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

Gerald Nash: It would be very useful for members of the committee to get a copy of that breakdown to help us in our consideration. It would be useful for comparative purposes. Are there any particular economic categories and sectors in which the Department would find a high proportion of appeals? Is there a particularly high proportion in construction or among couriers or IT workers or is it a mixed bag?

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

Gerald Nash: In which sector did those 16 workers work?

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

Gerald Nash: It would be good practice to keep that data. Is that something that the Department is prepared to do?

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

Gerald Nash: At a previous hearing, Mr. Martin McMahon, referred to the presence of what were described as test cases, which, it has been claimed, have been used to determine the employment status en masseof those who work in courier services. We know that is a matter of contention for the Department. The Department has consistently expressed the view that no such test cases or precedential cases exist....

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

Gerald Nash: If I may interject, a former Secretary General of the Department, in correspondence to the Committee of Public Accounts in 2000, referred to test cases.

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

Gerald Nash: This applied to workers in the courier sector. If a courier has a concern about their insurability and their employment status, they can take the case the normal way for determination. If they are unsatisfied with that, they can appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. This is treated on a de novobasis and the matters are considered on their own merits, as well as the application of...

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

Gerald Nash: I have been actively seeking to address some of the concerns I, the trade union movement and individual workers have about false self-employment. I am certainly well acquainted with the figures and trends over the past 15 to 20 years. They were very helpfully produced in the report on social welfare, PRSI and tax implications. That report was published in early 2018 if my memory serves me....

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

Gerald Nash: That should actually be inserted into our primary law. That is my view. We may differ on that and we will have that debate on the floor of the Seanad or the Dáil when the proposed legislation is presented.

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

Gerald Nash: Can Mr Duggan give the committee any sense of what may have been recovered in a quantum of moneys in the past number of years as a trend for the years 2017 to 2018, if available? If this information is not available, could it be forwarded to the committee later?

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

Gerald Nash: In savings, does Mr Duggan mean money-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: It is timely that we have a debate in the Chamber on the health impacts of drug use and misuse in this country. We have had many debates in recent weeks on the Garda and criminal justice response to drugs in our communities. Any time I have had the opportunity to participate in those debates, I always refer to the need to address these issues from a health and not a criminal justice...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: -----are expected to be nearly 4% across the board. It is time the Minister, Deputy McHugh, got real and gave the school secretaries the respect they deserve, re-engaged with them, and ensured they are placed on a scale with the public servants in the education and training boards, and with those who are paid by the Department.

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: We are obligated in the House to legislate in the public interest but it appears we are legislating in the interests of Ms Bacik and other family members of all of us. I am jesting; this is absolutely in the public interest.

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: In fact, I have some proximity to pharmaceutical assistants myself. Some people say the Seanad is not representative. I find that bizarre given the testimony from Senator Byrne. It seems we all have relationships with pharmaceutical assistants and we are only too well aware of the important work they do in our community. There has been extraordinary frustration among members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Mar 2020)

Gerald Nash: 331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner has plans to provide additional Garda personnel to Laytown, County Meath (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2816/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (5 Mar 2020)

Gerald Nash: 445. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an inventory of land currently held in the ownership and control of the IDA in County Louth and available to house client companies will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2814/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (5 Mar 2020)

Gerald Nash: 446. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA will purchase lands for foreign direct investment development on the north side of Drogheda, preferably along the route of the proposed northern port access route, further to a development (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2815/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (5 Mar 2020)

Gerald Nash: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the average time allocated per visit to persons in terms of home care packages in each of the years 2018 and 2019, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2812/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (5 Mar 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application has been received from Louth County Council in relation to funding for the proposed northern port access route in Drogheda, County Louth; the criteria against which the application will be assessed; when a decision is due on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2811/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (5 Mar 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes allocated to tenants of local authorities under the long-term leasing housing scheme by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2813/20]