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Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Yes, absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: On 29 August 2007, the then Minister with responsibility for trade and commerce, sent an e-mail to the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the fourth paragraph opens as follows: Is there a suggestion in your memo that the case would be different if Minister Martin was accompanied by his wife? Strong views do not ethics make. He could be mistaken....

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: If I may, I have another question. I respect Deputy McGuinness's opinion and I know he respects mine in the best spirit of this engagement.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Yes. In the e-mail of 29 August 2007, Deputy McGuinness states in the second last sentence: "I am logical, reasonable and tolerant, but I will not be intimidated by you [the assistant secretary], the Minister, an "ethical" position or the attitude of the press." This is quite a terse exchange between the Deputy and the assistant secretary of the Department. Obviously tensions were running...

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Did this colour his judgment in any way?

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: The Chairman has at least posited the notion that there may be a witch hunt against him or this committee and that it may have something to do with undertaking a banking inquiry. He also suggested that he may be more sinned against than sinning. Others may say that he is the architect of his own misfortune. Where does he sit on that question? Who does he blame?

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Or sinned against.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I did not suggest he was. I said he may feel more sinned against than sinning but others may say he is the architect of his own misfortune.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school building will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28465/13]

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: As a socialist, I support the concept of a tax on property. I always have.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Rates should never have been abolished as they were in 1977 when Fianna Fail bought an election and drove the country to the brink of bankruptcy. Little did we know that 30 years later it would finally accomplish the trick. Had we had a property tax in place then, we might have tempered the insane property bubble which dragged our economy into ruins. We were the only country in Europe...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: There has always been one in Northern Ireland, where Sinn Féin happily collects £1,000 sterling on ordinary three-bedroom semis just across the Border from my constituency.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Of course, Sinn Féin will tell us that a whole range of services are received in return, with exceptions. Free bin collection - I do not think so. In the North there is no automatic entitlement to free school uniforms, buses, or school meals as Sinn Féin would have us believe. While there are grants and exemptions which can be applied for by social welfare recipients, the rates...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: It is amazing. Why is that? Perhaps, it is because in the North, as the Minister pointed out, Sinn Féin is in power. It has to govern and cannot get away with the kind of populist spoofing its members engage in down here. This fact is at the very heart of the monumental con-job the legislation before us represents. Leaving aside the ludicrous conflicts between Sinn Féin's...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I will try to use some lines which the Minister may have used. The legislation before us tonight is an absolute con-job of the highest order. If Sinn Féin Deputies and councillors up and down the country really believed that this tax should be abolished, then they would have steadfastly refused to pay it. I applaud those Sinn Féin Deputies and councillors who accept that taxes...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: In my opinion, Sinn Féin can have their brand of mock patriotism if all it involves is using every tired trick in their play book to tear asunder the hard-won stability in the public finances on which families up and down this country depend. It is amusing to find a common policy platform shared by Sinn Féin and the populist king of Bunga Bunga, Silvio Berlusconi. Both want to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: 377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the criteria used in establishing the suitability of candidates for inclusion on momentum programme courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27095/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tax Clearance Certificates (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: 641. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering taking measures to prohibit those who do not qualify for tax clearance certificates from the Revenue Commissioners from taking their seats as elected members of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27930/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: 854. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Health Service Executive will appoint an inspector for developmental aspects of childcare facilities for the Louth area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27364/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: 855. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare facilities private and public in County Louth inspected in each of the last four years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by the Health Service Executive; if she will provide the names of the facilities which have been inspected; if she will provide the information in tabular format; and if she will make a statement on the...