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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: I was not involved; I was a backbencher at the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Maybe as part of the renewal of the confidence and supply agreement.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: We have done more than our bit for Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: They should be opposed, then.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: Yet we are.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: It is a much more eloquent description.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (8 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: The capital programme for health projects, approved by the previous Government, included provision for a badly needed extension to the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, my local hospital. The hospital has been synonymous with serious overcrowding. This project, worth more than €20 million, was a welcome addition to the health infrastructure in the area...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (8 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: I hope that health service staff in Drogheda and elsewhere in the north east, particularly staff across all disciplines at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, will be reassured by what the Minister of State said. The additional X-ray room is critically important if the full diagnostic capacity of the hospital is to work. We have additional new beds. As I said in my opening remarks, if a new...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: Numbers-wise, the Drogheda area is being policed as if it were a small provincial town and not the sixth largest urban area in the country. At present, approximately 107 gardaí are situated in Drogheda Garda station with only one or two vehicles available at any given time. Units that should have 11 to 12 gardaí are down to five or six gardaí. This makes it very difficult to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: I would appreciate if I could get the view of the Minister on whether special powers need to be in improved or implemented in a different way. However, I thank the Minister of State for the response. Many more gardaí need to be deployed to the Drogheda area to make sure that people feel safe. This is a time members of the public should support the work of the Garda. In this context,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: I join with the sentiments expressed by my colleague, Senator Higgins, on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. I participated in a ceremony in Drogheda organised by the Augustinian congregation there, a group of priests that does remarkable work with the community. It is a very progressive group which holds a very important remembrance service annually. It is organised by...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: As I was saying, these reliefs are very important opportunities for ordinary working people such as bar workers, nurses, employed electricians, rail workers and others to claim back some small reliefs, for example for the purchase, cleaning or laundering of uniforms. I accept the reliefs have developed on a rather piecemeal basis over the years but now we understand Revenue is carrying out a...

Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: I cannot assure the Minister that I will be brief and I hope that she and the Cathaoirleach will indulge me. I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to this very important debate. I welcome the Minister and her officials who have worked very hard over many years to get to this point. In fairness, I also wish to give the Minister her due credit for sticking with this project. I...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: I will come in the next phase. That is fine.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: I will come in on the next phase.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: I am glad my colleague, Senator Conway, is back in the Chamber. I have great time and respect for him and have known him for a long time. It is not very often that I disagree with him fundamentally. Senator Conway said earlier that discretion is not a bad thing, but a system that is based entirely on discretion is a bad thing. That is the reality of the situation we have now. It makes...

Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I want to record my welcome and that of my party for last night's Dáil vote, which was virtually unanimous. It was opposed by the usual suspects who are permanently blinded to the benefits of EU membership for workers, business and investment. All of us must preface our remarks, as Senator Richmond did, by saying every time we speak about...

Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: That is the case for Ireland and I firmly believe it is the case for the UK as well. We never wanted Brexit in the first place. As Senator Richmond mentioned, when it was expected some years ago that a referendum on Brexit would take place, the previous Government, in which I served, had many meetings to establish contingencies for various outcomes. Ironically, this country is probably...

Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Gerald Nash: If we say for argument's sake that no amendments are made here and the Bill does not have to be returned to the Dáil but is sent to the President to be signed, there is then six months to commence it. How is that materially different from the original proposition? Can it not be the case that the Bill would be enacted at the earliest opportunity, say in January? If, hypothetically, the...