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Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second and Subsequent Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments expressed by my colleague, Deputy Ciara Conway. I have been in regular contact with one of the families affected by this issue and I am very much aware of the distress the uncertainty has caused. It is difficult to imagine a more upsetting scenario than a family waiting to hear whether they can proceed with a planned adoption of a child with whom...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Legislation (17 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013 to pass all Stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54226/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding illness benefit to the list of qualifying payments for the special rate student grant as outlined in Schedule 2 of the Student Grant Scheme 2013 - Statutory Instruments SI No 159 of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53859/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data (17 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the number of persons who have registered and paid the non-principal private residence charge in each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 with the total number of properties involved. [54003/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data (17 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the number of persons who registered late and paid the non-principal private residence charge in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 with the total number of properties involved. [54004/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data (17 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 402. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the total amount received in respect of non-principal private residence for 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 analysed by the year to which it referred and the amount of interest and penalties collected. [54005/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data (17 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 403. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an estimate by his Department of the level of non-compliance with the non-principal private residence for each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 and the likely level of the charge outstanding. [54006/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data (17 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 404. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a statistical analysis for 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 of the number of persons who have paid the non-principal private residence by the number of housing units owned. [54007/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (17 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 464. To ask the Minister for Defence the organisation that purchased a site (details supplied) in the ownership of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53773/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply which sets out the services available and the policies which inform those services. It is important that we have in place a support mechanism for young people who are exceptionally able. Through my work as a constituency Deputy I have had contact with students who are frustrated because they no longer feel challenged in a classroom...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this topical issue. I suspect it is one that is rarely raised in the House. All Members of the House are rightly concerned with ensuring that the State supports children who may have learning difficulties or other disadvantages that might hamper their educational development or their general opportunities in life. It might seem a little...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: No, I am happy for Mr. Maloney to respond.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Was that in the context of a meeting or was it over the telephone?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Maloney, Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. McNamara discussed the price on the eve of the board meeting of the 24th.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: How did Mr. Maloney feel about that given the involvement of people synonymous with Anglo Irish Bank were on the board?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Was Mr. Maloney comfortable with it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: To interrogate that general point a little further, how would Mr. Maloney describe the culture of the board? It was populated by some very significant players in the Irish and, arguably, the international financial system. There were probably more Gordon Gekkos than Mother Teresas on it at the time. Did Mr. Maloney find it to be an intimidating environment, an environment that was somewhat...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Did Mr. Maloney never feel bounced into taking decisions he was uncomfortable with, because of the record these guys had?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Deputy Eoghan Murphy has covered a considerable amount of ground and I thank Mr. Maloney for his evidence and co-operation with the committee. I ask Mr. Maloney to outline his previous work before he became CEO of the DDDA.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Maloney is an experienced public servant, having worked in the Defence Forces and spent a considerable number of years in the local authority structure within Dublin City Council. I am somewhat surprised that he was not as familiar as he might have been with the structure in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and how it operated, given that he was a...