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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations Upgrade (13 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the National Transport Authority will seek to have Dunleer train station reopened to serve communities in the mid-Louth area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/14]

Topical Issues: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (12 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister for his detailed response. I am aware that the numbers awaiting admission have reduced dramatically in the past 24 hours. It is due to the work of nursing staff, doctors and hospital management that these serious inroads are being made. Earlier today I contacted the INMO to arrange a meeting to discuss this problem, which concerns the wider community in Drogheda,...

Topical Issues: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (12 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: The situation in the accident and emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda requires the immediate attention of the HSE and the Department of Health. The Minister will know from our various conversations over the past three years that I am proud of my local hospital. I am proud of its staff and I know the staff quite rightly take great pride in the service they...

Topical Issue Debate: Treatment Abroad Scheme (6 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: The reason I raised this issue is because I have seen the direct impact on two families in Drogheda and Galway whom I know very well. The way in which the community in Drogheda has responded has, like other communities across the country, been phenomenal in terms of fund raising and the staff who provide the treatment regimen in Crumlin are a credit to the health service. However, I raise...

Topical Issue Debate: Treatment Abroad Scheme (6 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for being in the Chamber to respond to this issue. Alice Turner, Drogheda; Clodagh Daly, County Laois; Robin Smith, Dublin; Merryn Lacy, Bray; and Donal Parsons, Sligo, are infants affected by neuroblastoma. The first time most Irish people heard about this dreadful illness was when Lily-Mae Morrison, the "tiny dancer" from Galway, and her family captured...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: Chancer.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (6 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: 91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the proposed revised legislative framework in respect of registered employment agreements and in response to the May 2013 Supreme Court judgment McGowan and others versusThe Labour Court, Ireland and the Attorney General; if he intends to publish legislation soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Ukrainian Ambassador (5 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: I welcome H.E. Mr. Sergii Reva and his colleague to our meeting. I commend the restrained and measured response shown by the Ukrainian State in the face of extraordinary aggression from the Russian Federation. It is clear to me that the Russian Federation and President Putin feel threatened by the demands made by the Ukrainian people in terms of constitutional reform, liberal democracy and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Ukrainian Ambassador (5 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: President Putin has used the threat of the far right as a convenient fig-leaf to justify the invasion of Crimea. I am glad it is acknowledged that Crimea has been invaded. The territorial integrity of Ukraine has been undermined and has been violated and international law has been violated. That is a demonstrable fact. In the context of the de-escalation of the dispute and the hope of a...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I have a question relating to our earlier discussion on the settlement obligations of €7 million in the context of the closure of the defined benefit pension scheme. Will Ms Kerins get back to us with the information that is not available at the minute?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Does Ms Kerins have that information with her now? Will she furnish the information to us?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: In conclusion, I will ask a related question. Would there be a considerable number of trainees at any given time on a Rehab NLN training programme who would then go on to work with the commercial element of Rehab? In other words, is the organisation training individuals with State funding to continue to work in Rehab centres? Is there a defined job path programme? Subsequently, is there a...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Is that not in direct conflict with the organisation's own memorandum and articles of association?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Can Ms Kerins confirm that is the case for this consultancy?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I have a couple of further points in respect of Rehab's annual accounts in 2012. I believe Deputy O'Donnell also may have viewed its annual accounts, based on his line of questioning. All of the legal material related to the establishment of Rehab, the ongoing work of Rehab, as well as its memorandum and articles of association, all state clearly that it is a charitable organisation, which...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: It was Poland and the tax bill was €74,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: The organisation in its entirety, commercial and not-for-profit, if I can use that description, paid nothing in Ireland because it is not liable for corporation tax, as it is exempt under the Charities Act and the charities regulations. Is this not the case? It paid €74,000 in totality. I note the organisation made an operating surplus of €2.944 million in 2011 and...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: A sum of €35 million is on deposit in the bank and it is the case that no DIRT is paid by any organisation that is a registered charity. Is that not the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Yes. I thank Ms Kerins for clearing that up. I refer to page 17 of the accounts and have a question regarding the closure of the defined benefit pension scheme. I am happy to give Ms Kerins a moment if she wishes to access that information. On page 17 of Rehab's 2012 accounts, reference is made to the defined benefits scheme being closed down in 2012. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: It was in 2012 and Ms Kerins put that on the record earlier. From an accounting point of view, there was a total gain to the company of €59 million. That is an accounting mechanism to reflect the wind-down of the defined benefit pension scheme. On page 17, there is a point in respect of a settlement obligation of €7 million in respect of the defined benefit scheme. I ask Ms...