Louth — week of Mon, 3 Oct

What your Louth TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Oct – 9 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 59 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Defective Concrete Products Levy

2022-10-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–60

Voted for 1 Fergus O'Dowd

Voted against 4 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Peter Fitzpatrick · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

The motion · motion passed 72–59

Voted for 1 Fergus O'Dowd

Voted against 4 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Peter Fitzpatrick · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

Erin McGreehan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ged Nash — Labour Party 2 votes · 41 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 41 total

Housing 13 questions
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A4 local-authority housing at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49035/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A7 capital assistance scheme at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49036/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A10 mortgage-to-rent at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49037/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A11 capital advance leasing facility at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49038/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A12 Traveller accommodation and support at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49039/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A15 estate regeneration and refurbishment at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49040/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A16 energy efficiency – retrofitting at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49041/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A17 repair-and-leasing scheme at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49042/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A28 cost-rental equity loan at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49043/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A31 first-home scheme at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49044/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A32 affordable housing fund at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49045/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital spent under vote A33 Croí Cónaithe (cities) fund at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be spent under this heading by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49046/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the planning exemptions for solar panels will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49204/22]
Public 8 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has examined or requested a SWITCH analysis of the budget 2023 measures, excluding the 2022 temporary cost-of-living measures to be carried out; if he will provide a copy of any such analysis reviewed by his Department, for the distributional impact of the permanent expenditure and taxation changes from budget 2023 only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48282/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to ensure that all contractors that are awarded State public procurement contracts pay all staff a living wage given the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48279/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his plans to reform the Standards in Public Office Commission; and when the Heads of the Ethics in Public Office Standards Bill 2015 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48283/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his plans in response to a spending review (details supplied) published by his Department; his views on whether the findings of the review would enable staff to avoid travel to and from the city centre on a daily basis and if there would be consequential savings in a reduced leasehold portfolios in the city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48280/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of recruitment campaigns that have been undertaken by the Public Appointments Service in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of recruitment campaigns that were due to be undertaken by the Service in 2022 and which have been postponed or abandoned; if he will detail these specific campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48782/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in the Public Appointments Service in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48783/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all the one-off cost of living measures announced as part of the €4.1 billion package; the estimated cost of each measure and the measures which will arise in 2022 or 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49027/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of additional supplementary estimates required in 2022 following the Budget 2023 announcements; if he will provide a list of each by Department, agency or vote; the estimated amount of funds required for each Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49028/22]
Finance 8 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated projected cost of extending the 9% VAT rate on electricity and gas for the remainder of 2023; the estimated cost for the extension in January and February 2023; the estimated additional average cost to a household and a business from the higher VAT rate applying for the remaining ten months in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48530/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated projected cost of the Special Assignee Relief Programme in 2023; the reason that no cost has been attributed to extending the Programme in Budget 2023 documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48531/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reason that the projected cost of the help to buy scheme is listed as €83 million in Budget 2023 documentation given that the full-year cost in 2022 will be substantially more; the expected underlying level of applications for the help to buy scheme in 2023; the estimated average payment for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48533/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the qualifying criteria for the rent tax credit; if tenants in approved housing bodies, local authorities and cost-rental developments respectively will be eligible; and if not, the reasoning for that exclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48534/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of pre-letting expenses for landlords at the €5,000 cap in 2020, 2021 and those projected for 2022, respectively; and the rationale for the projected cost of €1 million in the first year, and €2 million in a full year are grounded on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48535/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of housing units that are expected to be subject to the vacant homes tax in 2023; the number of homes that informed the €3 million yield in Budget 2023 documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48536/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline all of the taxation measures announced in Budget 2023 that form part of the 2022 cost of living package and the one-off cost of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49025/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline all of the taxation measures not announced in the Budget 2023 documentation or his speech that he intends to legislate for with the Finance Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49026/22]
Environment 6 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his proposals for a windfall tax on energy companies in a scenario in which no agreement is reached at an European Union level; if such proposals will be included in the Finance Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48538/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected dividend from the ESB in 2022 and 2023, respectively; if he has sought a specific figure from the ESB for windfall profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48537/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average household energy bill expected in 2022; the estimated energy bill for a household in 2023; the analysis that his Department has carried out to determine this; if he will publish that analysis; if he will confirm the rationale that informed the decision to set the credit at €600; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49032/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which the €600 energy credits will be funded in 2022 and 2023; the spending programme through which these funds will be transmitted; if there will be supplementary estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49033/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there will be measures this winter to claw-back the energy credit from those with holiday homes and second or third properties; if any consideration has been given to a clawback mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49034/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some eligible persons have not received their €200 electricity credit; the way that person will receive their entitlement under such circumstance (details supplied); the status of his plans to rectify such issues in advance of future electric credit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49311/22]
Health 4 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of once-off support to Section 39 bodies that will arise from the cost-of-living budget package in which he outlined that €110 million would be allocated to a range of health-funded bodies; the formula that will be used to award same; if similar payments will be made for Tusla-funded Section 56 bodies and section 10 homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48532/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked 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. [48374/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer to bring the pay of workers in Section 39 organisations in line with public service pay agreements including Building Momentum and its potential successor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49029/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he has progressed discussion on the provision of a public inquiry into Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes to examine the nursing homes with high Covid-19 death in order to inform future policy decisions in the sector and provide answers for the many loved ones who lost family members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49289/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to the Exchequer to bring the pay of workers in Section 56 organisations in line with public service pay agreements including Building Momentum and its potential successor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49031/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the one-off €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fee for higher education students will apply to part-time students; if the reduction will also apply to students pursing a relevant degree programme with a private institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49410/22]

Joanna Byrne — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paula Butterly — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ruairí Ó Murchú — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest communications with British Prime Minister. [44933/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit. [44931/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of his Department's shared island unit. [48259/22]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his recent interactions with the British government on the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48808/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his recent interactions with the European Union in relation to the continuing situation with regard to the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48807/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to award reserve Gardaí a long service medal for their voluntary unpaid service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48350/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline the progress that is being made on the further evaluation being carried out on the issue of long-service increments in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48817/22]