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

Gerald Nash: On making the net position better, it would classically be said that if we were going to invest in the economy and inject more current spending into the system, and do more with capital, which we need to be smarter about, to balance that out you would introduce certain forms of taxation to review that position in a way that would not impact on employment and would encourage productivity and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Regulations (17 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 277. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to sign the draft Employment Regulation Order from the Security JLC which he received in June; when the Order will be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40621/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (17 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on progress on the Dowth National Park project; when he expects the park and associated facilities to be open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (17 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is aware of a matter (details supplied); the action his Department is taking to formally investigate the matter and to ensure compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40618/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 252. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he agrees that a whole-of-Government air and maritime services ‘needs analysis’ should be undertaken in the short term in an attempt to highlight trends and predict needs into the future over a 10‐20-year period, as recommended by the Report Of The Commission On Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 253. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in advance of the delivery of the Airbus 295 military transport aircraft in September of this year, and further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 25 June 2025 concerning Ireland’s admission to the European Air Transport Command EATC, if his Department has considered the “Sponsor Nation” scheme associated with the EATC...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 254. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has considered the technical arrangement to gain access into the “Air Transport & Air to Air refuelling Exchange of Services” ATARES scheme as part of the “Movement Coordination Centre Europe” MCCE which runs in tandem to the EATC; if the Government is committed to signing an agreement to gain...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 255. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is willing to commit to providing personnel from the Air Corps to vacancies which may arise in the Operations Headquarters of the European Air Transport Command once Ireland joins the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39727/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 256. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will commit to offering EATC both the Airbus 295 and the new Dassualt Falcon 6x Strategic reach aircraft when both are delivered later this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39728/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 257. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the national caveats Ireland will implement on joining the European Air Transport Command; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: 327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in his Department WTE’s who have day to day responsibility for developing and advancing the recommendations from the All-Island Strategic Rail Review; if he will clarify the next steps in respect of advancing the recommendations from the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39554/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: I would look forward to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: I have a number of questions and observations. Dr. McDonnell referenced the potential for an expanded shore scheme or a European globalisation fund-type initiative in response to the potential impact of certain forms of tariffs on the European Union economy. Dr. McDonnell will be aware that NERI, the Irish Congress of Trade Union and I have said repeatedly - probably since we were staring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: We see the outworking of that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: We see the impact on democracy and the impact on social solidarity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: Absolutely. Moving on from that, it is very hard to disentangle the current US position on tariffs from the G7 agreement on tax and the carve-out that was apparently agreed at the last G7 round of talks in Canada. I have no doubt that Trump was using and conflating tax and tariffs to get an opt-out in terms of the BEPS pillar 2 process on the 15% rate and our ability to be the policeman...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: Initially, the response seemed to have been as described because the section 899 retaliatory element was dropped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)

Gerald Nash: The view was that things were going to balance out and be okay. I believe the thinking might be a little different now, however, and there might be more anxiety and nervousness. On corporation tax, Dr. McDonnell asked whether we were the boy who cried wolf. We have been hearing for a long time about our reliance on excess corporation tax receipts to fund day-to-day expenditure and so...