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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: It is timely that we have a debate in the Chamber on the health impacts of drug use and misuse in this country. We have had many debates in recent weeks on the Garda and criminal justice response to drugs in our communities. Any time I have had the opportunity to participate in those debates, I always refer to the need to address these issues from a health and not a criminal justice...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: -----are expected to be nearly 4% across the board. It is time the Minister, Deputy McHugh, got real and gave the school secretaries the respect they deserve, re-engaged with them, and ensured they are placed on a scale with the public servants in the education and training boards, and with those who are paid by the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: I welcome all the representatives to the committee. With the permission of the Chair, I will ask a number of questions and engage in a dialogue. That would be more productive. I am interested in establishing the quantum of cases and determinations that are overturned by the social welfare appeals office. A deciding officer makes a determination as to insurability. Will the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: That would be useful for comparative purposes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: It would be very useful for members of the committee to get a copy of that breakdown to help us in our consideration. It would be useful for comparative purposes. Are there any particular economic categories and sectors in which the Department would find a high proportion of appeals? Is there a particularly high proportion in construction or among couriers or IT workers or is it a mixed bag?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: In which sector did those 16 workers work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: It would be good practice to keep that data. Is that something that the Department is prepared to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: At a previous hearing, Mr. Martin McMahon, referred to the presence of what were described as test cases, which, it has been claimed, have been used to determine the employment status en masseof those who work in courier services. We know that is a matter of contention for the Department. The Department has consistently expressed the view that no such test cases or precedential cases exist....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: If I may interject, a former Secretary General of the Department, in correspondence to the Committee of Public Accounts in 2000, referred to test cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: This applied to workers in the courier sector. If a courier has a concern about their insurability and their employment status, they can take the case the normal way for determination. If they are unsatisfied with that, they can appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. This is treated on a de novobasis and the matters are considered on their own merits, as well as the application of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: I have been actively seeking to address some of the concerns I, the trade union movement and individual workers have about false self-employment. I am certainly well acquainted with the figures and trends over the past 15 to 20 years. They were very helpfully produced in the report on social welfare, PRSI and tax implications. That report was published in early 2018 if my memory serves me....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: That should actually be inserted into our primary law. That is my view. We may differ on that and we will have that debate on the floor of the Seanad or the Dáil when the proposed legislation is presented.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: Can Mr Duggan give the committee any sense of what may have been recovered in a quantum of moneys in the past number of years as a trend for the years 2017 to 2018, if available? If this information is not available, could it be forwarded to the committee later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: In savings, does Mr Duggan mean money-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: This was a literary allusion.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: Blind spot.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: I second the proposal from my colleague, Senator Humphreys, to have a debate on the future of Saint Joseph's in Shankill. It is an important facility for families in the south County Dublin and north Wicklow areas. We must have a debate on the provision of second level education places in the Fingal area, as Senator Reilly mentioned, as well as the south Louth and east Meath areas. Every...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: The Senator's crystal ball is cracked.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: Senator Buttimer-----

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."