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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 864. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who in previous years received the flu jab are unable to obtain it in spite of Covid-19; his views on whether the decision to acquire only 20% more doses of the flu jab compared with 2019 was short-sighted given, for example, that the UK has sought to double the number of persons vaccinated in 2020;...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 913. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the nature of the funding relationship between an organisation (details supplied) and Pobal; if the funding relationship remains in place; if Pobal is satisfied that all the recommendations contained in the verification report carried out by the agency in 2017 into expenditure funded under the community services programme have been...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I agree with Deputy Doherty. The status of the pandemic unemployment payment and the legal basis for it should not have attracted taxation and we should not be using the Bill to address this problem that the Minister, as he sees it, has identified. I wholeheartedly support Deputy Doherty's contention in this regard.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I do not want to run the risk of repeating everything Deputies have mentioned previously. My concerns about the scheme are well documented. I referred to them in my response to the Minister's budget speech. The Labour Party has been long on the record as opposing this kind of initiative. It is an ineffective and ineffectual use of scant taxpayers' resources. As other Deputies pointed out,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I concur with Deputy Farrell. More significant work needs to be done to improve and enhance the pay and working conditions of Defence Forces members if we are to value the contribution they make to our security and society more broadly. I will be interested to hear what the Minister has to say in that regard. Turning to the amendment, there is significant potential to make working from...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: Was it not the case that we needed to dispose of amendment No. 129 before we went on to section 11?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I wish to indicate we will formally withdraw the amendment later.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Chairman. I wish to refer to Deputy Barry’s amendment. The CRSS is similar to the TWSS and EWSS, which is a very significant use and investment of State resources in the private sector. Yet again, we have failed to use this opportunity to drive better outcomes for working people. It is fairly routine across Europe when investments and state interventions of this nature...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: There are opportunities here that we ought to use to try to drive better social and economic outcomes in light of the level of investment the State is undertaking in the private sector at the moment. I refer to two amendments to which Deputy Doherty also made general reference earlier. Amendment No. 21 in my name has been ruled out of order. It relates to enabling businesses that do not...

Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: I do not plan to detain the House too long. I appreciate the opportunity to respond to the Minister of State's remarks and to discuss what the Bill seeks to achieve in general terms. I also appreciate that sections of the Bill have been long overdue, as well as long awaited. It is not too long ago since the media uncovered the fact that such ILP funds are not covered by European anti-money...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of quarterly progress reports on the Climate Action Plan published in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36073/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a common definition of "recyclable plastic" in either Irish or EU legislation; if a definition of "recyclable plastics" is under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36074/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an organisation (details supplied) will develop a definition of recyclable plastics to assist with administering eco-modulated extended producer responsibility fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that should plastic packaging producers eco-design plastic products to mono-material structures, waste managers may still not recycle these products and thus producers would continue to incur eco-modulated extended producer responsibility fees by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly relating to the Covid restrictions support scheme raised by an organisation (details supplied); his views on same; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36070/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current population equivalent in terms of the operating capacity of the Drogheda wastewater treatment plant at Marsh Road, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35827/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Supervision and Substitution Scheme (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an appeal (details supplied) for the immediate establishment of a primary teacher supply panel in the south County Louth and east County Meath area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36071/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (12 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by UCD graduate medical students in seeking clarity on the 2% to 4% annual increase in tuition fees for both EU and non-EU students; his views on and response to this campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36077/20]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: Brexit is nothing short of a tragedy and most of all it is a tragedy for the British people. Those who were conned into voting to take back control will, as a direct result of Brexit, see their Government take control all right - control of a faltering economy, a poorer, less diverse society and a deeply uncertain future. Far from delivering on the promise of a Britain more respected and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance when the HSE will be in a position to resume issuing primary medical certificates in the context of the disabled drivers tax concession scheme, which was halted in 2020 as a result of a Supreme Court ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35531/20]