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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: Is that the same as under the previous administration or are there additional staff compared to-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: I will put a couple of questions, if I may. I appreciate that we are under time pressure. On subhead A.6, relating to citizens' assemblies, I note that €1.547 million was allocated last year. It is €500,000 this year. I know there was a very active series of citizens' assemblies during the previous administration. What are the plans for citizens' assemblies for this...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: There are no plans for citizens' assemblies as we knew them in the previous administration or for constitutional conventions. It will be a different model.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: There are none committed to in the programme for Government.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: On the Attorney General's Vote, I understand that it is an independent office. That is well accepted. The Taoiseach may not have this material available to him but he might engage with the committee if he does not. Under subhead A.6, which relates to the consolidation and revision of planning legislation, the Estimate last year was €250,000 but nothing has been allocated this year....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: Does the Taoiseach know who provided that advice? Was it a number of different firms or individual barristers?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: Could it be forwarded to the committee?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Diplomatic Representation (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 25 June 2025, if he will provide further details, specifically, to name the range of stakeholders involved in discussions; if he will provide a timeline as to when the “active development” and report review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37987/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance if a property (details supplied) remains in the control of NAMA; if this is no longer the case, to whom the property has been sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38121/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to reform how teaching posts are allocated to schools; if she recognises that a system based on the previous year’s admissions cannot accurately reflect future demand; if a system could be put in place that uses confirmed admissions for the coming year as a more accurate measure for teaching post requirements;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, after an unsuccessful appeal, there is any further recourse for a school (details supplied) which has lost a teaching post based on figures for last year’s admissions which do not reflect demands on the school’s resources in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38098/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Legal Cases (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update from the Chief State Solicitor's Office on a matter (details supplied). [37991/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of rent arrears (rent owed by housing tenants) in each local authority across the country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37986/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 180. To ask the Minister for Health to request advice from the HSE on a matter (details supplied); if alternative pain management injection administration approaches and related issues will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38016/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can address a case where a child with a disability (details supplied) is experiencing difficulty accessing school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37409/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (8 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has instructed the successful bidders for NAERSA’s investment management services, in the context of contract negotiations, not to invest in companies and funds supporting companies included in the Database of Business Enterprises Pursuant to UN Human Rights Council Resolutions 31/36 and 53/25; if...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the agreement reached between the G7 and the United States in relation to the OECD's global minimum corporation tax rate proportion for large MNCs; his views on the implications for Ireland's corporation tax base, the Exchequer more generally, and inward investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39703/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister for his response. I note the publication of that statement and that he has placed on the record of the House that at this stage, this is an understanding. At the time, my recollection is that he welcomed the removal of section 899 retaliatory measures and that is very important for businesses. We have to remember that Ireland has significant foreign direct investment...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: I appreciate this is a bit of an moveable feast but there are uncertainties. The G20 nations were the guardians of the OECD deal originally. The OECD adopted it and we adopted it. I welcomed at the time that we adopted the process ourselves. That was not without risks for Ireland. It was a welcome thing to do. Because the framework of this deal is subject to EU legislation, I assume EU...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: The witnesses are welcome. I have a number of questions based on the quarterly statement and their earlier contributions. It is clear that in recent budgets, a demonstrable procyclical approach has been taken while the advice would have been to the contrary. All the evidence shows that the procyclical and untargeted approach, if I can call it that, contributed to the inflationary...