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

Gerald Nash: I absolutely would. A window is now opening because we have seen a step change in the UK, France and Canada over the past week or ten days in respect of their perspective on Gaza, the genocide, what is happening there and what needs to happen. We have also seen a step change in Germany, especially in our sister party of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SDP. The Chancellor has made...

Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I will be sharing time with my colleague Deputy Bacik. I am pleased to speak on the Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023. When I introduced this legislation on First Stage two years ago, the rate of inflation was at levels not seen in decades. A confluence of grim circumstances, some of which were the...

Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: Was it during one of Ivana's lectures?

Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: Exactly

Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Both he and I live in the real world. Who we are and where we come from insists we do. We shop in the same places and in the same supermarkets and we see what is going on. We are connected into that and the concerns of the working families we all represent. The Bill itself is a modest proposal. I am not suggesting and never did at any...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (28 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the recent statements by the German Chancellor and the French President calling for the entire abolition of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); if he agrees with these sentiments; if he will defend CSDDD at EU level and publicly commit to enacting national due diligence...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an up-to-date analysis of any measures his Department has introduced that were included in the recommendations from the Commission on Taxation and Welfare since the publication of its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28126/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned about the impact of financial services-related ‘SMS scams’ on financial services customers; if his Department is in favour of a blanket SMS ‘scam filter’ approach to dealing with this issue of fraud of this nature; if he will outline any engagement his Department has had on the matter with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will introduce a new scheme for disabled drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and location of OPW owned properties that are on local authority derelict sites registers, by county, in tabular form; if the OPW has had to pay any such levies to any local authority in the years 2020 to 2025; if so, the value of such payments and to which local authorities payments have been made; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (29 May 2025)

Gerald Nash: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he aware of the pension proposal developed by CIÉ (details supplied) which includes provision for employees who reach 40 years of service and who cannot benefit any further under the defined benefit scheme, to then contribute to a new defined contribution scheme for their remainder of their time at work; if the Minister plans...

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: I will be sharing time with my colleague Deputy Lawlor. We are in an incredible situation in this country and in the Middle East at present. For the first time, two weeks ago, in response to a Labour Party motion and a Sinn Féin Bill two weeks ago on Israeli bonds, a significant statement was made by senior Government representatives in this House. Finally, a senior Government figure...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mining Industry (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any applications for new or additional drilling licences or amendments to existing licences are with his Department from a company (details supplied); if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29849/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the serious concerns that members of the CIÉ superannuation scheme (1951) have about the governance of the scheme (details supplied); his views on those concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30023/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 398. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer from an increase of €0.50 and €1 in the excise duty on 20 cigarettes, and a pro-rata increase in excise on other tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 399. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer from an increase of €0.50 in the e-liquid products tax by €0.50; the current estimated annual yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Mining Industry (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 429. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any request has been made by a Government Department or a company (details supplied) for a deferral or review of royalties as they apply to the operation of a mine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29848/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in funding in total that has been secured from REPowerEU to fund an expanded school pathfinder decarbonisation and retrofit programme in 2025; if she will provide the names of the 40 schools that have been selected for initial assessment based on their building profile for the programme; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by her Department to allow a school to qualify for inclusion for initial assessment under the pathfinder decarbonisation and retrofit programme for 2025; if all schools that have been selected for initial assessment have been confirmed and have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29027/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the allocated budget in her Department for a climate-focused summer works programme for 2025; if significant roof replacement works can be considered in terms of applications from schools that also have strategic plans developed by recognised consultants to decarbonise their energy sources and make their schools more energy...