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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (7 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 445. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with her Department and bodies under auspices of her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19196/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: I might beg the indulgence of the Minister and Chairman for a few moments because my question does not relate directly to excise duty but to additional factors that inform the cost to the consumer of fuel and energy. Many of us, at least those of us on the Opposition benches, have been arguing for some months that the Government should seek a derogation from the VAT directive to allow the...

Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. The Labour Party will not oppose the legislation. The Minister of State will know that is not the same as supporting the legislation. The legislation should not make any extensive claims as to how effective it will be in making the playing pitch of insurance fairer for consumers. There is a degree of tokenism in the legislation. Of course,...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: The Deputies are entitled to express concerns about the way in which-----

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: I would appreciate it if the Acting Chair would call these Members to order.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: They are as short on manners as they are on evidence-based policy.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: I assume I will have the opportunity to use the time I have been apportioned.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: I will not take lectures from the millionaires opposite-----

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: -----who could not give a toss about low-income families in this country and who are using this motion opportunistically. We know they have always been opposed to the carbon tax-----

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: -----and that is fair enough, but they should not pretend they are on the side of working people.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: Do not make overstated claims about this motion.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: This is about opposition to the carbon tax; it is not about supporting those who are on low incomes. That was never the case with the Rural Independent Group. It seems to have had some sort of Pauline conversion-----

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: -----to the interests of working people, which it has not expressed before. This is opportunism at its worst. Carbon pricing has a role to play in addressing climate change. It is not the ultimate role but it has a role. We are honest that we support the principle of carbon pricing once it is the case that carbon tax is directed towards mitigating measures to ensure we can insulate...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: We see that with our eyes day in and day out. Failure to act will effect agribusiness and the rural Ireland all of us in this Chamber profess to love. We want to secure, conserve and preserve that into the future to make sure it works. Is it too much to ask that we can have an evidence-based and informed debate on this most crucial of issues in this House? If we do not have an informed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: We are only a matter of months away from Ulster Bank and KBC leaving the Irish banking market. Almost 1 million Ulster Bank customers will need to find a new bank and the same will apply to 130,000 KBC customers. Two weeks ago, the Governor of the Central Bank told me that banks are not ready to deal with the biggest transfer of bank accounts the State has ever experienced. The potential...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: Quite frankly, the Taoiseach's response is an absolute deflection. The Government has a Minister of State with responsibility for financial services. What kind of message does his answer send to the 1 million consumers who have to switch accounts? Tens of millions of direct debits and standing orders could be in disarray over the next few months because of the disorganised way that all...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: You deflected in the original response. You have responsibility for economic management in this country.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: Is it now the Central Bank's responsibility?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: It has a function to play.