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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: I am not suggesting that Mr. McDonagh is not.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: I assume Mr. McDonagh always is. I always make that assumption. This is probably the most public information that has been placed on the record of any committee of the Oireachtas with regard to what this organisation is proposed to do and how it will be composed. I thank Mr. McDonagh for that. Clearly, this was a role that he was interested in. Barring the media controversy, the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: Sorry, if I can finish-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: The way Mr. McDonagh has presented his response is interesting. It certainly appears that he was interested in what could potentially be a very exciting, interesting role and that could potentially be transformative. One could look at it another way, namely that there is another layer of bureaucracy that the Minister wants to introduce to ensure he is not held accountable for some of the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: Has the Minister apologised to Mr. McDonagh for dragging him into this controversy?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: There is an onus and a responsibility on us to discuss NAMA. A huge intervention was made by the Irish State a number of years ago that was controversial at the time. We are all aware of the track record of NAMA and what has happened over the past few years. I wish to ask some questions on the winding down of NAMA. I accept that Mr. McDonagh is not accepting any responsibility for...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: Does Mr. McDonagh see how this evolved as being a case of somebody not supporting him or does he see it as arising from the fact that there was a dispute within the Government parties? Who said what and when?

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: Given the state of relations between Ireland and Israel at this moment in time are at an all-time low and for very good reason, it is a rather perverse irony that Ireland is regarded as Israel's home country for the purpose of facilitating the sale of its war bonds in the EU. I note the Minister's assessment of the Bill but the truth remains. We are a cog in this wheel. Israel's bonds -...

Gaza: Motion (28 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: Where one stands on the genocide in Gaza is the moral question of our time. For the vast majority of us, the only action we can take is to attend a protest, write to our TD or boycott goods and services. However, there are 174 of us in here who have greater agency, 15 of us who have an extra special responsibility, the Tánaiste included. Members of Government must show the moral...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: I note I do not have the backing track the Chair had earlier. The Minister is welcome. I will keep my questions short because I appreciate the time we have available is limited. I will go through my questions on the basis of the Votes in chronological order. In respect of the fuel grant scheme for disabled drivers, will the Minister update us on the current status of the disabled drivers...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Road Safety Authority will confirm the details regarding a proposed new driving test centre in the Drogheda area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27671/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) relating to increases in interest rates charged to holders of ‘Rebuilding Ireland’ home loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27670/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department's new infrastructure division; the respective grades and areas of responsibility of staff; and if he will confirm the division's key responsibilities and deliverables for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28801/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: Will the Minister elaborate on the staffing composition of the new infrastructure division within his Department and on what he views as the key responsibilities and deliverables for the division in 2025? This is a key objective of the Minister and is contained in the programme for Government. Will he inform the House as to what the priorities are for the rest of this year?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: That is not an insignificant number of staff. Can the Minister confirm that those from State agencies who will be working in the division will continue to be paid by their parent agencies? I assume that will be the case. The Minister was quoted in The Irish Times yesterday as saying that the acid test will be delivery. I assume the action plan on infrastructure delivery the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: Will the Minister consider finding a way to include people with international experience from outside this jurisdiction in the division? I do not know the identities of the people involved and, in some ways, it is none of my business. I wish them well, because if they do a good job our country succeeds, so we should give this initiative a fair wind. However, a lot of the people involved in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ethics in Public Office (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the progress of revised ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/25]

Flood Relief: Statements (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: I am sharing time with my colleague, Deputy Ahern. We will divide our time into seven and three minutes. I will focus my comments principally on the Drogheda and Baltray flood relief scheme, which was announced in 2021. Four years later, the latest newsletter proclaims it is still at stage 1 of five stages. The Minister of State set out quite clearly that, on average, the process...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: The Tánaiste will recall the House yesterday approved a motion developed by the Labour Party and formally supported by Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and others, mandating the Government to call for a special General Assembly of the United Nations to promote and instigate certain collective measures in respect of Gaza. Given the motion has effectively been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: It is important that the motion be implemented and that the will of the House be accepted by the Government and implemented at every opportunity. We have used the opportunity of the special General Assembly well. In recent times, we called for the upgrading of Palestine's status in the context of the UN General Assembly and the UN more generally, which is to be welcomed. Ireland has led...