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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: That is okay.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I understand the point the Minister made in his initial contribution that we must first look to our EU partners and the capacity of skilled individuals across the Union to fill our gaps. Something we could do quickly would be to agree that apprentices should not be paid any less than the national minimum wage. We have an SEO in construction and some of these issues could be usefully...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to expand the critical skills occupations list to address skills and labour shortages in the construction industry, especially in view of demand in the area of residential construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44370/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: Ministers are acutely aware of the impact that labour shortages and skills gaps in the construction are having on the ability of the Government to meet its own modest targets for residential construction. Does the Minister intend to review and expand the critical skills list in terms of craftspeople, the provision of additional skills and addressing those gaps for the construction industry?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, as reported in May 2023 (details supplied), he plans to further examine if new reporting mechanisms are required for companies such as supermarket chains that would oblige them to provide details on their margins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44372/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (12 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the full transposition of the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages; if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in developing, with the relevant LEEF sub-committee, the Action Plan to be presented to the European Commission no later than November 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: Behave yourself.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: This is what the Deputy wants. He is a child.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: Essentially these amendments do not involve the carbon tax. We are talking here about the excise duty on petrol and diesel. The Government has agreed that it will extend the period to March next year and have another phased increase in August, to the best of my recollection. We are proposing that the Government should go further. It has acknowledged the reason for postponing this planned...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: On a point of order, is amendment No. 4 being taken in this tranche as well? If that is the case, would the mover of the amendment be prioritised to speak?

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: However, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle also indicated they would be taken together, so surely there is some latitude for the mover of the amendment to speak.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I did. I indicated clearly.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: No mention. There has been no mention of it.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: It is state-sponsored vandalism and the victims are first-time buyers and communities throughout the country. We have anything between 25,000, 70,000 or 170,000 homes lying idle in the Ireland of 2023. The Government is that switched off it cannot even properly measure the scale of the problem because it simply does not seem to care. Property and property rights mean everything for Fianna...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: More than 20% of workers are still on low pay, and deprivation rates went up four percentage points after last year's budget. The Government had to follow this up with a mini-budget in February because they got it so wrong this time last year. The Government would not need to spend so much today if they got things right then. Those who are most in need are still paying the price for...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: We need to move more quickly to a real living wage, not the rebranded, watered-down version Government has in mind. In its costed alternative budget, Labour has ring-fenced €1.3 billion for a new public service pay agreement. The talks have yet to commence, but this would allow for a cumulative increase of in the region of 5% next year for nurses, healthcare assistants, teachers,...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: We need to move more quickly to a real living wage, not the rebranded, watered-down version Government has in mind. In its costed alternative budget, Labour has ring-fenced €1.3 billion for a new public service pay agreement. The talks have yet to commence, but this would allow for a cumulative increase of in the region of 5% next year for nurses, healthcare assistants, teachers,...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle very much. I am sharing time with Deputy Duncan Smith. It is said that RTÉ does too many repeats. So does this Government. There is some truth in the hackneyed description of a "The Late, Late Show" budget, with one for everyone in the audience. It is worse still. It is a "Reeling in the Years" budget in that it is a lazy rerun of all that was...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline, in view of the Low Pay Commission's recommendation that the hourly rate of the national minimum wage should rise to €12.70 in 2024, the estimated full-year cost of adjusting USC rates to avoid a cliff edge for full-time workers on the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43507/23]