Results 5,201-5,220 of 6,454 for speaker:Gerald Nash

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (26 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: 388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected yield in 2024 from increasing the employers' PRSI rate of 11.05% by 1%, and what the full year yield in 2025 would be; how many people would be impacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (26 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: 394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to address the serious issues raised by the Bar Council on the need for fees paid to barristers practising criminal law in respect of the legal aid scheme to be increased in the context of cuts to the fees schedule which were first introduced in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41204/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (26 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application by a person (details supplied) for a de facto visa; to provide, if possible, an indication of when a decision might be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41658/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: 581. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is planning to increase investment and promotion of menopause services in Louth; if the HSE will consider the creation of a new complex menopause clinic at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41478/23]

Labour Exploitation and Trafficking (Audit of Supply Chains) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to speak on the Labour Exploitation and Trafficking (Audit of Supply Chains) Bill 2021 in the names of my colleagues Deputies Ó Ríordáin and Sherlock. I am sharing time with Deputy Sherlock. This is Ireland’s first legislation on regulating corporate activity in respect of labour exploitation and...

Labour Exploitation and Trafficking (Audit of Supply Chains) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: We may not use the entirety of our ten minutes but let us see where the journey takes us. I note the Minister of State's remarks in respect of the Government having greater ambition than is laid out in this legislation. I would take issue with that. There is no doubt that developments in respect of the directive have, in some respects, overtaken the ambition of our own legislation. If the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: There is no process.

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: We can set our watches and mark our calendars to predict this issue. It arises every July and August in my constituency. It is predictable but also solvable if the will is there to modernise, update and reform a system that owes more to the 1970s and 1980s that it does to a modern republic. Largely thanks to the work of one of the Minister's predecessors and our former colleague,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (3 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance when he hopes to commence the provisions in the 2022 Finance Act in relation to the key employee engagement programme; the nature of any conversations he is having with the European Commission on this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42246/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2024 (3 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the pension fund threshold from €2 million to €2.4 million; if he is considering any adjustments to the threshold for Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (3 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank plans to introduce a regulatory regime to govern the independent operators of ATMs, as recommended by the Retail Banking Review; if his Department has raised this issue with the Central Bank in 2023; if he is concerned at reports that the operators may consider introducing charges on transactions prior to any new regulatory framework;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (3 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has succeeded in recruiting a psychiatrist with responsibility for treating and supporting children with autism or intellectual disabilities in the Louth and Meath area at any point in 2023; if so, if the person in question is still in post; if not, when the specialist in question stood down, and for what reasons; how many children the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (3 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence mailed to his office (details supplied) on a policy matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42715/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the low numbers who pay the domicile levy; if he plans to reform the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43387/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: There is a growing debate in Ireland and globally about wealth inequality and the concentration of wealth in the hands of all too few people. The domicile levy was introduced in 2010 by one of the Minister’s predecessors, the late Brian Lenihan, and it was designed to get super-rich tax exiles to make some form of a contribution to the Exchequer at a difficult time for our economy....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister. As he said, the lower limit of the levy is set at €200,000 per year. Figures suggest 25 tax exiles paid it in 2011, the year of its introduction following the passing of the Finance Act 2010, but that fell to 13 people in 2021. It has effectively halved since its introduction. Why does the Minister believe that is the case? The Revenue Commissioners keep...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: Declarations of income tax returns. My understanding is individuals must declare, when they are making a return, whether they are tax-resident.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I hope the Minister will agree it is concerning. Given the drop in the number of both returns and outturns since the establishment and introduction of the levy, it ought to be kept under review. I hope he will agree also that high-net worth individuals should contribute more to the Exchequer and to the running of public services in this country from which they benefit. I draw attention...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on any work his Department has undertaken to advance the recommendations contained in the Commission on Taxation and Welfare's report on capital taxes; if he agrees that the balance between income and capital taxes needs to change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43053/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the low number of individuals who pay the domicile levy; if he has any plans to reform the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43054/23]