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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reports (7 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: 141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he hopes to publish the report of the Finance for Scaling Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5341/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an individual transport service request arrangement for a person (details supplied) will be made available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4987/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of warehoused tax debt arising from the scheme introduced during the pandemic that has yet to be repaid to the Exchequer; if he is considering extending the repayment period again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4817/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: The deadline is looming in May 2024 for businesses to make arrangements with the Revenue Commissioners to repay tax debt warehoused during the pandemic. The Minister made comments to the media when he was in Davos that suggested very clearly that he intends to make changes to the operation of that scheme and potentially to the way in which repayments are to be organised. The word he used...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: Time is of the essence in this regard. It is clear from the figures the Minister provided that a very substantial proportion of those who have warehoused tax debt have actually met their liabilities in full and a considerable number of businesses have made arrangements with Revenue. It was a very important scheme and it gave viable companies breathing space during the pandemic and made...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: The Minister is very clear on the issues the hospitality sector is experiencing at the moment.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: I too urge those companies who have not yet engaged to engage very quickly and not to adopt a wait-and-see approach. Further clarity would be welcome from the Minister in the coming weeks about what it is he intends to do in terms of greater flexibility, as he described it. There is a balancing act here as well. Where liabilities fall due, businesses ought to pay those liabilities to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: If you could bear with me a moment, Acting Chair, there are many businesses in the hospitality sector-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: -----who for example, in terms of their projections for the wage subsidy scheme-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: -----they are paying a significant debt in that regard.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: They made projections in terms of the 30% threshold and they have actually exceeded the thresholds.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: Perhaps some pragmatism should be shown to them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in submitting a planning application for the permanent school buildings for the Drogheda Educate Together second level school, Mill Road, Mornington, Drogheda, Co. Louth; when the planning application will be submitted; the timeline for the completion of the new permanent building; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Gerald Nash: 391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total State funding allocated to the new Bettystown library development in County Meath to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4904/24]

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 70: In page 55, to delete lines 29 to 39, to delete page 56, and in page 57, to delete lines 1 to 13 and substitute the following: "Change of employer 38. (1) This section applies to a foreign national to whom a general employment permit has been granted and who wishes to change employment during the period for which the employment permit is in force. (2)If the...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 95: In page 72, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: "(9) In regulations under this section, the Minister may— (a)in relation to different classes of applications and having regard to the amount and complexity of the work involved in considering the applications, provide for— (i)different fees, (ii)exemptions from the payment of fees...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 103: In page 85, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "Atypical Working Scheme for Nurses 58.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where a foreign national— (a) has been offered a contract of employment to work as a nurse in the State, and (b) has been given leave to enter the State pursuant to the scheme established by the...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 9: In page 18, to delete lines 19 to 37.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: In respect of the staff who are currently on €27,000, will they not experience the uplift to €30,000 when the threshold changes?

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: There is no automatic uplift.