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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: What was the one-off transaction?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: It is significant.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: It was one transaction. I understand.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: It is significant. The national recovery and resilience plan, NRRP, was mentioned earlier. I recall that a few short months ago, significant sums of money had not been drawn down. Will the Minister establish for the committee how much has now been drawn from that fund from the European authorities?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: With respect to the concept of the national reserve fund, the committee has agreed to carry out a schedule of work analysing the optimum model that might be adopted. We are doing so in the spirit of trying to be helpful and co-operative with the Ministers in designing that innovation. It will be an important initiative for the reasons the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, pointed out, to provide us...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: I think the case can be made for a fund of that nature. The principle of that fund can garner a degree of political consensus given the position we are in and the opportunities this fund will present to do things we always wanted to do and never had the opportunity to do. It will provide us with the opportunity to future proof our economy and society. Much of the reason we are in a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: My first point does not relate to the growth in tax revenue that is anticipated for the next few years, but to something that struck me when I was reading the SPU last week. It was confirmed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, PBO, yesterday in its presentation to members of the committee. The SPU, PBO and others forecast that certain tax heads would be revised downwards this year. I would...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (27 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: 319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the financial pressure experienced by a person (details supplied) if his Department will agree to renew his stamp 4 on a two or three-yearly basis rather than annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (25 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: 515. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will be provided in relation to a representation sent to the HSE regarding a person (details supplied) in Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18997/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: We need an urgent debate in this House on the extraordinarily high price of groceries. The biggest daily issue facing households throughout the country is the extraordinarily high price of bread, milk, butter and eggs, the basic staples on which we all depend. Last weekend, the major supermarket multiples, in an almost synchronised fashion, reduced the price of milk overnight, on the same...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: We need a debate on this issue in the House and, in the meantime, I call on the Taoiseach to engage the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, and enable it to carry out an investigation into price gouging and competition in the retail grocery sector in this country.

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: In March, the Labour Party supported a similar motion to this. In the continued absence of the long-promised windfall tax on energy companies or, indeed, any fundamental attempt by the Government to tackle escalating home energy bills in a real way, we are inclined to support the motion and the sentiments contained therein. Wholesale prices for gas and oil are falling while energy bills at...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (4 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that when making provision for the European Accessibility Act (EU Directive 2019/882), he will ensure that every ATM and point-of-sale credit card terminal is accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired, and that this will include provision for audio guides and tactile keyboards;...

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: To be fair to the Minister of State, I acknowledge that he arranged to organise this meeting last week, which is when he announced it. He brought forward the scheduled 21 June meeting of the retail forum to discuss this most pressing of issues. I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment. It is the first opportunity I have had to do so in this Chamber. I have no doubt the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to exceed the 5% expenditure rule in the context of budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I apologise for arriving late. I want to ask whether the Minister of State, his colleague the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister for Finance, Deputy McGrath, intend to exceed their self-imposed 5% expenditure rule in budget 2024.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: We know why the self-imposed general expenditure rule was imposed last year, that is, to take account of the high inflationary environment. The reality is that, for much of this year, inflation will be above that 5% target in terms of the Government's self-imposed expenditure rule. The Minister of State will appreciate the context of the macroeconomic success that this country is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: One particular point that the Minister of State made, and that he and his colleagues will consistently remind us of, is the once-off measures that were introduced to help families and businesses deal with the cost of living crisis, but the active point there is “once-off”. We know that our social welfare system is not indexed either to wage rises or increases in the cost of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: Everyone is very welcome. Like Deputy Doherty and unlike some others, I am hugely supportive and appreciative of the work that the Commission on Taxation and Welfare has done. I am also hugely appreciative of the range of very informed recommendations and propositions contained in the final report, which will hugely valuable to us as policymakers as we try to address some of the very clear...