Results 61-80 of 89 for going forward speaker:Gerald Nash

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. Some weeks ago, that well-known left-wing firebrand, the deputy governor of the Central Bank, stated that we should be wary of socialising the costs of the private sector, whether it is big business, banks or landlords, while profits continue to be privatised. Yet the Covid-19 business package announced by the Minister a number of weeks ago, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...because they do not have the status of an employee. I have had these discussions with people in the sector and would appreciate if Mr. Duggan could elaborate on precisely how the Department is going to do that. My understanding is that when an individual takes a case to the scope section in terms of their insurability or determination of their status, the presumption is that they are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology (13 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...This is a bigger issue than Dundalk Institute of Technology itself. This is about the socio-economic development of Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan and the entire north east into the future. It goes beyond even the immediate interests of staff and current students in Dundalk Institute of Technology. The Minister of State set out in very clear detail the benefits that will accrue to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...she wishes to do is to put the 2007 code of practice on a statutory footing, so in essence she wants to put that into primary law. That was also one of the ambitions of the legislation that I brought forward to ensure the inclusion in primary law of the tests for false self-employment, with which the witnesses and the Government are familiar because those tests were first introduced into...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerald Nash: I know there are others here who were elected on the same day and who have many and, I guess, diverse experiences of their time in local government and bring much to this important debate. I acknowledge Senator Buttimer's pride in terms of what is about to happen in Cork county and city. We will see in time whether it is the right approach to take. I welcome any effort, legislative or...

Seanad: Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (25 Sep 2018)

Gerald Nash: I am conscious we have limited time and that the Minister of State will want to respond, and he needs to respond to some of the remarks made by colleagues. Only a few short months ago the names of Vicky Phelan, Lorraine Walsh and Irene and Stephen Teap probably did not trip off the tongues of anyone other than the people in their own networks, families and communities. I am sure that is the...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)

Gerald Nash: .... Sectors in which women are concentrated include the hospitality, food and accommodation sectors and this has been referred to earlier. I am pleased to support the Bill presented by my good colleague, Senator Gavan, and Senator Ó Clochartaigh, who I know did an enormous amount of works in terms of the research that underpins the necessity for a Bill like this to be presented to...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Gerald Nash: ...legislation. From the perspective of greater clarity and public scrutiny, I am pleased we will have a Committee Stage at a later point. The legislation could benefit from that process. I look forward to some of our concerns being addressed or assuaged in some way during that process. The Minister has given the House a potted history of where we have come from and where we are going now....

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Gerald Nash: .... That is my ambition and it is the ambition of the Labour Party. I take great personal pride and satisfaction in the role that I played, as super junior Minister in the last phase of the last Government, in setting out a policy agenda to move unemployment below 8% for the first time since the economic crash. When the last Government took office the number of unemployed was heading...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Gerald Nash: ..., though not perhaps at a rate that would satisfy him and his colleagues. After years of extreme difficulty in this country, that development illustrates how far we have come. We have a way to go before we reach a point where everybody can share in the accelerating economic recovery. There is no denying, however, that the evidence shows wages are rising across the bulk of our economic...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...with unfair dismissal in the context of the Act and the provisions in this Bill. It has been the case since the implementation of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 that a person can go to the Circuit Court to seek the enforcement of a Labour Court determination. That is not new and it is reiterated in this particular legislation. Senator Naughton raised a couple of concerns...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...about taking the politics out of the minimum wage, I mean that we would set up an institution that protects the interests of those who earn low pay because we cannot always assume we will have a Government in place that will do that. What we do not want to encounter again, when the next recession comes, is a situation where the first people to get a kicking from the Government of the day...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (17 Jun 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...representing the interests of smaller companies. I was anxious to capture as much of that as we possibly could. It is always important to point out that the Low Pay Commission, as it is currently going about its work, has hit the road and has engaged with business people who are operating in sectors of the economy that would be synonymous with low pay. It has also engaged directly with...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Jun 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...employment agreements to underpin their continued employment under new owners. I am pleased to have played a role in securing a meeting of minds between workers and management on the way forward for employment at Aer Lingus, and, of course, I hope the Bill can be expedited through the Houses in sufficient time to enable its provisions to be made use of by those parties. While there can...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (13 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...the collective bargaining legislation the Minister, Deputy Bruton, and I have been working on for some time now and which will be published shortly and made available to all Deputies. I look forward to her input on that because that is about levelling the playing field and trying to create a fairer future in the workplace. We can discuss issues around relatively modest pay increases for...

Topical Issues: National Minimum Wage (7 May 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...and economic impacts of such adjustments. It should be borne in mind that the national minimum wage in Ireland is relatively high by international standards, and the House will recall that this Government restored the national minimum wage to €8.65 per hour with effect from 1 July 2011. The most recent figures published by EUROSTAT show that Ireland's rate is the fifth highest...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Gerald Nash: .... His party has said a lot but done very little in Northern Ireland to protect people who are in precarious work, to address issues such as zero hour contracts or to move the living wage agenda forward by one iota. It is important that the House reflects on the fact that of all regions of the UK, Northern Ireland is the worst living-wage employer in the entire jurisdiction. This is the...

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Gerald Nash: Down here, Sinn Féin is a party of protest, the worker's friend. In Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin is a party of government, with a record of its own to defend on the North's low-wage economy. Down here, Sinn Féin pretends it would storm the barricades while up North it is busy defending the battlements. As far as this part of the country is concerned, as the Minister, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Discussion (24 Mar 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...opportunity to present the general scheme of the low pay commission (national minimum wage) Bill 2015 for the purposes of pre-legislative scrutiny. The general scheme of the Bill was approved by Government in January, and, together with a regulatory impact assessment, has been published on my Department's website and forwarded to the committee. It is fair to say that we have seen a...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2014)

Gerald Nash: .... Ireland and the European Union are committed to a two-state solution, which of course involves recognition of Palestine alongside Israel. I should be clear, if any clarity is needed, that our ongoing commitment to a secure and peaceful state of Israel is not in any doubt. All our actions and policies should be designed to advance the goal of peace and to secure a comprehensive peace...