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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a response will issue to written correspondence to her office on 27 November 2023 from the office of this Deputy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1638/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1021. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 to be signed into law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56687/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2007/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1740. To ask the Minister for Health the current status and work of the Public Health Alcohol Research Group; when a report will issue from the group; if he intends to publish the group’s report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1636/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Gerald Nash: 1741. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the mechanisms in place for the monitoring and evaluation of outcomes of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1637/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (14 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is prepared to address a policy anomaly in respect of the SEAI solar PV scheme that has seen the exclusion of an individual (details supplied) and potential other homeowners from access to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55929/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: 298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm that relevant qualifying media organisations will be in a position to draw down funding from the recently announced local democracy reporting scheme and the court reporting scheme before the local and European Parliament elections in June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55898/23]

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the ambitious Digital Services Act regulation and recognise that European law in this area continues to be the global leader. I also welcome this Bill. The Labour Party will support its transition through the stages to ensure it is enforced by 17 February. In much the same way that the general data protection regulation, GDPR, led the way in privacy rights, the Digital Services...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: I do solemnly declare that I will duly and faithfully, and to the best of my knowledge and ability, execute the office of an Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight without fear or favour, apply the rules as laid down by the House in an impartial and fair manner, maintain order and uphold the rights and privileges of members in accordance with the Constitution and Standing...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: The last question seamlessly moves on to my own line of questioning and I thank Deputy Conway-Walsh for the prompt. How difficult has it been since the budget was formulated and presented to the Dáil? How difficult has it been for the council to get the information it needs to make an informed assessment of the impact of budget 2024? How difficult has it been to access that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: Why?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: To get a sense of the question I am trying to ask and perhaps not articulating properly, I will better define where I am coming from. Were the main sticking points with the Department of Finance on its definitions around core and non-core? Professor McMahon might give me a characterisation of how that engagement went. I imagine there would be resistance. The Department is not blind to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: To move on to a couple of real-world impacts, because when we talk about how we generate and make decisions about the distribution of resources, it is about the real-world impact, Professor McMahon said, and has not put a tooth in it, that this is a procyclical budget. I do not mean to put words in his mouth but my interpretation of what he said was this budget could potentially add fuel to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: It would be fair to say that those who depend on the State for their income and those on low and modest incomes will be most adversely affected by inflation remaining higher for longer. As an economist, would Professor McMahon say budget 2024 was fiscally illiterate?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: I recall a number of months ago in national economic dialogue at meetings with civil society groups, and I will paraphrase here but I think it is accurate, the Taoiseach actually contradicted the Minister, Deputy Donohoe and the Minister, Deputy McGrath, when he said we can do tax cuts, we can increase capital expenditure, we can increase current expenditure all at the same time, provided...

Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the Minister. While this Bill is something of a housekeeping exercise, it is nonetheless important that we are having some class of parliamentary debate on it. The Minister will recall it was not that long ago when we did not have debates of this nature on the annual Appropriation Bill. It simply went through on the nod, sadly, a little like our Supplementary Estimates this year....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (12 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Government was first made aware of reported leaks from the Magnox swarf storage silo, MSSS, at the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria (details supplied); if the Government was formally notified of the issue by the UK authorities; the actions the Government has taken in order to make the company and the UK...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (12 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: 290. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of SME insolvencies recorded to 1 December 2023; the numbers for 2021 and 2022 respectively; the number of SMEs that utilised the SCARP process to 1 December 2023 and separately for 2022; the proportion of businesses that used the SCARP process and that restructured and emerged successfully from that process; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (12 Dec 2023)

Gerald Nash: 291. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to request from the CRO information on the number of SMEs, broken down by sole traders; limited companies; partnerships; and other relevant structures, that formally ceased trading in 2021, 2022 and 2023; if that information will be provided by defined economic sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54887/23]