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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 second dose booster programme for persons under 65 years of age; when this age cohort will be offered an additional Covid-19 booster vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28262/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: Amendment No. 68 essentially seeks to achieve a similar aim as Deputy Cian O'Callaghan's amendment. It is, in essence, about how we deal with the question of donations and fundraising in relation to NGOs. It is a very live issue, as the Minister of State is aware. It has been openly talked about in the NGO sector and across society for quite a long time now. Amendment No. 68 seeks to make...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 68: In page 90, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 22 of Electoral Act 1997 105.Section 22 of the Electoral Act 1997 is amended in subsection (2)(a) by substituting the following for paragraph (viii): “(viii) a payment by the person on their own behalf, or on behalf of one or more than one other person, of a fee...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I would like the Minister of State to elaborate on his intentions with specific regard to amendment No. 90. There is obviously quite a number of amendments in this grouping but it would be good to get a clearer picture of what the Minister of State intends to achieve with amendment No. 90. I will then speak on my amendment to the amendment, if that is appropriate.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: On amendment No. 90 and what my amendment to that amendment seeks to achieve, I think the Minister of State's position is that he is proposing that a party registered both North and South would have to declare its property and its income from that property on an all-island basis. Our amendment seeks to go a little further. Without it, such a party could still receive donations in the North...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: It is an important perspective and the amendment seeks to address a significant issue of anomalies relating to parties registered and operating both North and South in cases where they are in some way taking advantage of British electoral law and what is allowed in that context compared with what is permitted here. The Hampton case illustrated that as a problem because of the lack of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: In correspondence my party and I had with the Standards in Public Office Commission in 2019 when we first brought to its attention the William Hampton bequest of more than £2 million in cash and assets, it delayed its examination of it. There was correspondence between the leader of Sinn Féin and her office and SIPO. SIPO essentially conceded to Deputy Mary Lou McDonald's argument...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 90: To insert the following after paragraph (c): “(d) (i) by the substitution in subsection (2) (d) of “donation;” for “donation.”, and (ii) by the insertion of the following after subsection (2)(d): ‘(e) where a gift or a bequest of money is made outside the State to a political party, it is deemed...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: No. I am happy to withdraw my amendment on the basis of what the Minister of State has said, but I may re-enter it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: All donations from outside of the State need to be declared regardless of whether they come from a citizen or not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: As the provision stands it says we can make a contribution or donation within the regulations. My understanding, which I mentioned in my remarks when we discussed the amendment, is that every donation, regardless of its size, needs to be declared now. Is that presented cumulatively or individually in terms of the statutory reporting requirement? An example would be if John Reilly in London...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I agree with what Deputies Ó Broin and McAuliffe said. The pace of change in the evolution of online platforms is such that we will not be in a position to wait two, three, five or ten years for a reappraisal of the utility and effectiveness of this legislation. It is an important start, but we have to remain ahead of the game and keep a watching brief on how the evolution of those...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Referral to Select Committee (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of grants provided by the IDA to a company (details supplied) under all of the relevant IDA grant headings in each of the years 2012 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27771/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details on all of the engagement IDA has had with a company (details supplied) in 2022 in advance of its recent decision to propose 307 redundancies at its operations in Dundalk and west Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review his stated strategy to unwind the State’s shareholding in commercial banks (details supplied) in light of a recent European Central Bank paper which cites that a mixed composition consisting of foreign and domestic-owned banks that are controlled by the state and private owners is advisable; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with his stated policy decision to unwind the State’s shareholding in commercial banks (details supplied) in light of a recent European Central Bank paper; if he agrees with the analysis that a fully-privatised banking sector may worsen the impact of crisis periods; if he agrees that Ireland is particularly vulnerable given the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider pausing the sale of the State’s shareholding in a bank (details supplied), in light of a recent European Central Bank paper which states that a mixed composition consisting of foreign and domestic-owned banks that are controlled by the state and private owners is advisable, in order to conduct a full review of the risks of a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that retired civil servants with qualifying pensions have not yet received the 1% pay increase that was granted in October 2021 which current civil servants have already received; when he expects that all persons eligible for this pension increase will have their increase applied; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ukraine War (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that has taken place between a development company and his Department and or IPAS on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27915/22]