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

Gerald Nash: Does Professor Moloney agree with my proposition that we cannot have a sustainable, fair and equitable taxation system if we decide to dispense with residential property taxes?

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

Gerald Nash: Land.

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

Gerald Nash: That reliance on land and property further embeds some very unfair and inequitable tax reliefs that are available and perpetuates that situation. I will make one final point as I am aware that Deputy Moynihan may wish to make a contribution. We have had many debates at this and other committees of this House in relation to tax expenditures and the way in which we approach them in this...

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

Gerald Nash: I am glad Professor Moloney agrees that we need to shift the balance of taxation away from taxes on labour to taxes on capital and wealth. There is no shortage of people in these Houses and across society who believe, for example, that we should exclude or excise local property taxes from our taxation system but my analysis would be that we cannot have a taxation system that is fair and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he formally enunciated his concerns at the ECB's policy of continuing to increase interest rates and the impact of this policy on households and businesses at the recent meeting of finance ministers and ECB officials in Stockholm in late April 2023; if this is the official position of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that just €73 million of the more than €2.2 billion in warehoused tax debt under the relevant Covid scheme, which is owed by companies, has been paid as of March 2023; the steps he plans to take to address this issue, which now involves approximately 64,000 firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21439/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Prices (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the recently published ECB paper entitled 'How tit-for-tat inflation can make everyone poorer'; if he is concerned at the evidence that profit-taking is contributing to price gouging and elevated levels of inflation; the action the Government plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21440/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 605. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is engaging formally with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to assisting with its funding needs; if the HSE will provide an update on the status of that engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of refugees from Ukraine and international protection applicants currently housed in buildings and on sites which the OPW owns; how many additional people from each category the OPW plans to accommodate in OPW-owned buildings in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22368/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to exceed the 5% expenditure rule in respect of Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21438/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he agrees with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications' recent analysis that thousands more civil and public servants are required to match the size of the economy and the demands placed on the State; the number of WTEs across the entire civil and public service as of 1 May, 2023 compared to the same date in 2020,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW has to protect and preserve the High Crosses at Monasterboice, County Louth; the quantum of resources the OPW has allocated for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what plans he and the OGP have to provide for the recruitment of a minimum number of craft apprentices in the context of the State's public procurement framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22369/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of her Department’s plans to build new primary and secondary schools to cater for the rapid expansion of the area which is the subject of the North Drogheda Environs Masterplan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports and contact available to a person (details supplied) in County Louth in the context of a return to work in Ireland from Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21941/23]

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am sharing time with Deputy Ó Ríordáin. I want to talk about a family in crisis, and what I am about to say will resonate with the Minister of State and builds on remarks made earlier by my party colleague, Deputy Sherlock. This week, I received an email from a struggling, loving and caring mum who had spent most of the past week sitting worriedly by her autistic son's...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (24 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I thank colleagues for the vote of confidence they have expressed in me. We have received apologies from Deputy Matthews. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I welcome our guests from the National Treasure Management Agency, Mr. Nick Ashmore, director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, and Mr. Ian Black, chief financial and operating officer. Before we begin, I will go through the formalities and explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards the references witnesses make to other persons in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I thank Mr. Ashmore and Mr. Black. According to the rota, our first contributor should be a Fine Gael Deputy but there are none present or available online. I will turn to Sinn Féin and Deputy Doherty.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: A Dáil vote has been called so we are going to have to go to the Chamber at this point in time and formally close the meeting for now. We will return.