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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Are those additional 50 staff members in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I have a practical question for Mr. Crowley regarding the process, although I think I know the answer. I assume that where there is an Ulster Bank branch in a town or location where there is also a Permanent TSB branch, the Ulster Bank branch will close and the asset will not move over to PTSB. To be narrowly parochial on my part, in Drogheda, for example, where there are both Ulster Bank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: My final question relates to call centres. I understand Permanent TSB let go a number of call centre staff over recent years but has re-added staff. Of course, staff will also transfer from Ulster Bank under TUPE legislation over a period. What is the net gain of staff?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: The medical scientist dispute is 21 years in the making. I noted the Taoiseach's earlier reply to Deputy Devlin. The Medical Laboratory Scientists Association, MLSA, has proposed some innovative solutions to this dispute at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, over the last period. It is in the WRC at present. In my view, the HSE and the Department of Health want to resolve this issue...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Construction Industry (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the process to examine the introduction of a levy on the construction industry in the Finance Bill 2022 that was announced on 30 November 2021 as part of his statement on the revised defective concrete block scheme is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24176/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the promised excise relief programme that is currently available to craft brewers; if the programme is being extended to craft cider producers in the forthcoming finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24462/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential sale of the tracker mortgages of a bank (details supplied) to another bank in which the State owns a majority shareholding; if the transfer of this performing loan book will be transferred at a discounted rate; his views on whether the affected tracker mortgage customers should also be permitted to avail of any potential...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tracker mortgages that are held by an organisation (details supplied); the average number of years left per tracker mortgage customer; the average loan amount per tracker mortgage customer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24888/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the delays in processing passport applications due to ongoing issues with confirming Garda witnessing (details supplied); his views on whether a central logging system is urgently needed to expedite the witnessing process, including by An Garda Síochána of passport applications; his plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cases in which a parental consent form could not be verified by the Passport Office in each of the years between 2017 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the Summer Programme 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for a PPS number for Syrian, Afghani, Yazidi and Ukrainian programme refugees, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the delays in processing passport applications due to ongoing issues with confirming Garda witnessing (details supplied); her plans for a central logging system for the witnessing process of passport applications; her plans to raise this matter with the Minister for Foreign Affairs; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for family reunification submitted by a person (details supplied) in December 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24169/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for family reunification submitted by a person (details supplied) in January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24170/22]

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Thanks for signing the agreement.

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am proud to support and second the Bill, which is anchored in the very best traditions of the Labour Party. We fundamentally believe work must always pay. That is an absolute, fundamental principle for us and for the wider labour movement. It is timely that we now reflect on pay policy nationally, and when we do, we should do so in an informed and evidence-based way. For many, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the legislative basis for a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by members of the Defence Forces (details supplied) who have served as part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force mission in Syria in obtaining visas to visit the United States; if he will raise this matter with the United States authorities; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the problems experienced by his officials in the Passport Office who have difficulty making contact with gardaí in part-time stations in order to verify consent forms for first-time passport applications for minors (details supplied); if he plans to engage with the Minister for Justice and the Garda...