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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work of both his Department and the IDA on the issue of the planned closure of a plant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30099/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: The Minister will be well aware of Becton Dickinson's plans to close its Drogheda operation, which has been there for 60 years. I place on record my gratitude to the Minister for having met some of the local TDs, including me, last week, for his continued engagement with IDA Ireland on this matter and for meeting the trade unions and shop stewards yesterday. He might outline what he plans...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: SIPTU will respond to the Minister’s request to provide it with a submission. I am grateful he agreed to meet the trade unions, especially the shop stewards, including Trevor McGinn, who is a very impressive shop steward representing the workers at that plant. He knows the operation inside out. The concerns workers have are that they have not been given the opportunity themselves...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: It was just over two years ago that BD announced a €62 million investment in the Drogheda plant. At least in terms of its corporate communications, its proposition is that it contemplates 110 redundancies up to March next year and the additional 67 out to the fourth quarter of 2026. That is a long way away, so the case can be cogently made that market conditions can change, which we...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his work and that of the Labour Employer Economic Forum on the transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30098/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (11 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will correct the response given by his Department to a Parliamentary Question (details supplied) that under Irish legislation, an employee cannot be discriminated against or dismissed due to their being a member of a trade union; and if, by doing so, he agrees that this statement is incorrect as there is no legislative...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 20: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(e) in section 7— (i) in subsection (2), by the deletion in paragraph (h) of “adopt and publish in such manner as it considers appropriate” and the substitution of “subject to subsection (2C), adopt and publish in such manner as it considers appropriate”, and...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 30: In page 9, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “Terms and conditions not to be worsened 8. Except following consultation and in accordance with an agreement negotiated with any recognised trade union or recognised representative or other staff association concerned, no amendment to an enactment effected by the subsequent sections of this Part...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: That is not the point; we agree with that. It is the way it is done in the future and the requirement for consultation, and the concerns there were in the consultation.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I will put on record that it is optional. To be clear on that: it is not mandatory, it is optional.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: We have not received any formal apologies. We will have a short private session following the public session. This engagement is to discuss the summer economic statement. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, National Development Programme Delivery and Reform and their officials to the meeting. Before we begin, I will explain some...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I want to speak to the section as well. Before I do, however, I will raise some concerns I have about the way in which the Minister is approaching the question of the increase in optional retirement ages for members of uniformed services. I too place on the record my concerns about the manner in which the Minister is approaching this matter, which is extremely acute and extremely sensitive....

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I would like to speak to the section.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 279. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of the value of grants made by the IDA to a business (details supplied) in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29444/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 280. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to name all of the IDA client companies with operations in Drogheda, County Louth and in Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29445/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 282. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to list all of the IDA-backed client companies located in County Louth; to provide details of the number of whole-time equivalent employees at each IDA-backed firm in County Louth as of 1 July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29447/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 281. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a timeline for the completion of the proposed IDA advance facilities planned for Drogheda, County Louth; if client companies have been identified to occupy the facilities; if any formal agreement has been entered into at this point; the nature of any agreements entered into in regard to the advance facilities; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 283. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Louth in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of such client visits made to Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29448/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (9 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the heads of a Bill, arising from the conclusion of the consultation process in 2022, to set aside, or disregard, criminal convictions and exonerate men who were arrested and prosecuted prior to the 1993 legislation which decriminalised homosexuality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29102/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (4 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: I agree that it is a very important development. We have all been working for years to ensure that IDA Ireland develops the advanced units we need to bring employment to Drogheda. It is now incumbent on IDA Ireland to fast-track that process. Planning permission has been provided and we hope that will move forward very quickly. They confirmed to me yesterday that they are aggressively...