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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 14:In page 9, to delete line 39.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 15:In page 10, line 12, to delete “and”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 16:In page 10, line 15, to delete “scheme applies.”.” and substitute “scheme applies, and”.”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 17:In page 10, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“(e) the methodology referred to in section 8(1).”,”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No.18:In page 10, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“and(d) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (4):“(5) (a) The Minister may require that any information referred to in subsection (2)(a) given to him or her by a person in compliance with a scheme under this section be attested as to the truth of the information by a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 19:In page 10, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Payment of premium to Minister by participating enterprise 6. The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 8:“8. (1) Subject to this section, a participating enterprise shall, in accordance with a credit guarantee scheme that applies to the enterprise...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 21:In page 11, line 16, to delete “by this Act” and substitute “by this Part”. This is a purely technical amendment with an application provision from the Principal Act being switched into the new Part 2.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 22:In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “PART 3* COUNTER GUARANTEESDefinitions9. In this Part—“asset credit facility agreement” means an agreement (other than a loan agreement or a credit facility agreement) under which a finance provider agrees to provide to a qualifying enterprise credit in the form of tangible...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 23:In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“Power of Minister to give counter guarantees 10. (1) Subject to this section and section 11, the Minister may, in accordance with a counter guarantee scheme, enter into an agreement (in this Part referred to as a “counter guarantee agreement”) with a promotional financial institution...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 24:In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“Monetary limit on Minister’s liability 11. The Minister shall not exercise the powers conferred on him or her by section 4 of the Principal Act or section 10* in such manner as would result in the aggregate of the Minister’s liability in respect of—(a) all qualifying finance...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 25:In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“Counter guarantee schemes 12. (1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, make a scheme or schemes for the purposes of this Part.(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), a scheme under this section may make...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 26:In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“Payment of premium to Minister by participating PFI 13. (1) Subject to this section, the participating PFI shall, in accordance with the counter guarantee scheme, pay to the Minister an amount (in this section referred to as the “premium”) determined by the Minister in accordance with...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 27:In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“Review of counter guarantee scheme 14. The Minister may, at any time, conduct a review of the operation of a counter guarantee scheme and, not later than 2 months after completing such review, make a report in writing to each House of the Oireachtas of his or her findings and conclusions resulting...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 28:In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“Expenses 15. The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Part shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I would be more optimistic than Deputy Tóibín about the potential of this Bill and the credit guarantee scheme. We have accepted the vast bulk of the review. We commissioned that review and understood that changes had to be made. I accept that it has been frustrating for everybody that it has taken a long time to get to the point where we can make amendments to the legislation to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 30:In page 3, line 5, after “2012;” to insert the following:“to enable the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, pursuant to a counter guarantee scheme made by that Minister of the Government, to give counter guarantees to promotional financial institutions for guarantees given by the institutions to finance providers in respect of finance...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Early Childhood Care Education (16 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I thank Senator Higgins for putting down this matter for discussion and for her kind remarks at the outset. I look forward very much to continuing to work with her next year.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Early Childhood Care Education (16 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Senator. That is appreciated. The amount of pay an employee receives is a matter for negotiation and agreement between the individual and the employer subject only to the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000. There is nothing to prevent employees reaching individual or collective agreements with employers on higher rates based on qualifications or other agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: As the Deputy is referring to a national of another EU Member State moving to work in Ireland the principle of free movement of workers between EU member States applies. Any discrimination based on nationality against EU workers as regards employment, remuneration, or working conditions is not permitted. The Deputy will understand that I am not in a position to comment or advise in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: Given the lack of uniformity around the definition of zero hour contracts and low hour contracts and the limitations of the data that exists in relation to such contracts, as highlighted in the recently published University of Limerick (UL) study, it is not possible to put a figure on the cost of prohibiting zero hour and low hour contracts in the existing regulatory regime. I am...