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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2016)

Gerald Nash: I am sure the Leader will be able to arrange that.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Boundaries Review (20 Oct 2016)

Gerald Nash: The Minister of State, Deputy Seán Kyne, is most welcome. I am extremely concerned and, frankly, suspicious about the inordinate delays in the Drogheda boundary review process which was launched last year. As the Minister of State is aware, the previous Government conceded that the boundary between Drogheda and County Meath needed to be reviewed. The review was initially announced in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Boundaries Review (20 Oct 2016)

Gerald Nash: As I said, I feel the current situation pertaining to Drogheda and the region in general is untenable. However, I look forward to reading the recommendations of the group when the report is published. I hope we will have a debate before the Minister makes a decision in regard to that process. I would like to establish when the Minister will publish the recommendations and when, ultimately,...

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on today's budget. This is a unique budget. It is the first, and possibly the last, of its kind. It is, in reality, the first ever Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil joint budget, and Fianna Fáil should do the decent thing and vote in favour of the measures it managed to negotiate. It is said that this country's annual budget is the primary...

Seanad: Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement: Motion (5 Oct 2016)

Gerald Nash: I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak in favour of the motion tabled by Senator Higgins. Regardless of where one stands on the substance of this new-generation trade agreement, we should be extremely cautious as legislators about how we proceed. As this is a mixed agreement the Dáil, under the treaty rules and as required under our own Constitution, as I understand it, is...

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Gerald Nash: As the Minister knows, the Labour Party in the Dáil supported the decision made by the Government to engage in an appeal against the decision of the European Commission. It was inevitable that an appeal would be launched, if only by Apple itself, and it was inconceivable that Ireland, as a sovereign nation with responsibility for its own tax affairs, would sit this one out given the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: Today.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I second Senator McDowell's proposal to have the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality appear before the House regarding the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross's reported proposed interventions in what is an important matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I second it. I also wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that No. 11 be taken before No. 1. It concerns a Bill on the Order Paper, namely, the Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: On a point of order, my understanding is that, when I proposed that the Bill be taken, I was obliged to reference the date on which it would be taken. Is that correct?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: That is fine.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: What about the bus drivers?

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: First Stage (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide greater protection for employees by more effectually regulating zero hours and related employment practices; and to provide for related matters

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: First Stage (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I propose that Second Stage be taken at the Labour Party's next available Private Members' time and to the best of my recollection, that date will be 9 November.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: First Stage (29 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I propose it be taken next Tuesday.

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I move:“That Seanad Éireann:- welcomes official and other forecasts of continued economic growth and falling unemployment; - believes that a growing economy should sustain well paid jobs, through which more citizens share in economic prosperity, and asserts that economic recovery must therefore translate into better working conditions and improved pay; - notes that workers,...

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I am not sure to whom the Senator is pandering.

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

Gerald Nash: I support the comments of my colleague, Senator Humphreys. I am not really surprised by Senator Ó Domhnaill's comments as it seems Fianna Fáil, the party only too happy to support a public bailout of the banks, is being peculiar in not being prepared to envisage a position where there may be additional subsidies to vital public services that make our economy work and provide so...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)

Gerald Nash: I support what my colleague, Senator Higgins, said about DIT and the students' union there. Two days ago, Senator Ó Ríordáin and I met members of the student's union. The behaviour of the DIT executive is troubling and affects the independence and autonomy of the students' union. I have received a response from DIT and look forward to meeting its representatives in an effort...