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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by Health Service Executive region the amount paid in bonuses to HSE managers in the years 2009-2012 inclusive; the number of managers who received such bonuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57974/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (20 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward his decision announced in his recent budget speech in respect of the maximum allowable pension fund, to a point in 2013 as opposed to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57414/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (19 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for her detailed response. Part of the problem is a lack of clarity among the public with regard to how claims may be handled in certain offices of the Department of Social Protection. I have detected a pattern in recent times whereby once the issue of habitual residency is put forward an official may - this is not always the case - suggest there is little...

Topical Issue Debate: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (19 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: As the Minister of State is aware, it can cost up to €2,000 per week to provide care to an older person in a residential nursing home in the public sector. It costs the State about €200 per week for a carer, who is, more often than not, an immediate relative, to provide round the clock care for a parent, aunt or uncle in his or her home through the provision of the carer's...

Order of Business (14 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: Spare us.

Order of Business (14 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: Spare us.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Remuneration (11 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, following the decision to end the arrangements whereby Ministers and Ministers of State receive severance payments on stepping down from office, he will consider extending this arrangements to cover local authority members who are elected to either House of the Oireachtas [55656/12]

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: I am glad to have this opportunity to comment on the report of the expert group on the judgment of the A, B and C v. Ireland case. The reason we have this report at all is that Labour insisted on it being part of the programme for Government. For 20 years now, the Labour Party has been a strong, and often, a lone voice on the need to act on the judgment in the X case. The Labour Party has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: Under new funding arrangements for local government the household charge is to be replaced by the local property tax. How reliant will local authorities be on commercial rates as a sustainable way of funding local government? The funding base is broadening. Everybody will be making a contribution of one sort or another. Is it anticipated that the burden of commercial rates on hard-pressed...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: I have a question about the non-principal private residence charge, NPPR, which is to be discontinued presently. The non-principal residence charge is a self-assessed charge which has provided significant revenue for local authorities. People who registered for this charge were issued with e-mail or postal reminders. However, I am aware of instances in which additional charges have been...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: Is there any possibility of issuing reminders to people of their obligation to pay the charge? I know that in some cases this payment is not high on an individual's list of priorities. As a result of late payment such individuals are encountering additional charges. They claim they did not receive reminders. I accept there is no obligation on local authorities to issue reminders.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: Not in my experience.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: I have a question about bonds submitted to local authorities under planning legislation. I am aware of the practice of local authorities accepting paper bonds - insurance from the Construction Industry Federation, CIF - to cover a bond for a residential development. This practice is of concern to me. The CIF is effectively insuring a development in lieu of a cash bond. In some...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: The CIF has been operating this practice for quite some time. I am concerned if the Department does not have a view. Estates need to be completed. Cash bonds are more straightforward but an insurance bond from the CIF is more complex.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: What is the precise cost to the Department of the mortgage-to-rent scheme introduced last year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: One transaction. Is that correct? How long has the scheme been in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: What are the major blockages?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: It compares well with analogous schemes. What analogous schemes can the Department point to in terms of informing the development of this scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: How many units have been considered to date under the aegis of the scheme in Scotland?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Nugent should correct me if I am wrong. The qualification criteria includes a property being valued at under €180,000. Is that correct?