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Covid-19 (Health): Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: When is the expert report due?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: My party leader, Deputy Kelly, could not join us this morning so he asked me to take these questions. I have not had the opportunity to wish the Minister well in his role but want to do that now. He and his colleagues have a major task ahead. Some of the suggestions that he makes are positive and we will support them, but we will also critique, analyse and provide alternatives to the...

Decision of the General Court of the European Union in the Apple Case: Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I apologise to the Minister and colleagues for my delay in getting to the Chamber. The Labour Party is a pro-FDI party. We support the companies that are here provided that they comply with our laws, each and every one of them pays a minimum effective corporation tax rate of 12.5% and they treat their workers with dignity and respect and provide them with a decent wage. Many of those...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I share the disappointment of the Sinn Féin Deputies that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, is not here for this matter. I mean no disrespect to the Ministers of State who are present. It is incredible that the Minister, Deputy McGrath, is not present, but it is more incredible that there have been several Cabinet meetings so far this week. That...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (23 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in relation to the development of a driver test centre in Drogheda, County Louth; the location of the new facility; when it is planned to open the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17750/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to engage with public sector trade unions on a successor to the public sector agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16819/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I congratulate the Minister of State on his new appointment and the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, on his new role. I wish them both well. As they will both know, the current public sector pay agreement will expire soon. I am pleased that in recent correspondence from the previous Government received by the Labour Party, there is a commitment to honouring the next and final...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: The Minister of State stated, "Proceeding with the payment is both in recognition of the contribution that public servants have made in dealing with the public health emergency". I do not necessarily agree. It is simply a case of honouring an agreement that the Government is duty bound to honour with public and civil servants throughout the country. I nonetheless welcome the commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the payment of a living wage and recognition of the industrial relations infrastructure of the State will be included as part of social policy objectives pertaining to public procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Advisers (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of special advisers to be engaged by the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister for Climate Action, Communications Networks and Transport; the estimated annual level of funding to be allocated to each Department in terms of the engagement of such advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16818/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of procurement leakage; his plans to develop and implement a procurement sourcing strategy across Government that would reduce the high level of procurement leakage to the EU average; his further plans to increase the proportion of tenders divided into lots to support SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16820/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure public procurement supply chains do not include instances of labour exploitation such as breaches of employment regulation orders, cases of child labour and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16821/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering compensation and or refunds for those persons who have booked flights and holidays and have now chosen not to travel in view of the continued public health advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16480/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will oblige firms availing of the temporary wage subsidy scheme to include a compulsory retraining or reskilling plan for their employees as with comparative schemes in other EU countries; if he will consider introducing an in-work training subsidy to support such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16872/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of employees on the temporary wage subsidy scheme receiving a top-up amount between €1 to €100 at intervals of €10, in tabular form; if he plans to introduce compulsory top-up payments similar to comparative EU wage subsidy schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16868/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the compliance programme introduced last month to ensure correct operation of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; the number of firms audited to date as a percentage of those currently availing of the scheme; the number of breaches found to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16869/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his latest meeting with individual banks; the details of his discussions with the banks on the charging of interest to customers on Covid-19 mortgage payment breaks; if he directed the banks to cease charging interest on mortgage payment breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16870/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to follow other EU countries in prohibiting firms availing of the temporary wage subsidy scheme from dismissals on economic grounds; if he will seek the full repayment of the compensation per each employee in the case of dismissal on economic grounds; if he will oblige employers to reach an agreement with trade unions or other worker...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Investigations (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the judgment of the General Court of the European Union on the appeal by Ireland and a company (details supplied) against the €13 billion tax ruling by the European Commission; the legal expenses on the case to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16873/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (21 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reported plans of the European Commission to reduce multinational tax avoidance using Article 116 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; his further views on such measures to clamp down on multinational tax avoidance in his new role as President of the Eurogroup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16874/20]