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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]

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

Gerald Nash: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the lack of enforcement action for breaches of the consumer protection codes since July 2016 exclusive of the tracker mortgage scandal; if he has discussed this directly with the Governor of the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax-paying pensioners on pensions alone have no entitlement to either earned income credits despite the Revenue Commissioners classification of pensions as earned income; his views on whether this amount to discrimination against the earned income of tax paying pensioners; his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Process (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: Of course, the Committee on Budgetary Oversight is now in place, as is the Parliamentary Budget Office. They are two very important innovations in terms of robust oversight of expenditure and budget planning in terms of the parliamentary process. Those innovations were introduced in response to the previous financial crisis and deficits identified by international organisations in terms of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Process (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I hope the Minister will agree that, constitutionally, the Dáil has a very important function in terms of the allocation of resources. It behoves the Executive to provide a more balanced approach to budget planning and to ensure not just that resources are made available to the Dáil in our consideration of budgets and financial matters, but that the political will is there to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Process (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a recent report by the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight, which suggests that parliamentary oversight in the budgetary cycle may be suboptimal; his plans and proposed timeframe for reforms of the budgetary process to improve parliamentary oversight in view of increased public expenditure during the Covid-19...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Process (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: The Committee on Budgetary Oversight published a report this month entitled An Overview of Comparative Parliamentary Engagement in the Budgetary Cycle. The report notes that despite some improvements that have been made since the previous financial crisis "parliamentary involvement in the budgetary cycle may still be suboptimal", which is code for terrible and it really is terrible. I want...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Lobbying Regulation (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to introduce legislation to enhance section 22 of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; his views on whether a breach of the section by former Ministers or relevant public officials should be made an offence; his further views on whether sanctions proposed in legislation (details supplied) should be included in any...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Lobbying Regulation (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: This day two weeks ago, I introduced the Regulation of Lobbying (Post-Term Employment as Lobbyist) Bill 2020. It was heartening to see the Minister, in The Sunday Timestwo Sundays ago, publicly endorse all the measures contained in that Bill, including the proposal to introduce fines of €2,500 and the threat of imprisonment for former Ministers or senior officials who may be found in...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Lobbying Regulation (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: That needs to be done urgently. Time and again, SIPO, in its annual reports, has pointed out the lacuna that currently exists in section 22 of the Act. SIPO needs the power to initiate investigations. A range of things must be done to ensure confidence and trust in politics, and that involves empowering SIPO, reforming the organisation and giving that important watchdog sufficient teeth. ...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Lobbying Regulation (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister for the comprehensive response. I am very aware of the advice the then Minister, Deputy Howlin, received back in 2015. That is important, and we need to balance those rights when we are approaching this legislation. The Minister, however, is absolutely right. We have seen, on far too many occasions, the revolving door system in play and that affects and impacts on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent proposals for an EU directive (details supplied) which includes the call for an action plan to promote collective bargaining; his plans to update the national public procurement policy framework to help promote collective bargaining given that countries with high collective bargaining coverage tend to display a...