Louth — week of Mon, 9 Sept

Erin McGreehan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Early Childhood Ireland Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Ireland's '4 Asks for Children'

Ged Nash — Labour Party 0 votes · 16 questions · 7 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Finance 4 questions
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the cost in each year since 2016 of the relief for increase in carbon tax on farm diesel, and the number of claimants in each year, in tabular form; to confirm that farmers can claim a double relief on this cost as it will already be deducted against profits for expenditure on farm diesel; if such a relief for carbon tax applies to any other sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34123/24]
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to maintain the current relief of €10,000 on the original market value of eligible cars for the purposes of calculating benefit-in-kind liability in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34262/24]
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to review the tax treatment of redundancy payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34324/24]
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the escalating cost of insurance premiums in relation to thatched buildings and the burden this represents for those who are operating businesses from such premises; the steps his Department is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35482/24]
Public Expenditure 4 questions
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the State owns and-or has an interest in a parcel of land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35469/24]
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the average waiting time for an appeal lodged with the Information Commissioner; if he intends to provide additional resources to speed up the length of time it is taking to make decisions; his plans to reform the Freedom of Information legislation; when the final review report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35841/24]
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the composition of Ireland's Brexit adjustment reserve claim; if it has been submitted to the EU authorities at this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35904/24]
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if support will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund to resource the development of football academies across the State, taking into account the impact of Brexit on the game in Ireland, and the employment and career prospects of young players; if a formal request has been made by the relevant Department to include support for the football sector under the terms of the BAR fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35905/24]
Transport 2 questions
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to cover DAA employed fire service personnel in terms of the increased retirement age from 60 to 62 for local authority firefighters under the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Scheme 2024 legislated for by the Oireachtas in July; if not, will he provide the reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34842/24]
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport his views on a policy concern raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the retirement age of airport police fire service personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34868/24]
Health 2 questions
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with a group (details supplied) regarding the 2009 TC Smyth Review; if he will make arrangements to publish the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34844/24]
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the days and hours of operation of the Cath Lab at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if the hours of operation have been adjusted recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35906/24]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that the €600-per-week cap on statutory redundancy payments has not been reviewed or revised upwards in almost 20 years; if he will review it upwards this year to the average weekly industrial wage; if he will then commit to a process of benchmarking the rate against wage growth on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34323/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education for an update on her Department’s engagement with Meath County Council in regard to the planning application for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); if her Department has provided the information sought by Meath County Council on 17 April 2024 in respect of its request to her Department to provide ‘further information’ to allow it to make a determination on the planning application; when the relevant information was provided to the local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35563/24]
Tourism 1 question
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to confirm the names of the applicants from Louth who received grant aid under the 2023 night time economy noise mitigation scheme; the value of the grant(s), in tabular from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35379/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection when pay increases have been awarded to community employment supervisors and other community workers indirectly funded by her Department in 2024; the projected pay increases for 2025; and the provision in her Revised Estimates for such pay rises under the public service pay agreement (details supplied). [33862/24]

New lobbying 7 returns

The Wheel Community
- Discussion Ged Nash TD at the launch of The Wheel's Pre-Budget 2025 submission re support for the sector in election manifestos.
Irish Congress of Trade Unions EU Affairs
- Social Progress and Quality Jobs
Teiripe Pobail Éireann CLG Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pre-Budget Submission 2025
Association of Insurance & Financial Brokers trading as Brokers Ireland · 2 returns Finance
- Regulation Overload of Micro SMEs in the Financial Sector
- Brokers Ireland Pre budget 2025 submission
Federation of Early Childhood Providers Children and Youth Affairs
- Core Funding, Business suffering,
Optum Services (Ireland) Limited Health
- Recognise the positive business climate in Ireland, provide an overview of Optum Ireland and to highlight the link between government policies and our ability to continue investing and growing in Ireland.

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 0 votes · 2 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Finance 1 question
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to make any changes to the current benefit-in-kind taxation situation for company cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34257/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-09-09 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education the reason an application for assistive technology was refused for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34379/24]

New lobbying 3 returns

Teiripe Pobail Éireann CLG Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pre-Budget Submission 2025
Federation of Early Childhood Providers Children and Youth Affairs
- Core Funding, Business suffering,
Early Childhood Ireland Children and Youth Affairs
- Childminding

What your Louth TDs did this week

New lobbying 1 return

Questions asked 16 total

New lobbying 7 returns

Questions asked 2 total

New lobbying 3 returns