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- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: I would imagine-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: Probably more pertinently in the opinion polls as well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: One of the important aspects of the original confidence and supply arrangement was the requirement that all arrangements between the Government and Independent Deputies on whom it depended for its support would be published, but we have seen no such material arising from that or evidence in writing to suggest the dirty deals that may have been done to buy the support of Independent Deputies.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: That is something that should be of great concern to everybody who is interested in democracy and ethics. This is a matter not just for Fine Gael but for Fianna Fáil as well. I ask that it would focus clearly on those arrangements and demand that Fianna Fáil ensures that takes centre stage in the context of this renewed relationship I anticipate will happen.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: As part of this much derided new politics, Bills have passed Second Stage in the Dáil and the Seanad that, at least under the terms of the confidence and supply arrangement, were supposed to move to Committee Stage within ten weeks of their Second Stage passage in both Houses. Unfortunately, approximately 200 of them have been sent to the place where Bills go to die, so to speak. I ask...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: -----and not pretend that the Government agrees with all of these Bills. If they do not agree with them, they can vote against them. That is the best thing to do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: I also referred to insolvency.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: I was not involved; I was a backbencher at the time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: Maybe as part of the renewal of the confidence and supply agreement.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: We have done more than our bit for Ireland.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: They should be opposed, then.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: Yet we are.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: It is a much more eloquent description.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: I raise concerns that have been expressed by many Members relating to ongoing delays in the processing of illness benefit payments. I am dealing with a case involving an individual who is not from my constituency and who contacted me having waited eight weeks a claim to be processed. I raised this issue two weeks ago in another context but it does not seem that the situation has improved...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: Deputy Jan O'Sullivan has done it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: We are all leaders in our own way.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: The will all be labelled.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: Heaven knows that public representatives of all descriptions can sometimes be accused validly of hyperbole and exaggeration, but it is no exaggeration to say that today is momentous and historic. I first engaged on this issue as chairperson of an informal cross-party Oireachtas group on alcohol misuse in 2012. That was one year after the Labour Party and Fine Gael ensured a programme for...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (10 Oct 2018)
Gerald Nash: Absolutely.