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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]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Unions (16 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased that some progress appears to have been made or is about to be made with the credit union movement. There is considerable potential that could be unleashed especially at this anxious moment in our economic history. Given the social importance of the credit union movement it is important that credit unions would have the opportunity to invest in social and affordable housing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Unions (16 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 5. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a new credit unions Act; his views on the recommendations from a recent report (details supplied) by an organisation; if he will amend the Credit Unions Acts 1997-2012 to allow additional financing for credit unions for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16291/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Unions (16 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I congratulate the Minister for Finance on his appointment as chairman of the Eurogroup. I wish him well in his endeavours at what is, putting it mildly, an interesting time for our economy and the economy globally. The ongoing situation regarding the Covid-19 penalty for mortgage holders who have taken a payment break and the treatment of mortgage applicants who are on the TWSS by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the temporary wage subsidy scheme into a short-term work and training scheme akin to the German Kurzarbeit model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16292/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he plans to take to address the accrual of interest on mortgage payment breaks; his views on the Central Bank and European Banking Authority advice relating to the charging of interest on mortgage payment breaks; if he plans to pass legislation to prevent the charging of interest during mortgage payment breaks in line with other EU countries; and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (16 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the projected deficit figure of €23 billion to €30 billion for 2020 based on the stability programme update in April 2020 in view of recent positive corporation tax and income tax revenue receipts; the breakdown of the projected deficit figure for 2020 based on updated figures for general government expenditure and general...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Priorities (16 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to use his new position as Eurogroup President to seek a mutualisation of debt and the creation of perpetual bonds to fund the post-Covid-19 EU recovery; if he will seek an expansion of the European recovery fund; the current EU funding streams available for draw down; the amount drawn down to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (15 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Taoiseach. As he will know, I come from and represent a Border constituency. It is no exaggeration to say that Brexit is a massive concern. It is always in the background. Those concerns have only been compounded by the current public health and economic crises caused by Covid-19. What precisely did the UK Prime Minister say to the Taoiseach about the prospect of a deal...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: As I am a trained historian, as is the Taoiseach, I hope he will recognise the role that my party, the Labour Party, has played in opening Ireland up to the investment of multinational corporations. The view has always been that this was an initiative of Seán Lemass and the late T. K. Whitaker, a good friend of mine from my alma mater in Drogheda, St. Joseph's CBS, but of course, it was...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Taoiseach for the rundown on the number and variety of Cabinet committees. Can he confirm which committee will discuss the implications of the Apple judgment? I assume it will be dealt with by the committee on economic recovery and investment. The programme for Government commits to a commission on taxation and welfare. We in the Labour Party have repeatedly called for the...