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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Relations (13 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: One of the implications of all of this that is probably less well understood is the fact that Ireland is the ninth-largest foreign direct investor in the US economy and that Irish firms are responsible for a substantial number of good jobs in the US. Of course, President Trump is nothing if not unpredictable. We were expecting some form of white smoke from the White House this week as to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (13 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance his position on the future of the State’s remaining stake in Allied Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies (13 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance for his view on the future of the OECD corporation tax reform process given the ongoing uncertainty in terms of the US government’s position on the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (13 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the operation of legislation that allows for credit unions to hold AGMs remotely; if he is aware that some credit unions now appear to use remote AGMs as their default mechanism to the detriment of in-person meetings; if he agrees that this approach can be exclusionary and open to abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (13 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance to indicate when the Government will make a decision on the investment of resources from a fund (details supplied); if he will confirm the current value of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5149/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he plans to deliver the Programme for Government commitment to review the public procurement process and make it more transparent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5122/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (13 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: 171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he plans to take to improve and modernise systems of administrative accountability at senior levels and political accountability at Ministerial level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5121/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (13 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: 172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish the final review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014; when he will publish legislation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5126/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: 173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details on the way he plans to ensure that the OPW and its structures deliver best value for money outcomes on all projects; if he has timeline for the completion of any proposed reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5123/25]

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (12 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: That this is the first Bill the Government has sought to pass in the new Dáil is instructive. To say that this Administration has got off to an appalling start is an understatement. The Bill will create an unprecedented 23 Minister of State posts at a cost that makes some State agency building projects of recent times look prudent. It is a jobs-for-the-boys Bill. I use the word...

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (12 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: The birthing of so many baby Ministers would make boom-time Bertie blush. Figures compiled by the Labour Party suggest that each of these new posts will cost the State upwards of €500,000 annually. The starting cost to the public of this stroke Government will be over €1.5 million per year when we add in the new overnight allowance for Ministers of State the creation of...

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (12 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: That amendment was not accepted, however. We can interrogate that matter further later on. There is a strong argument for doing away with that allowance in its entirety. There is no requirement, rationale or justification for it. Ministers of State have private secretaries, which they are entitled to. That has traditionally been the case and should be the case. However, they also have...

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: We hear high-profile murmurings this week of new tax incentives for developers, leading me to the conclusion that this Government does not mind a bit of socialism as long as the welfare payments are paid to wealthy developers and to the benefit of corporate landlords. The Government’s message to those who are looking to put a roof over their heads is that it is going to take some of...

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: Hear, hear.

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: It is inflationary.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of awareness that the disability allowance deciding officers and appeal officers have in respect of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; the level of training they have received on the condition and its effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4931/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: We have 30 minutes for amendments on Committee and Remaining Stages.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Ceann Comhairle very much. Tax breaks for developers were announced this week. We will also be dealing this week with the addition of three new Ministers of State to the bloated ranks of baby Ministers. I was expecting to see Bertie Ahern in the chair there today. It is a case of back to the future, with tax breaks for developers and a boom in baby Ministers and Ministers of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: By the time the Government is finished, we will have 50 TDs from the Government ranks being chairs of committees, Cabinet Ministers or Ministers of State. That is more than half of the entire makeup of the Government who are dependent on the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste for their political careers over the next few years. I will ask the Minister this question. How do we know this is a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Gerald Nash: -----to interrogate and debate this very important issue. We need more time to debate this important matter.