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Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the fact that the Minister has put on record that half of all adults in this country will have received a vaccination by the end of this week. However, as the previous contributor said, vaccinations in Louth and Meath have been something of a postcode lottery. Dublin and the rest of the country have streaked ahead in terms of the vaccination of those aged between 50 and 69 years...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: I have been contacted by a considerable number of people who have accessed the vaccination training programme and because of the cyberattack, it seems they cannot complete the final anaphylaxis module. Is the Minister working on a workaround for that? It is an issue because the vaccination programme is only as successful as the number of people we train to engage in it and deliver...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: Some of the questions I originally intended to ask have already been answered to my satisfaction. Unfortunately, I have to leave at 10.30 a.m. to attend another meeting so I will be brief. I have two observations and two related questions. There is no doubt that the witnesses gave the Department of Finance some kicking on the stability programme update and did not pull any punches. Is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: It was not necessarily a question, but more of an observation on our over-reliance on gathering so much tax from so few companies, which poses a risk. How can we replace that and could the design and imposition of a net wealth tax help to address the imbalance and fill the gap?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (25 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 235 and 236 of 11 May, the criteria applied in concluding that the Revenue Commissioners programme of investigations with a view to prosecution has achieved a considerable level of success, and is an effective deterrent to tax evasion and fraud. [27485/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (25 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 284 to 287, inclusive, of 28 April, the number of convictions that related to income tax, value-added tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, and capital acquisitions tax or stamp duty, respectively, in each of the years 2011 to 2020. [27486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Agreements (25 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the ratification by Ireland of the Council Decisions (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance the action Ireland has taken on foot of the European Commission recommendation of 14 July 2020 (C(2020) 4885 final) on making State financial support to undertakings conditional on the absence of links, up to the beneficial owner, to non-co-operative jurisdictions for tax purposes, so-called blacklist jurisdictions, pursuant to point 7 of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Higher Education Grants (20 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to amend the earnings disregard for qualification for a SUSI grant to include support received by students who have received pandemic unemployment payment support as a consequence of the loss of a job during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26777/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship trainees that have had their qualification completion delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic; the supports planned by his Department to assist with catch up for their apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (20 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been made available to higher education institutions to complete mandated consent training for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the SUSI adjacent distance payment to 50km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26781/21]

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: Cuckoo funds have mutated and the shot that the Minister has administered will not succeed in stopping them in their tracks. The evidence so far suggests that they will be resistant to the new measures he announced last night. I called in recent times for a meaningful hike in stamp duty as one of a series of targeted measures to do what the entire House seems to say it wants to do, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding (19 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated for spending on grants and supports and structural funding for blue sky research in higher education institutions in each of the years 2019 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Strategic Infrastructure (18 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the long-standing proposal to develop the northern port access route north of Drogheda town; if he plans to initiate a specific funding programme for infrastructure of this nature that, if built, would enable road access to planned lands for the development of in excess of 4,000 homes in north...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25546/21]

Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021: First Stage (12 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for greater transparency in relation to charges that may be imposed in the administration of pension schemes, for that purpose to amend the Pensions Act 1990, and to provide for related matters. A pension is often the second most expensive item a person will purchase during his or her working life, after a home,...

Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021: First Stage (12 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion on behalf of the Labour Party. I heard the Taoiseach say this week that the issue of housing is the biggest issue facing young people and I agree with him. It is also the biggest issue facing our society more generally. Precarious housing and precarious work produce precarious lives. Precarious lives destroy communities and wreck social...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Tests (11 May 2021)

Gerald Nash: 139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of plans by his Department and or the agencies under his aegis to roll-out pilot programmes with businesses and in workplaces as a consequence of the report and suggestions by the Covid-19 Rapid Testing Group and in respect of the use of rapid antigen testing in workplaces and in other environments; the way in which...