Results 281-300 of 6,307 for speaker:Gerald Nash

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 828. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make fenfluramine available for the treatment of Dravet syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43214/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT at the standard rate will be applied to plant based milk substitutes such as those derived from oats, soya, coconut and almond; the reason for this; the measures that will be taken to reduce the impact on people allergic to diary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42142/24]

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: This legislation gives effect to many of the proposals announced in the budget just over two weeks ago. As we know, this is the final Finance Bill of the Government's term. Make no mistake, this is an election budget and this is an election Finance Bill. I described budget 2025 as "all gravy". Now the gravy has dried up and it is revealed, as I said on budget day, that once that happened,...

VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "the 2 per cent USC ceiling band increased by 34 per cent or €6,898, going from €20,484 to €27,382": "further notes that: — individual hospitality sector businesses are facing a number challenges; — employment in the accommodation and food services sector is close to an all-time...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when site work will commence on a new special school project (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41673/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (10 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when cohabiting couples whose partner has died will be paid the bereaved partner’s contributory pension they are entitled to; what provision was made in Budget 2025 for this; if the legislation will be included in the Social Welfare Bill to provide for budget measures to ensure this comes into effect as quickly as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 260. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the annual rate of the health levy contribution from 1990 up until it was merged into the universal social charge, any exemptions or exclusions that applied in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40717/24]

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: It is the fourth year in a row.

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased to speak on this Bill for the Labour Party. The State will have spent, I think, close to or in excess of €2 billion in energy credit payments since the onset of the energy crisis. We know only too well that this is by definition an untargeted measure. It is universal in nature and has been explained away as a once-off emergency measure to help people through a temporary...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: Time?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: It is just Deputy Healy-Rae who gets an extra minute.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: That is a matter for Kerry County Council.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an investment of €750 million will be made in the electricity grid; what the mechanism for placing this funding announced in the Budget will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40063/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the mechanism for the investment of €750 million of receipts from the sale of shares (details supplied) into the electricity grid; when the mechanism for making this investment is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40061/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the receipts from the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling involving Apple and the Irish State are split across 2024 and 2025 but booked on a general Government basis in full in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40065/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if the money held in the Apple escrow account will be received by the Exchequer in whole or in part in the current year; whether the money is being accounted for on a cash accounting or an accruals basis; whether the normal accounting rules for Exchequer receipts are being departed from; if so, the reason; if Eurostat or the CSO, or both, were consulted...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 26 September 2024, the number of persons it is anticipated that stand to benefit from the changes announced in Budget 2025 in regard to the capital gains tax retirement relief regime, based on the assessment contained in his reply to the referenced Parliamentary Question; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason no spending review papers were published prior to the announcement of Budget 2025; if he will confirm when such papers are expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40249/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to date to the Land Development Agency since its establishment, broken down by the amount and when it was invested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40062/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (8 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital provided to Uisce Éireann in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the amount allocated for 2025; the mechanism for providing the €1 billion of additional capital for non-domestic capital investment as announced at Budget 2025; what is covered by non-domestic as referenced by the...