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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (5 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: 480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 8 February 2024, whether it is possible for a coroner to direct a post-mortem and/or an inquest in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10187/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: 551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that there are no specific individualised transport budgets for individuals with additional needs to transport them to respite services; if he plans to address this issue to allow all of those who are provided with a respite service to attend that service; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: 590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the date on which the contract to provide accommodation for international applicants in a hotel (details supplied) was formally agreed and signed by his Department; if he will specify whether or not there is a break clause and/or a cooling-off period provided for in the contract/arrangement; if such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: 616. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter in relation to post-mastectomy products will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9958/24]

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: I also welcome our visitors in the Public Gallery. I can see that they are all watching and listening intently because what we are debating here today is about our collective future. On Tuesday, last, 27 February, we witnessed an historic vote in the European Parliament. MEPs in Strasbourg voted to approve the first-ever nature restoration law. It is the first new major EU biodiversity...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: 213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the increased cost of business grant will be paid out to eligible businesses; how the scheme will be administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11243/24]

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: As always, I seem to find myself following my constituency colleague, Deputy Ó Murchú-----

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: -----whose contributions are always enlightening, as I think you will agree, a Cheann Comhairle, and I know the Minister of State will agree. As a former Minister of State with responsibility for business and employment from 2014 to 2016, I took a huge interest in the development of Microfinance Ireland and the various schemes it operated. I recall making some significant changes back in...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: I think it is parliamentary.

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: He has been called worse.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the witnesses from the Central Bank, Dr. Robert Kelly and Dr. Martin O'Brien. The Committee on Budgetary Oversight is undertaking ex ante scrutiny of the SPU in order to understand the current fiscal context, to engage with stakeholders on these issues and to allow for greater parliamentary engagement and transparency to the budgetary process. Today, as I said, the committee is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: Thank you, Dr. Kelly. I now open the floor to members. The first contributor is Deputy Conway-Walsh.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: I am sure the witnesses will remind Deputy Conway-Walsh that the Central Bank is not directly responsible for consumer protection and that side of the house-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: -----but I have no doubt that they will respond as efficaciously as they can.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: I am going to make some observations now, if I may. I am required, unfortunately, to be in the Chamber in a few minutes to participate in a Second Stage debate on a Bill. Dr. Kelly notes that HICP inflation has been revised down relative to previous forecasts and the forecast for 2024 is 2%. However, I note the Central Bank's own review suggests that service prices inflation is sticky,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: I understand that a memorandum on the revised EU fiscal rules was brought to Cabinet today. What kind of impact will these rules have on our own ability in terms of expenditure on public service and infrastructure? Certainly, monitoring the work of the European Parliament earlier on this year and the work our own social democrats group did, it seems that some of the lessons from the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: Certainly in an Irish content, it is not.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: The view of the Central Bank prior to budget 2024 and the post-budget assessment was that the measures announced in the budget, reflected in the Finance Bill and in the expenditure programme, were at least mildly inflationary. Would Dr. Kelly still stick to that position?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: Dr. Kelly makes the point in his presentation, and I think he was being optimistic, that most of the remaining non-core expenditure items will be wound down by 2025. Obviously, there are political decisions that will have to be taken but is the advice of the witnesses as economists that what at least is described as non-core expenditure would be wound down by 2025? They are the political...