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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Gerald Nash: We are all concerned about transparency in public life. Yesterday was actually a good day for transparency in public life in Ireland because, as a result of the Lobbying Act introduced by the Labour Party in the last Government, the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPOC, published its first report concerning the behaviour of registered lobbyists in the State. The report found that...

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Gerald Nash: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, on his appointment. I know that he will do an exceptional job and will be extremely committed to advancing the agenda of full employment for Ireland and its citizens, not just full employment but fair employment as well, as articulated by my colleague, Senator Gavan, and others. If we pursue the correct policies we will and can have full...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor. I join Senator Bacik in welcoming activists from SIPTU, Irish Equity, the Musicians' Union of Ireland, the National Union of Journalists. There are also representatives present from ICTU, who have campaigned very actively for several years to have this matter addressed comprehensively. I really hope the tenacity and way in which...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: I think we have moved on. Are we not having a general discussion?

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: Can we agree to section 1 and move on? Is that in order?

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: I am happy to withdraw and address section 2 when that is appropriate.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: I apologise for straying into section 2 earlier. I understood we were covering a number of sections, but perhaps I am just finding it difficult to get the timbre of the House. We are still getting used to it. I thank the Minister for her response. As my colleague, Senator Ivana Bacik, said, we have no difficulty in working constructively with the Government because we are not in the...

Seanad: Public Procurement: Statements (12 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to this important debate. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to the House. I am pleased he enjoyed his recent visit to Drogheda. We hope to see him there again soon. As stated earlier by colleagues, the Government is by far the largest purchaser of goods and services in our economy, with public procurement alone...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: We should be concerned about reports emanating from the Department of Social Protection today, undertaken by the ESRI on behalf of the Department which exposes the multitude of problems experienced by young people in society today. The message from the report, which I understand is to be released later today, is that younger people face very tough times in modern Ireland compared with their...

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am pleased to contribute to this debate. It is important to have an opportunity to discuss the development of budgetary proposals and frame priorities for the year ahead. We pioneered this approach last year and it is continuing now. The proof of the pudding will be in the eating, by which I mean the capacity of the Government to take on suggestions...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: Like colleagues across the House, I have no difficulty in accepting the proposition before us today that the two-year extension be granted, provided that in those two years we see very serious action and investment in the sector. We all know that there are congregated settings and other facilities across the country that require serious investment in terms of upgrading. I am aware, as...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: I support what my colleague, Senator Higgins, said about DIT and the students' union there. Two days ago, Senator Ó Ríordáin and I met members of the student's union. The behaviour of the DIT executive is troubling and affects the independence and autonomy of the students' union. I have received a response from DIT and look forward to meeting its representatives in an effort...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: It would be appropriate if the Minister for Health came to the House to reassure the public, and the service users and employees of St. John of God, that action will be taken where breaches of this nature are found.

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I move:“That Seanad Éireann:- welcomes official and other forecasts of continued economic growth and falling unemployment; - believes that a growing economy should sustain well paid jobs, through which more citizens share in economic prosperity, and asserts that economic recovery must therefore translate into better working conditions and improved pay; - notes that workers,...

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I am not sure to whom the Senator is pandering.

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I support the comments of my colleague, Senator Humphreys. I am not really surprised by Senator Ó Domhnaill's comments as it seems Fianna Fáil, the party only too happy to support a public bailout of the banks, is being peculiar in not being prepared to envisage a position where there may be additional subsidies to vital public services that make our economy work and provide so...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: Today.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I second Senator McDowell's proposal to have the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality appear before the House regarding the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross's reported proposed interventions in what is an important matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I second it. I also wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that No. 11 be taken before No. 1. It concerns a Bill on the Order Paper, namely, the Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: Go raibh maith agat.