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Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: The Labour Party will support this Bill, which is by and large technical. I do not intend to use all my time and many of the issues I would be ventilating if I were to do so have been adequately covered by the Minister of State and Opposition Members. The Bretton Woods agreement was a groundbreaking accord forged from the ashes of the Second World War. It created the IMF and the World...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 22: In page 22, to delete lines 24 to 26 and substitute the following: “(8) (a) Two of the ordinary members appointed by the Minister under subsection (7) shall be registered construction professionals who are nominated for such appointment by the registration body. (b) One of the ordinary members appointed by the Minister under subsection (7) shall be...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 18: In page 20, to delete lines 25 to 30 and substitute the following: “(a)1 person, being neither a registered person nor an employee of a registered person, who is nominated for such appointment by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (b) 4 persons who are nominated for such appointment by the Minister following consultation by him or her with the Minister for...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I will speak directly to amendment No. 18. One element of the amendment relates to the requirement as I see it and as, I think, do other Opposition spokespersons and parties as well, that representation from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions should be explicitly provided for in the legislation. That is not unusual. One would imagine, if the prevalent primary employer body that represents...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(e) a trade union, whether of employers or of workers and whether registered or unregistered, within the meaning of the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990;”.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: It would be helpful to read into the record the kinds of bodies that are excluded from becoming the registration body under this Bill. It is stated on page 11, In this section— “excluded body” means any of the following: ... a political party, or a body that promotes a political party or candidate; ... a body that promotes a political cause; ... [or] a chamber of...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I will speak to amendment No. 6 in due course, but I will first speak to amendment No. 5 briefly because it directly relates to the general issue that is informing this debate. As Deputies Cian O'Callaghan and Ó Broin articulated, it should be obvious to everyone - it is obvious to everyone except the Department and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am sharing time with Deputy Sherlock. I welcome this motion and the opportunity to speak on it. I am always conscious when speaking on these issues of the suffering of the people of Ukraine. That is the issue of paramount importance. That is the paramount issue we face today globally. We have a sense of proportion. None of the problems we debate here, important as they are, come close...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 92. To ask the Taoiseach if the next Secretary General of his Department will be appointed through open public competition and under the Top-Level Appointments Committee process; and, if not, the reasons for the departure from that process. [14801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if any virtual asset service provider has been successfully registered with the Central Bank to date; if the Central Bank has published guidelines on the assessment timelines for completed applications and the average length of the processing time to date of each pending registration; if his attention has been drawn to the delay by Ireland in implementing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review section 110 provisions given that Russian companies outside of the banking sector accounted for over 60% of the €35.5 billion in assets held in Irish special purpose vehicles used for funding purposes at the end of 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14309/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm, given the temporary closure of the Embassy of Ireland to Ukraine, that all locally employed staff and contractors, and the relevant members of their families, were offered passage to Ireland and international protection here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objective evidential basis for the reason that certain schools (details supplied) were not elevated to DEIS band 1 status from DEIS band 2 in the context of the recent decisions she has made in this policy area; if she will provide all of the objective criteria including information on the metrics, precise data sets and scoring matrix her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the development of a school (details supplied); when she expects that the new building will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14586/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objective evidential basis for the reason that certain schools (details supplied) were not elevated to DEIS band 1 status from DEIS band 2 in the context of the recent decisions she has made in this policy area; if she will provide all of the objective criteria including information on the metrics, precise data sets and scoring matrix her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the development of the new primary school (details supplied); when she expects the new building to be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to ongoing problems with the communal heating scheme at a location (details supplied); his views on the energy provider’s decision to charge commercial, not residential gas rates which has contributed to rapidly rising energy costs for residents; if he plans to raise this with...

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased that the Minister and Deputy Doherty placed on the record the primary reason we are debating these important issues, that is, as a consequence of the illegal war and occupation of Ukraine. Our primary responsibility must be for the people of Ukraine. They are the victims of Putin's war. We need at all times to have their concerns at the top of our agenda. We in this House...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I will pick up from where Deputy O'Reilly left off. There has been some anxiety with how the Covid recognition payment has been managed. My colleague, Deputy Alan Kelly, first mooted the notion of a Covid recognition payment for all those who work in the health service in various roles. They worked very courageously, bravely and selflessly during the darkest days of the pandemic. They put...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that legislation to promote a flexible working environment is in the public interest, in order to achieve: — an appropriate combination of paid work with caring responsibilities, and the enjoyment of a better work-life balance; — the promotion of access to work, particularly for persons who face particular...