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Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: That was very profound and inspired.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: I support Deputy Shortall's proposition. We have a progressive tax system, which has been defended under successive Administrations even in the toughest of times. That is something that we, as a country, should be very proud of. However, the reality is that the kinds of changes introduced by the Minister in this Bill see that progressivity fraying at the edges. Looking at the direction of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 19 October 2023, if she will arrange for staff at the building unit at the Department to meet persons on a matter (details supplied) relating to the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the review of the Climate Adaptation Framework will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Provision (21 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 25 October 2023, if he will provide an update on claims under the Insurance Compensation Fund of Ireland for persons who were insured by a company (details supplied) which was regulated by the Central Bank and has since been liquidated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Commercial Rates (21 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 219. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the rates rebate payable in early 2024 to rateable business with a rates liability of €20,000 or less will be paid to all rateable businesses in this category, regardless of whether rates have been paid or not by the individual businesses in the relevant year, or if it will be paid to those businesses which have paid...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress and a timeline for the development of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (21 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how individuals can avail of the additional supports announced by her Department on 27 June 2023 for survivors of abuse in industrial schools, reformatories and related institutions, in areas including health, advocacy and education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50737/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on policy matters raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 580. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will provide a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 248. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50449/23]

Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: Today is a bit of an emotional day for me. The Minister will recall the work done by the Government in which I served to start to address these issues, issues that became all too apparent to us in light of the Clerys debacle. I will never forget two phone calls I received that afternoon, the first from Gerry Light, the then deputy general secretary of Mandate trade union, soon followed by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline how much Ireland received under the SURE EU programme; to confirm how these funds were used; what auditing was required under the EU facility; how the funds were accounted for in the GGB; what the repayment schedule for the loans are; what the interest rate is on the repayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (14 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the child of a person in Meath (details supplied) will get an appointment for a NEPS assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49463/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when transport will be provided to a person in Drogheda (details supplied) to attend much-needed disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49368/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 505. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 14 February 2023, if he will confirm when the promised resource for the Drogheda area, by way of provision for a full-time staff post on the drug-related intimidation and violence engagement (DRIVE) programme, as provided for in Budget 2023, will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49456/23]

Energy Charter Treaty: Statements (9 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am glad we are finally getting around to having a debate on this topic. At the outset, I state that the Labour Party supports withdrawing from the ECT. This is one of those rare instances in which the Government and the Opposition are, broadly speaking, in agreement, though we may disagree on the mechanics, so to speak, regarding how we get there. We in the Labour Party have numerous...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: There is a deeply concerning report in The Irish Timestoday by Jack Power about the Peter McVerry Trust. It outlines that in 2018 the trust bought nine apartments in Birr, County Offaly, which had been developed by the then auditor of the charity. This raises very serious and obvious conflict-of-interest concerns. The level of homelessness has exploded under Fianna Fáil's watch by...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: The elephant in the room in the area of recruitment and retention of vital workers in the home care sector is pay, terms and conditions. It is that simple. Some of the best people I know work as healthcare assistants, HCAs, and healthcare support assistants, HCSAs. They are the best of people, but they are among the least valued by employers and the State. As the Minister of State knows...