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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming EPSCO Council: Minister of State (7 Oct 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank Deputy Tóibín. I will try to respond to the points he made in sequence. I am pleased that he has recognised the problems associated with undeclared work. It is a European-wide problem and an important issue in terms of our enforcement agencies. We can make some progress at EU level through mutual learning and sharing of experiences, and the responsible bodies must work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming EPSCO Council: Minister of State (7 Oct 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Chair for her very kind welcome. I also thank her and the members for inviting me to appear before the committee. This is the first occasion on which I have had the opportunity to address them. I look forward to this and all of our subsequent engagements. I am here to discuss the agenda of the forthcoming EPSCO Council of Ministers meeting in Luxembourg on 16 October. This...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank everyone who has made a contribution to the debate on this important Private Members' motion. I am speaking on behalf of the Government when I say that everything that has been said over the past two days has been noted carefully and will serve to inform the discussions of the working group which the Government amendment to the motion commends to the House. I will not repeat what my...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Gerald Nash: Comrade Ross? I have not seen Deputy Ross's application.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (17 Sep 2014)

Gerald Nash: There is a commitment in the Statement of Government Priorities 2014/2016 to establish a Low Pay Commission (LPC) on a statutory basis as an independent body to make annual recommendations to the Government about the appropriate level of the minimum wage and related matters.The Minister for Business and Employment is currently developing proposals to implement that commitment. Issues being...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (17 Sep 2014)

Gerald Nash: The Organisation of Working time Act, 1997 sets out rights of employees in respect of minimum rest times and breaks during the working day. In general employees are entitled to a minimum of: -11 consecutive hours rest in a 24 hour period called the daily rest period -One period of 24 hours rest in a week preceded by a daily rest period -15 minutes when working four and a half hours or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (17 Sep 2014)

Gerald Nash: Section 5 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 provides that the Act does not apply, inter alia, to the remuneration of a person who is an apprentice within the meaning of the Industrial Training Act, 1967 and Labour Services Act, 1987. The decision to exclude statutory apprentices from the scope of the Act was based on the recommendation contained in the Final Report of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (15 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: 791. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that section 3 - Air Services and Connectivity - and section 3.1 - Market Access Rights - of the national policy for aviation in Ireland which is currently in draft form has the potential, if adopted, to put Irish registered airlines at a distinct competitive disadvantage when opened up to direct competition with airlines...

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: Deputy Timmy Dooley would know all about a crisis.

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thought you guys did not direct city managers.

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: The game is up.

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: I am glad of the opportunity to respond to this deeply cynical and opportunistic motion this evening. The fact that Fianna Fáil chose to place a motion of this nature before the House smacks of a party desperately in search of an issue. Deputy O'Dea and his colleagues are doing their utmost as the Tánaiste suggested to sow doubt and confusion in the public mind on the future of a...

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: This is a scheme we have managed to protect and secure over three consecutive budgets in the teeth of the most dramatic and catastrophic collapse in its public finances that the State has ever seen. That collapse was precipitated by Deputy O'Dea's own party. Given Fianna Fáil's track record in beggaring the country, the people who depend on the free travel scheme will not accept Deputy...

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: It is pathetic. I am sure Sinn Féin Members will be here later to support Deputy O'Dea's motion without any expression of shame or guilt from them at the niggardly social welfare rates and supports they preside over in the North by comparison with the system we have built up in the State over the years. In fairness, Deputy O'Dea's party has supported that system. The day that Sinn...

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: It reflects very badly on Deputy O'Dea and his colleagues in the Fianna Fáil Party.

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: There is no intention, as the Minister made clear, to interfere with a scheme that has operated very successfully for a long time. There is no evidence for that whatsoever.

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: Fianna Fáil Party Members would be better served by changing the habit of a lifetime and behaving more responsibly.

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: While they are at that, they should offer an apology to older people for tabling this crass, cynical and, dare I say it, unnecessary motion, given what the Minister has said on the public record this evening.

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: In fact, Deputy O'Dea should consider withdrawing it.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (8 Jul 2014)

Gerald Nash: 504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review and update provisions of the Derelict Sites Act (1990); his views that the Act is fit for purpose to address the serious rise in dereliction following the property collapse; if he is satisfied that the relevant provisions of the Act are properly enforced by local authorities; and if he will make a...