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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his engagement with mobile network operators in Ireland to roll-out a shared rural network in Ireland to ensure that mobile coverage blackspots in Ireland are eliminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25074/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if he anticipates any difficulty or delay in payment of the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment wherein a qualifying individual is now working for a new employer within a qualifying sector; to outline whether two or more employers are expected to split the cost of the pandemic bonus payment in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (19 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he and the Higher Education Authority are taking to progress the process of obtaining technological university status for Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24104/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (19 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: The securing of technological university status for Dundalk IT is fundamental to the economic and social development of County Louth and the rest of the north east. As the Minister knows, there are only two institutes outside consortia: Dundalk IT, DkIT, and the Institute of Art Design and Technology, IADT. The Minister recently visited Dundalk IT, for which I thank him. I am somewhat...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (19 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: The Minister's preference is to have the relationships form organically. Every time I read about the creation of a new technological university in this country, my heart sinks. This is because Dundalk is isolated and has been left stranded. I see every announcement as a missed opportunity for DkIT and its students. The delays and obfuscation over the past few years have been inexcusable....

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am very pleased to speak on behalf of the Labour Party in this very important debate here today. In the first instance, real credit is owed to the Minister of State for delivering this plan. It is a very good one and has great potential. I also sincerely say that this is a great credit to the Green Party for ensuring that this particular initiative made it into the programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Consultations (19 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is working with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the relevant agencies to provide opportunities to match refugees from the Ukraine with employment opportunities; if her Department is considering running jobs fair-type events across the country with local agencies for that purpose; and if she...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: RTÉ reported today that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, will be bringing plans to Cabinet to amend the Electoral Reform Bill 2022 to ensure finance from outside the State does not influence selections. This is a very positive development, which we welcome. We have been calling for it for some time, but it needs to be done properly....

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on behalf of the Labour Party on the Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022. It is very important that we have a proper ventilation of this issue in the Chamber this evening. Nobody is making any overstated claims about the utility of the legislation. It is not a panacea but it certainly is a contribution to what is a very live debate and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); when her Department plans to submit the planning application for the project to Meath County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26612/22]

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I will start where Deputy Conway-Walsh concluded. If I am correct, 90% of applicants are applying online now, which is the right approach to take and is what we always encourage constituents to do, but it does not mean that there are no problems. There are problems with the online process, as we have all experienced, especially in recent months. I will go into that in more detail. ...

Property Services (Land Price Register) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am delighted to speak in support of Deputy O'Callaghan's Bill. I believe it has considerable merit and addresses a yawning gap in the measurement of wealth in this country. All the evidence suggests that land, property and housing generally are inextricably linked to wealth inequality. We know from successive reports from the Central Bank and from various reputable think tanks that the...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Referral to Select Committee (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I agree with what Deputies Ó Broin and McAuliffe said. The pace of change in the evolution of online platforms is such that we will not be in a position to wait two, three, five or ten years for a reappraisal of the utility and effectiveness of this legislation. It is an important start, but we have to remain ahead of the game and keep a watching brief on how the evolution of those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: My first questions are for the representatives from KBC. Then I will put some questions and observations to both KBC and Ulster Bank. Will Mr. Jansen or his colleagues tell the committee what will happen with KBC's tracker mortgage accounts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: That is being managed in the context of the Bank of Ireland transaction, pending the approval of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. How many tracker mortgages does KBC have on its banks at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I have a general question on the account migration process. KBC has told the committee it expects that process to be completed in 14 months. That is the timeline on which it is operating. What happens to a KBC current account that has not migrated by the time it finally exits and completes its withdrawal? What happens to legacy accounts? If there are accounts that have not migrated to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Jansen made clear what the process is in his opening statement and I thank him for that. We understand that. With regard to legacy accounts, if a person does not transition to a new financial provider what happens to that money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: KBC anticipates as part of the proposed agreement that Bank of Ireland will take responsibility for that resource and for those accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I believe it is fair to say that KBC Ireland is in a hurry to leave this market. We were all stunned when KBC announced that, essentially, it was giving customers three months to close their accounts, to deal with everything that is involved with switching or closing an account, and to move to a new provider. We know from the experience of bank customers in the market that even under normal...