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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: I take the opportunity to wish the Tánaiste and his Government colleagues well in the next five to six months, which will be a critical time for Ireland and for the European Union. I welcome the Tánaiste's initial response to today's speech by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron MP. We have our views on that and of course we cherish our relationship with the United Kingdom....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (22 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: 614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures for the number of applications received to date for the Health Service Executive nursing/midwifery graduate scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2620/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (17 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: The Minister of State noted that the receiver is communicating with staff. I regard that as an insult to the staff with whom I have spoken today. I acknowledge that the receiver's representatives have visited stores across the country, but that was to change the locks and codes, not to advise staff as to their rights. That is something entirely different. The Minister of State's response...

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (17 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: We all know companies can run into trouble and be forced into difficult decisions but HMV also has a duty of care to its staff and customers. It has failed miserably in that duty of care. It remains to be seen whether HMV Ireland has even been acting within the law. Its actions on Tuesday, 15 January when it opened for business but refused to accept gift vouchers even though it was not in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish details of all of the authors, and the relevant publications which have taken advantage of the artist's exemption scheme for non-fiction titles in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [1024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made for non-fiction works to be considered for inclusion under the artist's exemption scheme; and the number of applications approved by the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [1025/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for consideration under the artist's exemption scheme; the number of appeals made in relation to initially unsuccessful applications in these years; if he will provide details of the number of successful appeals in these years; the names of those...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider tightening up the criteria and the application of the artist's exemption scheme for non-fiction publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1026/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Employment and Entitlements Service (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of recent developments in the roll out of service programmes from her Department if she will provide clarification on the current status of the National Employment Programme and it's dual stranded approach to solving the problem of long term unemployment and for those who are most disadvantaged in terms of the employment market; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the greater Drogheda area is not included in the €220,000 valuation bracket under the mortgage to rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57910/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider lack of engagement from the banks in relation to the provisions of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 to be in breach of the law; if he will provide details on the sanctions he will use against banks who fail to comply with the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58126/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychological Service (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review her decision to move certain psychology services from the Health Service Executive to the new Child and Family Support Agency; if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by a number of expert clinical psychologists in relation to this measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1752/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration (16 Jan 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by Health Service Executive region the amount paid in bonuses to HSE managers in the years 2009-2012 inclusive; the number of managers who received such bonuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57974/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (20 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward his decision announced in his recent budget speech in respect of the maximum allowable pension fund, to a point in 2013 as opposed to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57414/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (19 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for her detailed response. Part of the problem is a lack of clarity among the public with regard to how claims may be handled in certain offices of the Department of Social Protection. I have detected a pattern in recent times whereby once the issue of habitual residency is put forward an official may - this is not always the case - suggest there is little...

Topical Issue Debate: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (19 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: As the Minister of State is aware, it can cost up to €2,000 per week to provide care to an older person in a residential nursing home in the public sector. It costs the State about €200 per week for a carer, who is, more often than not, an immediate relative, to provide round the clock care for a parent, aunt or uncle in his or her home through the provision of the carer's...

Order of Business (14 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: Spare us.

Order of Business (14 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: Spare us.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Remuneration (11 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, following the decision to end the arrangements whereby Ministers and Ministers of State receive severance payments on stepping down from office, he will consider extending this arrangements to cover local authority members who are elected to either House of the Oireachtas [55656/12]

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Gerald Nash: I am glad to have this opportunity to comment on the report of the expert group on the judgment of the A, B and C v. Ireland case. The reason we have this report at all is that Labour insisted on it being part of the programme for Government. For 20 years now, the Labour Party has been a strong, and often, a lone voice on the need to act on the judgment in the X case. The Labour Party has...