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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2019)

Gerald Nash: It exploits a lacuna in the law. My view, of which Mr. McMahon will be aware, is that fundamental legislative change is needed to make employment status a clear issue of primary law. There has been too much exploitation. The State has failed individuals, workers and decent, compliant businesses. We hope to get to the point where there is legislative change but I will not hold my breath...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2019)

Gerald Nash: They are under direct control.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2019)

Gerald Nash: I would like to come in before Mr. McMahon concludes. We have had extensive hearings on bogus self-employment, but I would like to hear from the chief officer in the Social Welfare Appeals Office.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology (13 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: I felt compelled to raise this very serious issue with the Minister of State, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, given the circumstances I will address in my contribution. It is fair to say that Dundalk Institute of Technology is at a very serious crossroads. The road it takes over the next few weeks and months will determine its prospects and those of the north east for generations to come. In...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology (13 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: With respect, that is what the Minister of State has been briefed on but the reality on the ground is something different. We are not talking about a bunch of revolutionary firebrands who are putting themselves first and trying to take industrial action to simply appeal for better terms and conditions and so on. This is a bigger issue than Dundalk Institute of Technology itself. This is...

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: I was looking around wondering where they were. I welcome them too. I now have the unenviable task of following in the footsteps of Senator Ruane, who is an acknowledged expert in this area. There is very little that she has remarked upon that I would take issue with. As the Minister of State knows only too well, the community I represent and in which I am proud to live and have grown up...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: He was Minister of State but that is a long time ago.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: Senator Boyhan for President.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: I welcome colleagues from the Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union, SIPTU, and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, who are here to support this crucial Bill. Since 1909, we have had in Britain and Ireland a system for statutory minimum pay and conditions for certain employment sectors. They include hotels and restaurants. The purpose is to improve terms of employment...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: It beggars belief that Fianna Fáil, a party that continuously tells us it is moving to the left, has decided to oppose this modest legislation to enhance the terms, working conditions and pay of some of the lowest paid workers in society. That is a party that has traditionally apportioned to itself some responsibility for representing the interests of working people in this country....

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: I spoke to the leader of Fianna Fáil and asked him to support this legislation. He professes that his party is moving towards the centre left. It is a disgrace that his party has refused to support this very modest and far from radical legislation that is in keeping with the industrial relations model in this country and seeks to fix a real problem that affects the lowest paid workers...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: This was a literary allusion.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: Blind spot.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: I second the proposal from my colleague, Senator Humphreys, to have a debate on the future of Saint Joseph's in Shankill. It is an important facility for families in the south County Dublin and north Wicklow areas. We must have a debate on the provision of second level education places in the Fingal area, as Senator Reilly mentioned, as well as the south Louth and east Meath areas. Every...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: The Senator's crystal ball is cracked.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: Senator Buttimer-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: I welcome all the representatives to the committee. With the permission of the Chair, I will ask a number of questions and engage in a dialogue. That would be more productive. I am interested in establishing the quantum of cases and determinations that are overturned by the social welfare appeals office. A deciding officer makes a determination as to insurability. Will the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: That would be useful for comparative purposes.