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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Regulation (25 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 268. To ask the Minister for Health if the late submission of NF01 and NF02 forms to HIQA is a matter that affects the registration of a provider; the consequence if a centre does not submit the forms in a timely manner; if registration and re-registration is possible if forms are not submitted in a timely manner; if, in April 2020, a nursing home (details supplied) submitted all forms in a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (25 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 269. To ask the Minister for Health if a HIQA inspector informed a nursing home (details supplied) on 8 May 2020 that an independent inquiry was not appropriate, as it would be inspected as normal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39249/20]

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I do not say this as a political charge, it is a fact. What this practice does is lay bare the inadequacies of our political funding laws, which need to be reformed to catch up with such practices. I very much welcome this legislation. It is an important contribution to reforming ethics legislation in this country. However, we need to do much more to ensure that not only do we deal...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I join in the Minister's earlier remarks to congratulate Deputy Mairéad Farrell on the introduction of her first legislation. No doubt it will not be the last. There will be many more. I am glad to say that the Labour Party supports this Bill. This is a Bill that we can unite on. It is absolutely essential in terms of ensuring that there is the maximum confidence in politics and in...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: Since Covid-19 landed on our shores nine months ago, we have been living in a type of suspended animation. More than 70,000 people have contracted Covid and, sadly, more than 2,000 people have lost their lives due to this virus. On behalf of the Labour Party, I express solidarity with all of those who have been impacted by Covid-19, especially those who will have a loved one missing from...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: The climate Bill, though considerably delayed, was published on 7 October. Will there be significant further amendments to it? Is that being discussed by the Cabinet committee? I was stunned by a reply I received last week to a parliamentary question to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, on the climate action delivery board. He confirmed to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: And then dismiss it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: During the previous Dáil, the Taoiseach was a champion of Dáil reform. He committed to end Government control of Dáil business in 2016. Yet, as soon as he took over the reins, he seemed to go into reverse. As Deputy McDonald said earlier, basic levels of accountability that we expect in this House are not being complied with, as is evidenced from the Taoiseach's approach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: The Taoiseach will be aware that the Labour Party expressed concerns at the time about the fact that there was no trade union representation on the group and no regional print media representation initially. The Taoiseach went some way towards addressing that issue with the appointment of Ms Siobhán Holliman, who essentially wears two hats. She is the deputy editor of the Tuam...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: John or Vladimir Ilyich?

Measuring Quality of Life in Ireland Bill 2020: First Stage (24 Nov 2020)

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

Measuring Quality of Life in Ireland Bill 2020: First Stage (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to confer functions on the Central Statistics Office and the National Economic and Social Council in relation to the publication of indices, to be known as Genuine Progress Indicators, designed to take fuller account of the quality of life and well-being of the community by incorporating environmental and social factors, in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen the train station at Dunleer, County Louth; his views on such propositions from a policy perspective; if his Department plans to engage with the NTA and Irish Rail on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38771/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by workers of a company (details supplied) for a casual-docket jobseeker's payment while they were in receipt of temporary wage subsidy scheme support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38064/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 813. To ask the Minister for Health his view on the concerns of a person (details supplied) relating to the classification of yoga under the plan for living with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38065/20]

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, to the House. I wish them both well in their important work. I recall the occasion, in 2015, when President Higgins gave the Edward Phelan International Labour Organization, ILO, lecture on the future of work. I was at that lecture, which was held in the Royal College of Surgeons in St. Stephen's Green,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (19 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is fair and proper that a bank (details supplied) in which the State owns a significant share is informing customers that their credit history will be negatively affected with the application of a Covid-19 payment break; if payment breaks can only be applied once throughout the lifecycle of a mortgage; and if he will make a...

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: The cost of working from home has shifted from the boardroom to the back bedroom. Many of the up to 800,000 workers who have done some or all of their work from home since late March can attest to this. Approximately 36% of the entire labour force is in this position. A recent survey by Taxback.com has shown that nearly nine in ten remote workers have seen an increase in household expenses...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (18 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of enforcement actions for breaches of the consumer protection code since July 2016, excluding the tracker mortgage scandal, that have been considered by the Central Bank in each year since then; the details of same without identifying the individual or firms in question; the reason none progressed to an enforcement action; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (18 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the threshold that must be met for enforcement action to be commenced by the Central Bank for breaches of the consumer protection codes; if the current policy is to pursue other options first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37369/20]