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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department plans to undertake a review of the pay and conditions and roles and responsibilities of personal assistants who work in the further education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17557/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I have a similar question, so it may be useful to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: Very briefly, if I can. Deputy Farrell outlined the value attached to the special purpose entities, SPEs, which have holdings of €37.1 billion worth of Russian-issued assets under management here. Responses I received to parliamentary questions identified 33 Russian-sponsored SPEs. Is Mr. Makhlouf aware of who the beneficial owners of those funds are? Who benefits from them? Are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: That is half of the entities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: That is very significant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I have one small point. I do not believe it had been put on the public record to date that 15 or 16 connected Russians are attached to some of the SPEs that are managed out of Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I understand. What is the practical impact on the operation of these SPEs? What function does the Central Bank have in managing the sanctions regime? What is the real impact on those individuals and on the SPEs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: As far as Mr. Makhlouf is aware, have any assets been frozen to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: They have been frozen to date in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. To a degree, the issue I want to raise was addressed somewhat by the Governor and his colleague, Ms Donnery, earlier on, but it is probably more appropriate to tease this question out a little further with the other witnesses, given that they have direct responsibility for the issue of consumer protection within the Central Bank of Ireland. I want to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I have a couple of follow-up questions around the practicalities of how all of this is going to work. I had a message earlier from a constituent. Under normal circumstances, I do not believe he would be moving from Ulster Bank or KBC necessarily. It is just that, in the normal way, he has decided to take the advice that is often proffered to switch his bank accounts. It has taken four...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I have a couple of final questions, with the indulgence of the Chair. Some Ulster Bank customers have already made the decision to switch their bank accounts. Has the Central Bank been monitoring that on a monthly basis? Would the witnesses happen to have the figures with them today that would indicate how many Ulster Bank customers have migrated already? That is the first question of my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am sure Ulster Bank has engaged with the Central Bank to inform it as to what its plans are to support customers in that process. It has set down what appears to me at least - it may not be - an arbitrary deadline of six months, and it may have done that in agreement with the Central Bank. If the Central Bank believes that is not sufficient, will it leave it open to revision or review and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: The Central Bank would leave it open to a request that Ulster Bank extends that period.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Oireachtas Committees (6 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if a copy of the briefing books provided to the Governor of the Central Bank and accompanying officials in advance of their recent appearance before the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on 30 March 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18519/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (6 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some if not all local authorities have effectively prohibited local authority tenants from accommodating refugees from Ukraine; if his Department is considering the issuance of advice or a circular to local authorities to temporarily relax the terms of tenancy agreements to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (6 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to provide additional financial supports to organisations that are supported by the community employment scheme given the additional burden of rising energy and fuel costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18752/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the 0.5% fee cap attached to the State auto-enrolment pension scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a similar State-backed auto-enrolment scheme (details supplied) in the UK has a cap of 0.3%; if she is satisfied that the fee difference is justified and that the auto-enrolment scheme as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recent European Commission recommendation urging member states to immediately repeal existing investor citizenship schemes and to ensure that strong checks are in place to address the risks posed by investor residence schemes (details supplied); her plans to immediately repeal all existing Irish schemes in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a recent report by the European Parliament (details supplied) which calls for the European Union to ban the sale of citizenship by investment schemes and to regulate residence by investment schemes; her plans to ban the sale of citizenship by investment schemes and to regulate residence by investment schemes; and...