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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

Gerald Nash: It is up to the Minister to decide how she interprets it. I have explained it to her and she can accept it or not. It is entirely up to her. We should all be about trying to represent the interests of all citizens, particularly those who depend on the State for their income. I am glad that the Minister has confirmed that the Christmas bonus will be paid. On other items of expenditure,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

Gerald Nash: Paternity.

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I enjoyed Senator Lawlor's contribution because he, I and many others in this House served either in this House or in the Lower House for the period of the previous Government. I do not think we will ever forget the hand that we were dealt and the difficult decisions that had to be made to refloat this economy to make sure it and this society had a future. After many tough years we know...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: The will all be labelled.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Heaven knows that public representatives of all descriptions can sometimes be accused validly of hyperbole and exaggeration, but it is no exaggeration to say that today is momentous and historic. I first engaged on this issue as chairperson of an informal cross-party Oireachtas group on alcohol misuse in 2012. That was one year after the Labour Party and Fine Gael ensured a programme for...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I raise concerns that have been expressed by many Members relating to ongoing delays in the processing of illness benefit payments. I am dealing with a case involving an individual who is not from my constituency and who contacted me having waited eight weeks a claim to be processed. I raised this issue two weeks ago in another context but it does not seem that the situation has improved...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Deputy Jan O'Sullivan has done it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: We are all leaders in our own way.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Job Losses (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Last Friday, the Authentic Food Company's plant in Dundalk went into interim liquidation. The staff of 180, some of whom have given up to 25 years of loyal service to the factory, look set to lose their jobs. The dogs on the street knew for some time that things were not right. Appeals from staff for clarity about the future intentions of the company fell, unfortunately, on deaf ears in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Job Losses (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Many of the details he has put on the record are available to the trade union and the staff. I reiterate my appreciation of the efforts made by the staff of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to assist workers who find themselves in a dreadful position. They were aware for some time that something was not right in this...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Job Losses (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: -----and unamended then they will continue to do so. While I understand that this is not the Minister of State's policy area or field of expertise, I would like to hear his view on the matter as a legislator and public representative.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I thank Senator Devine for acknowledging my work on the issue which I raised and debated earlier with the Minister of State. Apart from the requirement to ensure the staff will receive the entitlements they are due, there is a bigger issue at play - showing respect for workers caught up in insolvencies where organisations simply believe they can get away with impunity, putting staff on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I would imagine-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Probably more pertinently in the opinion polls as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: One of the important aspects of the original confidence and supply arrangement was the requirement that all arrangements between the Government and Independent Deputies on whom it depended for its support would be published, but we have seen no such material arising from that or evidence in writing to suggest the dirty deals that may have been done to buy the support of Independent Deputies.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: That is something that should be of great concern to everybody who is interested in democracy and ethics. This is a matter not just for Fine Gael but for Fianna Fáil as well. I ask that it would focus clearly on those arrangements and demand that Fianna Fáil ensures that takes centre stage in the context of this renewed relationship I anticipate will happen.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: As part of this much derided new politics, Bills have passed Second Stage in the Dáil and the Seanad that, at least under the terms of the confidence and supply arrangement, were supposed to move to Committee Stage within ten weeks of their Second Stage passage in both Houses. Unfortunately, approximately 200 of them have been sent to the place where Bills go to die, so to speak. I ask...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: -----and not pretend that the Government agrees with all of these Bills. If they do not agree with them, they can vote against them. That is the best thing to do.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I also referred to insolvency.