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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline his engagement with the owners of a company (details supplied) and the trade unions at the company; if he will detail the supports he is prepared to provide to assist in avoiding 650 potential lay-offs at the operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31836/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: The Minister rightly expressed shock two weeks ago at the plans announced by Tara Mines to put all of its 650 staff at the Navan mine on temporary layoff. Yesterday, a week after proposals were tabled by the unions to avoid mass layoffs, Boliden essentially pressed the button and said it planned to go ahead regardless. Since the announcement two weeks ago, can the Minister inform the House...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: In the past, SIPTU, Connect and Unite have shown themselves to be extremely flexible and responsible when that company previously hit trading difficulties. They showed their leadership and responsibility again two weeks ago when they started to develop proposals on cost-saving measures. Unfortunately, they were rejected by the company and, extraordinarily, when the trade unions were in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: The company stated the obvious when it said the union proposals of themselves would not be sufficient to stave off the scale and quantum of layoffs it is considering at the moment. The assumption always was, based on comments made, for example, by the Taoiseach in this House in recent weeks, that an energy package would be worked on to try to provide some support to the organisation and we...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I welcome Ms O'Loughlin and Dr. Moran. This is a process that I am interested in. A long time ago, I was persuaded that the best way of managing and understanding performance is not measuring GDP alone. GDP is practically irrelevant in any kind of metric that we might deploy to measure our own success or otherwise. It is very limited and always was. This is really about impacts, not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I introduced legislation in this space a number of years ago, building on legislation in the last Oireachtas from Deputy Brendan Howlin on well-being indicators. It is good to see progress that is now embedded in the system. It is clearly working. From my personal perspective, I would like to get to a point over the next few years where this is how we monitor and measure outcomes in our...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I have a final question. The response might take some explaining. A point that stood out for me on page 173 of the report relates to green budgeting. It states that to date the Department has taken a conservative interpretation of the definition of green budgeting. Will the witnesses elaborate a little more on what is meant by that and why a conservative approach to the definition of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: The EU taxonomy includes fossil fuel subsidies as well. I referenced that. I assume that would be captured in a different way in future and its impact properly measured. Will that be captured in a different way in future and its impact properly measured?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Solar Energy Guidelines (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how his Department arrived at the estimation (details supplied) as included in his Statement of early May 2023 when he announced the zero VAT rate on the sale of solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (28 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in light of the increase in demands on the Northern Rail Line that the Dart+ Coastal North project will bring, his Department has considered increasing the number of tracks from two to four on the busy stretch of the line between Malahide and Connolly Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is planning to create a special infrastructure development fund or equivalent vehicle with funds identified from forecasted surpluses based on windfall corporation tax receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ethics in Public Office (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has formally taken back responsibility for the ethics reform agenda; if he will provide an update on his legislative priorities in respect of the ethics and standards in public office agenda for the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31365/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of new whole-time equivalents in the Civil Service and public service up to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Family Reunification (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that healthcare assistants who have been recruited by the HSE from abroad, are facing terrible difficulties reuniting with family members in Ireland because their income does not meet the income threshold for family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31056/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Family Reunification (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 272. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will move to increase the minimum wage of non-EEA healthcare assistants to €30,000 to help them reach the threshold for family reunification; if the Government will move to grant a Stamp 1G Visa for non-EEA healthcare assistant, HCA, spouses and-or allow dependents a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite promotion of suitably qualified non-EEA healthcare assistants as nurses with an employer letter, without the need for a language proficiency exam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 763. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making on expanding the national heel-prick test, given that 28 June is International Neonatal Screening Day; how many diseases babies born today in Ireland are currently being tested for; when he will decide on including spinal muscular atrophy in newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31309/23]

Local Government and Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Carrigaline Rent Pressure Zone) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for his response to Deputy Ó Laoghaire’s very well considered Bill. The Minister of State acknowledged that this is an issue that the Deputy has been working on for some time and in good faith. As the Deputy indicated at the start of his contribution, there is a similar situation in my constituency. It is a matter that was raised with me a short...

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am happy to contribute to this debate on behalf of the Labour Party. I welcome the Minister's commitments in regard to support for apprentices in Tara Mines. We hope there will not be the kind of lay-offs initially unilaterally announced by the company. We also hope progress can be made on all of those jobs and a solution will be found to the problems facing Tara Mines, with the support...