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36. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to review CAT inheritance tax thresholds and arrangements for couples who have no children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16238/25]

77. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the impact the imposition of tariffs by the United States will have on jobs, the economy and the public finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16297/25]

90. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the proposed revised ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16243/25]

192. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the impact of US tariffs on the public finances; the preparations he is making to secure the public finances in regard to the potential impact of tariffs on the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16459/25]

233. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will investigate a case (details supplied) where the practice of determining teaching staff numbers based on the enrolment figures from the year before is resulting in this school facing huge class sizes in the autumn of this year, putting undue pressure on staff and pupils alike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14780/25]

234. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she accepts the case made by the principal of a school (details supplied); when will her Department will make a determination on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14781/25]

376. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when she plans to meet with representatives of a victims group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14740/25]

394. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received legal advice requested by her predecessor in September 2024 from the Attorney General in relation to the publication of the 'Drogheda Review' undertaken by Judge TC Smyth in 2009; the date on which the formal advice was received by her Department from the Attorney General; if she will outline her next steps on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14796/25]

408. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when she expects the review currently being undertaken in relation to issues pertaining to the indemnity agreement signed off by the Medical Missionaries of Mary in the context of the transfer of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital to the former North Eastern Health Board in 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14897/25]

223. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the correspondence between an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE regarding a service level agreement application submitted on 8 July 2024, as well as subsequent communications, she will provide an update on the status of the application; the steps her Department and or the HSE has taken on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14238/25]

173. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to confirm the names of the members of his Department's strategic economic advisory panel; how many times the panel has met; if he will provide me with its terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13419/25]

290. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance when he plans to bring the credit union sector under the scope of the Dormant Accounts Act 2021, in order that the dormant accounts within credit unions can be repurposed for community projects. [14198/25]

438. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify whether the allocation of €1 billion in additional capital investment to Uisce Éireann announced as part of budget 2025 on 1 October 2024 is additional funding or part of its existing funding requirements; his Department's understanding of how this funding is being allocated to non-domestic capital investment as outlined in the budget announcement for remedial action lists, connections for new housing and addressing urban wastewater pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13565/25]

449. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an outline of how much of the additional €1 billion equity investment announced in budget 2025 on 1 October 2024 is being spent on delivering Uisce Éireann’s capital investment plan to support water infrastructure and housing; which capital projects are being allocated this additional investment in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13564/25]

236. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline, given that according to the European Commission 17 large-capacity power generators were delivered to Ireland from EU stockpiles and from Denmark and Luxembourg to help with the after-effects of storm Éowyn by the air forces of Member States, including Romania, whether the Air Corps had the available capacity to fly the generators to Ireland; if the Air Corps offered to fly the generators to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11343/25]

413. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to provide the volume of gold or gold receivables held by the Central Bank at the end of each year since 2014, in tabular form; the value of that holding as of that year end; where the gold is currently held; the annual cost of securing the holding; the current market value of the gold holdings; when the last disposal of gold occurred; the amount sold and the price achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11723/25]

414. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to outline the value of foreign exchange reserves by Ireland as of end-2024; to provide a breakdown by currency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/25]

525. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the proposed omnibus legislation launched by the European Commission on February 26 2025; if he is concerned that the proposed legislation has the potential to reinforce corporate impunity, prioritising the right of large companies to make profits above human rights, environmental protections and climate action; if he will oppose the omnibus proposal at EU level and publicly commit to enacting national due diligence legislation that prioritises protecting rights and the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11347/25]

705. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if her Department will investigate the reasons for administrative delays leading to apparent underpayment of teachers (details supplied); the steps her Department will take to resolve the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12012/25]

812. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a proposal from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on ways to alleviate the debt levels in the approved housing bodies sector and to address concerns within the sector, regarding compliance with regulatory obligations and the financial implications of significant levels of debt, which was sent as a sanction request from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in August 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11469/25]

932. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is currently considering the establishment of a separate statutory register for the category of competent architectural technologist in respect of design and assigned certifier functions under the terms of the relevant legislation; the status of a process in which his Department has been engaged since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12077/25]

1090. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to bring the heads of a bill to Government this year to provide for a promised disregard scheme for criminal convictions obtained by men prior to the 1993 legislation that decriminalised homosexuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10613/25]

1158. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of delays in the processing of family reunification visa applications for workers in the health care system on employment permits, leaving them separated from their families for extended periods of time; the measures his Department is taking to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11727/25]

1191. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has plans to put in place a pathway towards longer-term visas for spouses of Irish citizens who are non-EU citizens, as currently only very short-term visas are being issued in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12240/25]

1393. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a hotel (details supplied), as an IPAS accommodation centre, is not currently subject to HIQA inspection; if there are plans to bring this facility under the inspection regime of HIQA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11728/25]