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Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023: First Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the Finance (No. 2) Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. This legislation gives effect to many of the proposals announced in budget 2024 two weeks ago, including the important changes to the corporation tax code, which are the most significant and far-reaching since 1997. While the finance Bill, by definition, focuses on the taxation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will agree to the temporary warehousing of royalties from 2022 on the activities of a company (details supplied) in an effort to assist the company and the return of workers to the operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46407/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Industry (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in the renewal of the drilling licence for an area of the operation of a company (details supplied); when a decision will be made on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46408/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units who may have either underpayments or overpayments for the 2021 and 2022 tax years, respectively, and who have not yet submitted a tax return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46222/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Policy (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a policy change to Government’s various assistance schemes for first-time buyers based on a policy matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46682/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been designated as a DEIS school; if her Department will designate additional schools in the DEIS category this year based on most recent census data; when the next review will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46069/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason candidates who sat the L2LP Junior Cert Programme will receive their certificates later than those who sat the Junior Certificate; when candidates and/or parents and guardians were informed that this would be the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a policy change to Government’s various assistance schemes for first-time buyers based on a policy matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46681/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (25 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 19 October 2023, if she will supply the complete terms of reference provided to the working group in question, as requested; the dates of all meetings of the group, whether virtual or in-person, since the group was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46985/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Estimates Publication (26 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47188/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Estimates Publication (26 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: My apologies to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and to the House for my late arrival, and to the Ministers and my colleagues. This was unavoidable. When will the Minister published the Revised Estimates with specific reference to the health Estimate and what will the Minister's planned Supplementary Estimate for health be for this year?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Estimates Publication (26 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I think we can assume the Supplementary Estimate will be very significant indeed based on the information that is in the public domain at present. I think everybody in this House, or at least a very significant number of Deputies in this House, and indeed experts would be of the view that the Minister must re-examine the planned expenditure in health for next year. That is very clear....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Estimates Publication (26 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I find it quite extraordinary that we are in a position where the Minister for Health would be preparing to introduce plans here in this House and ask the Dáil to approve a budget which the HSE chief executive and he consider to be entirely inaccurate. This is about parliamentary accountability. Our primary concern should be for the well-being of all those of us who depend on a decent...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (26 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the medical criteria for the provision of a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47080/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (26 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposed funding allocation for potential pay increases across the public service in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47199/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the flood relief work planned by the OPW in the Bettystown and Mornington areas of County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (26 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); if he will advise on access to financial support to the person concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47171/23]

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: The elephant in the room in the area of recruitment and retention of vital workers in the home care sector is pay, terms and conditions. It is that simple. Some of the best people I know work as healthcare assistants, HCAs, and healthcare support assistants, HCSAs. They are the best of people, but they are among the least valued by employers and the State. As the Minister of State knows...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Weather Events (7 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Louth County Council has made a request to his Department to provide the local authority with financial assistance to undertake repairs to roads in the north Louth area as a result of recent serious flooding incidents; if so, what level of financial support his Department will provide to the council in this regard; and if he will...