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Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: I propose to share time with Deputy Dara Murphy. No one did more to destroy confidence in politics and planning in this country than the Fianna Fáil Party. This motion has nothing to do with restoring confidence and trust in planning and politics. As Fianna Fáil seeks to leave its tarnished past behind, it sees the shortest route back to respectability as attempting to tarnish the entire...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the monthly yield of VAT from each tax district and tax region for each month from January 2010 to May 2012 inclusive. [28845/12]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance the likely yield from additional capital acquisitions tax, if the following changes were made, drop the Category A threshold to €200,000, to reduce the level of business and agricultural relief to 75%, and to cap the level of business and agricultural relief at €2,500,000. [28846/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the likely cost of the following changes to VAT rates, reducing the VAT rate on services currently charged at 9% to 5%; reducing the VAT rate on certain business services currently charged at 23% to 15%, that is accounting and legal services and reducing the standard VAT rate from 23% to 20%. [28847/12]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe in which the assessment of the implications of the International Labour Organisation's Convention 189 will be completed by his Department; and when this information will be reported to the Houses of the Oireachtas. [28836/12]

Written Answers — Job Initiatives: Job Initiatives (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed progress report on the implementation of the pathways to work initiative; if she will also provide an update on the issue of appointment to the initiative's advisory board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28740/12]

Written Answers — Ports Sector: Ports Sector (19 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 717: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any chief executive officer of a semi-State port company has been awarded a permanent contract by the relevant board of that company; if any such contracts were awarded; if he will clarify if this was in accordance with departmental guidelines in relation to the awarding of such contracts; and if he will make a statement...

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: In the past two months the Sinn Féin Party has performed more stunts than Evel Knievel. From doctoring quotes from respected academics to last-minute publicity hungry court actions to this Bill tonight, it appears there is a common thread. We are using valuable Dáil time on a Bill that does not deserve to be called legislation. To call this piece of paper legislation gives this House a...

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: The Sinn Féin Party does not come to this debate with clean hands either. Few believe its rhetoric on the household charge in this State when it demands on average the equivalent of €1,500 per household in the North. Is this not evidence of a partitionist mentality? Deputy Stanley should front up. His MLAs and councillors in the North are happy to suck over £1,000 out of three-bed...

Patient Redress Scheme (26 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise the issue of compensation for women excluded from the redress scheme of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. All Members, including the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, have acknowledged the appalling wrongs done to the women who suffered altogether unnecessary hysterectomies at the hands of Michael Neary. The redress...

Patient Redress Scheme (26 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: I appreciate the Minister of State's response and welcome the commitment in the programme for Government regarding the women who were outside the original scheme. The removal of ovaries and the crude withdrawal of the ability to reproduce is difficult for any woman to accept but it is particularly difficult in cases where such procedures are not clinically necessary. These are challenging...

Written Answers — Health Service Executive Funding: Health Service Executive Funding (26 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to the Dignity4Patients organisation to allow its unique service to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30496/12]

National Cultural Institutions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the opportunity to debate Ireland's cultural infrastructure and the importance of our cultural institutions. As someone who has been immersed in cultural life both professionally and as a citizen, I value the key role that cultural institutions play in helping us to present various manifestations and expressions of our identity and our Irishness. They are often the first reference...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: He answered it.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Jul 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the removal of VAT on ebooks used for educational purposes in order to encourage the greater use of information and communications technology in schools; if he will provide the figures on the loss of VAT receipts to the Exchequer if VAT on ebooks was removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32365/12]

Written Answers — Homlessness Strategy: Homlessness Strategy (3 Jul 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by him to fund homelessness statutory and voluntary services for County Louth in 2010; if he will provide a breakdown of funds allocated to all statutory and voluntary services in County Louth providing services for persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless...

Written Answers — Homlessness Strategy: Homlessness Strategy (3 Jul 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by him to fund homelessness statutory and voluntary services for County Louth in 2011; if he will provide a breakdown of funds allocated to all statutory and voluntary services in County Louth providing services for persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless,...

Written Answers — Homlessness Strategy: Homlessness Strategy (3 Jul 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by him to fund homelessness statutory and voluntary services for County Meath in 2011; if he will provide a breakdown of funds allocated to all statutory and voluntary services in County Meath providing services for persons who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless...

Written Answers — Homlessness Strategy: Homlessness Strategy (3 Jul 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by him to fund homelessness statutory and voluntary services for County Meath in 2010; if he will provide a breakdown of funds allocated to all statutory and voluntary services in County Meath providing services for persons who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (5 Jul 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the budget which may be left over from the rural broadband scheme totalling some €17million could be reallocated to help fund a new agri environment options scheme for farmers, especially in view of the risk of losing matching funding under the terms of European Agricultural Guarantee Fund; and if he will make a...