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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government supports moves at G20 level to agree the principle of a 2% minimum annual tax on the wealth of billionaires to help tackle the climate crisis, global poverty and wealth inequality; if any formal contact has been made by the initiators of this proposal with the Government at any level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28995/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (4 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024 will not be enacted before the summer recess; if he will commit to introducing the Bill this autumn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28971/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (4 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a proposal (details supplied) in relation to the future of an institution; if her Department plans to provide the necessary approval for the proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29018/24]

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I would like to speak to the section.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I want to speak to the section as well. Before I do, however, I will raise some concerns I have about the way in which the Minister is approaching the question of the increase in optional retirement ages for members of uniformed services. I too place on the record my concerns about the manner in which the Minister is approaching this matter, which is extremely acute and extremely sensitive....

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: That is not the point; we agree with that. It is the way it is done in the future and the requirement for consultation, and the concerns there were in the consultation.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I will put on record that it is optional. To be clear on that: it is not mandatory, it is optional.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 20: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(e) in section 7— (i) in subsection (2), by the deletion in paragraph (h) of “adopt and publish in such manner as it considers appropriate” and the substitution of “subject to subsection (2C), adopt and publish in such manner as it considers appropriate”, and...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 30: In page 9, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “Terms and conditions not to be worsened 8. Except following consultation and in accordance with an agreement negotiated with any recognised trade union or recognised representative or other staff association concerned, no amendment to an enactment effected by the subsequent sections of this Part...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work of both his Department and the IDA on the issue of the planned closure of a plant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30099/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: The Minister will be well aware of Becton Dickinson's plans to close its Drogheda operation, which has been there for 60 years. I place on record my gratitude to the Minister for having met some of the local TDs, including me, last week, for his continued engagement with IDA Ireland on this matter and for meeting the trade unions and shop stewards yesterday. He might outline what he plans...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: SIPTU will respond to the Minister’s request to provide it with a submission. I am grateful he agreed to meet the trade unions, especially the shop stewards, including Trevor McGinn, who is a very impressive shop steward representing the workers at that plant. He knows the operation inside out. The concerns workers have are that they have not been given the opportunity themselves...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: It was just over two years ago that BD announced a €62 million investment in the Drogheda plant. At least in terms of its corporate communications, its proposition is that it contemplates 110 redundancies up to March next year and the additional 67 out to the fourth quarter of 2026. That is a long way away, so the case can be cogently made that market conditions can change, which we...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: We have not received any formal apologies. We will have a short private session following the public session. This engagement is to discuss the summer economic statement. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, National Development Programme Delivery and Reform and their officials to the meeting. Before we begin, I will explain some...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 279. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of the value of grants made by the IDA to a business (details supplied) in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29444/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 280. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to name all of the IDA client companies with operations in Drogheda, County Louth and in Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29445/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 282. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to list all of the IDA-backed client companies located in County Louth; to provide details of the number of whole-time equivalent employees at each IDA-backed firm in County Louth as of 1 July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29447/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 281. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a timeline for the completion of the proposed IDA advance facilities planned for Drogheda, County Louth; if client companies have been identified to occupy the facilities; if any formal agreement has been entered into at this point; the nature of any agreements entered into in regard to the advance facilities; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 283. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Louth in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of such client visits made to Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29448/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the heads of a Bill, arising from the conclusion of the consultation process in 2022, to set aside, or disregard, criminal convictions and exonerate men who were arrested and prosecuted prior to the 1993 legislation which decriminalised homosexuality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29102/24]