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Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2022: Motion (29 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: On behalf of the Labour Party, I will be happy to continue to support these particular exemptions, the reasons for which are very clear. I agree with Deputy Ó Broin that elements of the exemptions in terms of planning regulations and law may need to take on a degree of permanence. I know there is an ongoing discussion within the Department, and across society and the country more...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (29 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on a fifth freedom permit application from an airline (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15818/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) regarding health expenses associated with additional diet expenses for coeliacs; if he is satisfied that retailers adequately mark such gluten-free food products appropriately on consumer receipts in order to facilitate a tax relief claim on dietary expenses; if not, if he or the Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to an ongoing appeals process (details supplied); her views on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16427/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of the waiting times in each local authority for the processing of a housing application by a member of the public in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15924/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of registrations, inspections and permissions of short-term lettings that have taken place in each local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of inspectors allocated to carry out inspections of short-term lettings in each local authority; if those inspectors are employed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place with regard to a student contracting Covid-19 before or during State examinations; when she expects to publish guidance on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (29 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide detailed breakdown of the total cost of external professional legal advice provided to the office of a person (details supplied) at Dundalk Institute of Technology since 1 January 2019; the purpose, subject matter and cost of each form of advice sought; if the office procured any advice from any legal firm in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (29 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 815. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not accepted the recommendation made by an organisation (details supplied) on rules to regulate the operation of pharmacies in respect of the temporary absence of pharmacists and as this relates to the functions and role of pharmaceutical assistants; the next steps he plans to take to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: The Labour Party will support this Bill, which is by and large technical. I do not intend to use all my time and many of the issues I would be ventilating if I were to do so have been adequately covered by the Minister of State and Opposition Members. The Bretton Woods agreement was a groundbreaking accord forged from the ashes of the Second World War. It created the IMF and the World...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 22: In page 22, to delete lines 24 to 26 and substitute the following: “(8) (a) Two of the ordinary members appointed by the Minister under subsection (7) shall be registered construction professionals who are nominated for such appointment by the registration body. (b) One of the ordinary members appointed by the Minister under subsection (7) shall be...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 18: In page 20, to delete lines 25 to 30 and substitute the following: “(a)1 person, being neither a registered person nor an employee of a registered person, who is nominated for such appointment by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (b) 4 persons who are nominated for such appointment by the Minister following consultation by him or her with the Minister for...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I will speak directly to amendment No. 18. One element of the amendment relates to the requirement as I see it and as, I think, do other Opposition spokespersons and parties as well, that representation from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions should be explicitly provided for in the legislation. That is not unusual. One would imagine, if the prevalent primary employer body that represents...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(e) a trade union, whether of employers or of workers and whether registered or unregistered, within the meaning of the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990;”.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: It would be helpful to read into the record the kinds of bodies that are excluded from becoming the registration body under this Bill. It is stated on page 11, In this section— “excluded body” means any of the following: ... a political party, or a body that promotes a political party or candidate; ... a body that promotes a political cause; ... [or] a chamber of...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I will speak to amendment No. 6 in due course, but I will first speak to amendment No. 5 briefly because it directly relates to the general issue that is informing this debate. As Deputies Cian O'Callaghan and Ó Broin articulated, it should be obvious to everyone - it is obvious to everyone except the Department and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am sharing time with Deputy Sherlock. I welcome this motion and the opportunity to speak on it. I am always conscious when speaking on these issues of the suffering of the people of Ukraine. That is the issue of paramount importance. That is the paramount issue we face today globally. We have a sense of proportion. None of the problems we debate here, important as they are, come close...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 92. To ask the Taoiseach if the next Secretary General of his Department will be appointed through open public competition and under the Top-Level Appointments Committee process; and, if not, the reasons for the departure from that process. [14801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if any virtual asset service provider has been successfully registered with the Central Bank to date; if the Central Bank has published guidelines on the assessment timelines for completed applications and the average length of the processing time to date of each pending registration; if his attention has been drawn to the delay by Ireland in implementing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review section 110 provisions given that Russian companies outside of the banking sector accounted for over 60% of the €35.5 billion in assets held in Irish special purpose vehicles used for funding purposes at the end of 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14309/22]