Parliamentary questions

Industrial Development

Ged Nash

134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the development of the new IDA site in Drogheda; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9002/23]

Brexit Supports

Ged Nash

141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment as he prepares to address a cross-Border business conference in Dundalk next month, the new supports he will put in place to help businesses in the Dublin to Belfast economic corridor to cope with the continuing challenges of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9003/23]

Third Level Costs

Ged Nash

245. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is concerned at the cost to students of undertaking degrees in medicine in order to qualify as a doctor; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the removal from the market of a scheme (details supplied) for medicine students has had on access to courses; if his Department is considering any scheme of financial supports for students where they or their families are on low or middle incomes in order to assist with the financial costs involved in studying medicine, such as bursaries with conditions attached, that would require beneficiaries to work in Ireland for a period following graduation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9305/23]

Abuse in Hospitals

Ged Nash

270. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department and a third-party’s engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the organisation’s reported efforts to withdraw monies lodged with his Department and the HSE in the 1990s; if he will provide an up-to-date figure on the amount of money currently held by his Department and the HSE from the original account from the 1990s; if he will provide a copy of the agreement referred to in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9372/23]

Medical Cards

Ged Nash

243. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he plans to review the income thresholds for the medical card scheme in view of the increased cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9238/23]

Tax Strategy Group

Ged Nash

227. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the 41% exit tax charged on exchange-traded funds, as reported in the media; if he will ask the Tax Strategy Group to undertake such an assessment ahead of budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8390/23]

National Lottery

Ged Nash

251. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the recommendations from the independent review of the distribution and utilisation of lottery funding carried out by an organisation (details supplied) and published in December 2022 that he intends to act on; if he will provide a timeline for implementation of those recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8568/23]

Rail Network

Ged Nash

189. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has made the case in the strategic review on rail for the reopening of Dunleer train station; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7923/23]

Road Projects

Ged Nash

190. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the applications for funding that have been made in 2022 and 2023 by Meath County Council in relation to the Julianstown by-pass in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7924/23]

Road Projects

Ged Nash

191. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the status of the proposed Ardee by-pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7925/23]

Road Tolls

Ged Nash

192. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if the review which he announced in November 2022 of plans by toll road operators to increase toll charges from 1 January 2023 has been completed; when he will publish the review; if the postponed increases will now go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7926/23]

Freedom of Information

Gerald Nash

100. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when his Department will satisfy its obligation to publish its freedom of information logs for 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7643/23]

Adult Education Provision

Gerald Nash

102. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when her Department will act on a Labour Court recommendation that it formulates an offer of better working terms and conditions for adult education tutors working at education and training boards (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7490/23]

Tax Code

Gerald Nash

122. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update of the new windfall profit tax announced in November 2022 which is to be applied to the revenue of energy companies; the estimated amount he forecasts will be collected in 2023 from the measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6834/23]

Tax Code

Gerald Nash

123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the introduction of the temporary solidarity contribution announced last year for 2022 and 2023 which will be levied on companies active in fossil fuel production or refining; the estimated amount of revenue he anticipates will be generated from the measure in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6835/23]

Taxi Regulations

Gerald Nash

152. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering reviewing the issue of access to hackney licences in urban areas outside of the current pilot programme relating to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6837/23]

Education and Training Boards

Gerald Nash

201. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for his position on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7491/23]

Departmental Funding

Gerald Nash

542. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Drogheda area will be provided with the resources as committed to by his Department to undertake the drug-related intimidation and violence engagement programme; when this programme will commence; the resources that will be made available to the programme in the Drogheda area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6492/23]

Departmental Funding

Gerald Nash

543. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when the north-east drugs task force will be provided with the details of its 2023 annual budget allocation; if this allocation will be increased to take account of inflation-driven cost rises; if so, the additional amount of funding in percentage terms to be allocated to the task force compared to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6493/23]

EU Directives

Gerald Nash

675. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans at European Union level to review and update the various EU nursing directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6836/23]