Results 961-980 of 6,308 for speaker:Gerald Nash

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: The Minister may not have this at a granular level. As I raised at the outset, is it the case that businesses will have to be in good stead with the local authority in terms of their repayment of rates?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: Does that mean, for example, that a business will qualify if it is restructuring its arrangements with a local authority for a repayment scheme, as many have done in recent years because of the difficulties they may have experienced in trading through Covid and so on? If they are in an arrangement with a local authority for a repayment scheme, I assume they will qualify for that support....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish the details of the financial support scheme for businesses announced in budget 2024; the total anticipated full year cost of the scheme; the estimated number of businesses likely to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51444/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: In my constituency since August we have had three separate and significant flooding events. There were two in Bettystown and Mornington, and one as we know more recently in north County Louth. We know ad hocschemes are available to support businesses in distress, such as those which cannot obtain insurance. The Minister is on record stating he will introduce more permanent statutory...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: I was wrong. Pardon me.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: Start with the written one, please.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: I apologise for the earlier confusion. As Deputy Richmond knows, I expected not to be here as we were stuck on the M1. Deputy O'Reilly probably was too. I thank the Minister for that clarification. We have all received significant correspondence from businesses in our own constituencies concerned about additional costs for their businesses, as a result of positive moves relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the planned IDA advance units development in Drogheda; when they will be available for use by client companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to index the cap on tax relief (Standard Fund Threshold) on pensions, against wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51430/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the up-to-date figure in respect of corporation tax revenue recorded to November 2023; if he has reassessed the level of likely 'windfall' corporation tax surpluses out to 2026; if he will publish the revised figures as compared to the corporation tax estimates out to 2026 which were published in this year's summer economic statement; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to broaden the tax base in the context of the State's reliance on a small number of tax heads including corporation tax and VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance to identify the projects and initiatives in which his Department and the Government plan to invest in terms of the in excess of €3 billion to set aside as the 'climate and nature' elements of the proposed Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund; what assessment was made by his Department that determined that maximum drawdown from the fund out to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no monies can be drawn down from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund until 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51426/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Office of Public Works (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of significant damage caused by recent flooding to the bridge over the river Flurry, Deerpark Road, Ravensdale, Dundalk, which provides public access to the Proleek Dolmen national monument; if the Office of Public Works will consider undertaking repair works to the bridge; if the agency has engaged with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 334. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Meath will be given a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51703/23]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: I will speak to the grouping. The Minister is aware of the views from this side of the House. They were well ventilated on Committee Stage. Fundamentally, the point is one made at committee just two weeks ago that there should not be any cash without conditions. We all welcome the move with the increase of the cap. We want to see an industry that is vibrant, vital and dynamic but which...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: That was very profound and inspired.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: I support Deputy Shortall's proposition. We have a progressive tax system, which has been defended under successive Administrations even in the toughest of times. That is something that we, as a country, should be very proud of. However, the reality is that the kinds of changes introduced by the Minister in this Bill see that progressivity fraying at the edges. Looking at the direction of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 19 October 2023, if she will arrange for staff at the building unit at the Department to meet persons on a matter (details supplied) relating to the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the review of the Climate Adaptation Framework will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50725/23]