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Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: I will do my very best.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: I also welcome our colleagues and trade union friends in the Public Gallery and those from the student movement. The latter is directly affected by this issue because many students are working in the hospitality sector and depend on their income to get through college, provide accommodation for themselves and so on. We should not make this complicated. This should be a matter of law....

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: Lots of people have to do so. The reality is this is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: In order to do all of that work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased the opportunity is being taken to anchor the common travel area arrangements in law because, as we all know, these arrangements have grown organically since the 1920s. It is important that these reciprocal rights are reflected in law and bilateral agreements. They must be enshrined and anchored in primary law to ensure that everybody's entitlements are protected. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: Regardless of the outcome of Brexit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: One way or the other, it works out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: I am assuming that the British Government would consider this to be a good idea and that the Minister did not meet any resistance from Esther McVey, Amber Rudd or her officials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: This approach recommends itself. There is great merit to it. On employment rights, we can all be satisfied that the protections that Irish laws provides to workers will be afforded to British people working here. They will enjoy the same rights and entitlements and protections as any other posted worker under the principles of the posted worker directive. This is very positive and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: The lessons are not always pursued.

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: I am sure all Members will join in the condemnation of human rights abuses in Bahrain and urge the Government to express its concerns and the concerns of everybody in this House regarding human rights abuses in Bahrain. The abuses have come to light due the bravery of some people in who oppose the regime in that state. All we can deal with is the amendment that is before us, which relates...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: It is very clear that when the Labour Party is not around to hold Fine Gael's hand the reputation it has tried to develop for fiscal responsibility is entirely bogus. We can see that very clearly in the way the Government has managed, if one can call it that, in regard to the crisis concerning funding for the national children's hospital.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: Just eight days after the Taoiseach was made aware of the phenomenal cost overrun in the development of the national children's hospital, he took to the stage at Fine Gael's well choreographed Ard-Fheis and told the public that they could expect to have €3 billion in tax cuts over the next few years. What kind of fiscal responsibility is that? Moreover, what kind of social...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: Fianna Fáil has a responsibility in this matter, whether it likes it or not. We all know about Fianna Fáil's historic mismanagement of the public finances, to put it diplomatically, and where that got the people of this country. I am extremely concerned to learn from residents in north Louth of plans from an agency operating on behalf of the UK Government to develop a site for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: Some 200,000 jobs were lost and the minimum wage agreement went - give us a break.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Gerald Nash: I wish to tease out a question with Mr. Dooley later in the proceedings. My initial appeal to the delegates is not to put a tooth in it and to be very clear about what the practice involves on the ground. Without putting words in the mouths of colleagues around the table, it is fair to say Members of the Oireachtas are very clear in their view on what needs to happen in providing for more...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Gerald Nash: I wish to speak in solidarity with the INMO nurses who are on strike. I visited the picket lines in Dundalk and Drogheda this morning. To say that the determination of the nurses is very strong is not to put too fine a point on it. Those of us who have been involved in industrial action and the industrial relations process know that it is a big decision for any worker to withdraw his or...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerald Nash: And beside Kilkenny.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerald Nash: I was a little shocked by what Senator Boyhan said. He reminded the House that the Minister of State was elected almost 20 years ago to serve at local government level. That means I was elected 20 years ago to serve at local government level too but I feel so young, as I am sure the Minister of State does.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerald Nash: I know there are others here who were elected on the same day and who have many and, I guess, diverse experiences of their time in local government and bring much to this important debate. I acknowledge Senator Buttimer's pride in terms of what is about to happen in Cork county and city. We will see in time whether it is the right approach to take. I welcome any effort, legislative or...