import is disgraceful. It is a poor reflection on the Government parties, which are railroading an important issue through the Dáil with minimal scrutiny.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cost of Living Issues (14 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering taking steps to invoke sections 61 to 63 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 with a view to introducing maximum price orders on certain goods and products in the context of the current cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (14 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 380. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of increasing the small benefit exemption to €2,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (14 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 1067. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30920/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 1410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the issues with the HSE national payroll system which caused the delay in the payment of the pandemic bonus payment to eligible HSE staff in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29047/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (14 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 1914. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); the plans, if any, that the HSE has to address the problems outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30831/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: The Minister's response will be cold comfort to struggling families across the country. We need political leadership on this. The best way the energy companies can help consumers is by Government slapping a windfall tax on the hyper-normal profits of energy companies. It is perverse that there is evidence of massive profit-taking going on at this time when customers are really struggling...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: Has the Minister ruled out a windfall tax in his discussions with the Minister for Finance? Deputy Ryan is the Minister with responsibility for energy. It is interesting that the €200 energy credit was very poorly targeted. I think everybody will agree with that. However, that did not cost the energy companies a red cent. That was derived from borrowing and tax revenue. The ESB,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the ways in which energy companies can assist the State and consumers to meet the challenges of escalating energy prices for domestic users; if he will outline the work being undertaken by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28586/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (2 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: Nearly 20% of all households in this country are experiencing energy poverty. Up to March, energy prices had gone up by almost 50% in a year. As the Minister knows this is hitting low-income households throughout the country the hardest. Energy companies, as the Minister knows, have posted hyper-profits this year. What plans has the Minister to ask the energy companies to do more to help...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Regional Group for tabling this motion. It is an important debate and I am glad that we are having it. All of us, especially those who served on local authorities, are intimately familiar with the programme and the special housing adaptation grant scheme. It is a good, effective scheme. It was far-sighted of the Minister and local authorities that first introduced it. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an investigation is being undertaken by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the substance of a complaint submitted to the ODCE by a person (details supplied) in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans, if any, to reopen the train station in Dunleer, County Louth; the estimated cost of reopening the existing station; his views that Dunleer offers the potential for an improved rail service for the mid and south Louth areas and that a cost-benefit analysis should be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the attention of her Department has been drawn to the change in the ownership and company structure at an organisation (details supplied); her views on whether this changed structure means that the organisation is ineligible to draw down the Sports Capital Grant awarded to it in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Council (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to take on any functions relating to the delivery of the Collaborative Town Centre Health Checks programme operated by the Heritage Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 second dose booster programme for persons under 65 years of age; when this age cohort will be offered an additional Covid-19 booster vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28262/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: Amendment No. 68 essentially seeks to achieve a similar aim as Deputy Cian O'Callaghan's amendment. It is, in essence, about how we deal with the question of donations and fundraising in relation to NGOs. It is a very live issue, as the Minister of State is aware. It has been openly talked about in the NGO sector and across society for quite a long time now. Amendment No. 68 seeks to make...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 68: In page 90, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 22 of Electoral Act 1997 105.Section 22 of the Electoral Act 1997 is amended in subsection (2)(a) by substituting the following for paragraph (viii): “(viii) a payment by the person on their own behalf, or on behalf of one or more than one other person, of a fee...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I would like the Minister of State to elaborate on his intentions with specific regard to amendment No. 90. There is obviously quite a number of amendments in this grouping but it would be good to get a clearer picture of what the Minister of State intends to achieve with amendment No. 90. I will then speak on my amendment to the amendment, if that is appropriate.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: On amendment No. 90 and what my amendment to that amendment seeks to achieve, I think the Minister of State's position is that he is proposing that a party registered both North and South would have to declare its property and its income from that property on an all-island basis. Our amendment seeks to go a little further. Without it, such a party could still receive donations in the North...