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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I also referred to insolvency.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I was not involved; I was a backbencher at the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Maybe as part of the renewal of the confidence and supply agreement.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: We have done more than our bit for Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: They should be opposed, then.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Yet we are.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: It is a much more eloquent description.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I raise concerns that have been expressed by many Members relating to ongoing delays in the processing of illness benefit payments. I am dealing with a case involving an individual who is not from my constituency and who contacted me having waited eight weeks a claim to be processed. I raised this issue two weeks ago in another context but it does not seem that the situation has improved...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Deputy Jan O'Sullivan has done it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: We are all leaders in our own way.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: The will all be labelled.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Heaven knows that public representatives of all descriptions can sometimes be accused validly of hyperbole and exaggeration, but it is no exaggeration to say that today is momentous and historic. I first engaged on this issue as chairperson of an informal cross-party Oireachtas group on alcohol misuse in 2012. That was one year after the Labour Party and Fine Gael ensured a programme for...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Absolutely.

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I enjoyed Senator Lawlor's contribution because he, I and many others in this House served either in this House or in the Lower House for the period of the previous Government. I do not think we will ever forget the hand that we were dealt and the difficult decisions that had to be made to refloat this economy to make sure it and this society had a future. After many tough years we know...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2018)

Gerald Nash: I wish to raise an issue that pertains to the operation of small, community pharmacies throughout the State. It will also resonate with each and every Member in the House who understands how difficult it often is for independent pharmacies to survive in this kind of market. I understand that new rules have been developed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland that, if they are adopted...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2018)

Gerald Nash: I did not say that.

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

Gerald Nash: I am glad that the Minister took the opportunity to clarify and confirm that a Christmas bonus would be paid this year. Experience from 2010 and 2011 tells us that it cannot always be assured. I understand the Minister may not be able to impart an answer to the committee today, which I understand in the context of the pre-budget discussions that she will be having with ministerial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

Gerald Nash: When there is a policy difference and a policy issue at stake-----