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Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: I detect an effort to hide this and to avoid calling it what it is because the proposers know fine well, as does everybody, that Sinn Féin has a very dubious record on, and a dubious commitment to, climate action and what needs to be done to decarbonise our society. Sinn Féin is opposed to any form of carbon tax and the party should just be honest about that and stop squirming and...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: I thank my constituency colleague for his contribution. I am pleased to speak on this motion on behalf of the Labour Party. Listening to some commentators in recent days, you might think the cost-of-living crisis is more or less over. Nothing could be further from the truth, especially for those living in a permanent cost-of-living crisis. The rate of inflation might be slowing but it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: 581. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is planning to increase investment and promotion of menopause services in Louth; if the HSE will consider the creation of a new complex menopause clinic at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41478/23]

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 2: To insert the following after "at their disposal": "— calls for mortgage holders with performing loans held by vulture funds to be provided with the option to refinance those loans through the Local Authority Home Loan scheme; and — calls for the passage into law of the Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2022". I am...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: The Central Bank said yesterday that the Government's stance is likely to be expansionary. Would IFAC agree with that in the first instance? Do our guests agree that the budgetary and fiscal stance that is to be taken in October is likely to contribute to inflation? The Central Bank said yesterday that its forecast for inflation next year is about 3.2%. When I questioned its...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: The witnesses are all very welcome and I thank them for their presentation. In its statement and in a range of different interventions it has made recently, the Central Bank seems to be saying that the spending and tax plans set out by Government both in the summer economic statement and, subsequently, in the more concerning pathway it put into the public domain post the summer economic...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Central Bank of Ireland and ESRI (19 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: If we accept the Central Bank's forecast for inflation next year at 3.2%, is Dr. Kelly in a position to provide us with at least an estimate of how much of this inflation next year will be accounted for by the Government's expansionary budget, as he has described it? I am using his own term when I say "expansionary". Would it be 3%? Would it be 2.9%?

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: The two things that define me are my football and my class. They are linked inextricably. One of my very first memories is of Northern Ireland playing Spain in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. I was playing football on the street in Newfield, an estate the Minister of State would be familiar with, and I remember being called in to watch a hugely-anticipated match. I drank that match in with two...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: My point is this: football fills us with hope. It fills us with dreams. It allows us to think big things for ourselves and for our communities. My colleague, Deputy Aodhán Ó Riordáin, articulated so eloquently earlier on the place of football in our society and history, which has often been derided, scorned and sneered at through our State's history. Nothing that he said...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (12 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: 102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned about the series of proposed collective redundancies at a company (details supplied); if he will confirm the date on which he was formally notified by the company; if the IDA is working with the company to minimise the number of potential redundancies and identify cost savings as an alternative to redundancies at...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: The very last phone call I got on my mobile phone before I came in here this evening was from somebody I have represented for many years, a person who has been told by his landlord that he is just about to receive an eviction notice. He is married with a large family and is now contemplating what he can do. He knows that if he looks around the Drogheda area, he will simply not be able to...

Report on Section 481 - Film Tax Credit: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: I asked for five minutes but I may wander a little beyond that if that is in order. It turns out I may have more to say than I originally anticipated, based on contributions from colleagues and the Minister of State's earlier response. One thing the Minister of State and her officials in the Department could usefully consider is directly engaging with people who work in the industry. She...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: I understand when the witnesses say they are circumscribed in terms any elaboration they can provide the committee in respect of departmental thinking on what ultimately might be the framework in developing an initiative such as this, because the policy decision ultimately has not been taken. The summer economic statement published yesterday gives us some insight into the evolution of the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am glad reference was made to the fact that whatever approach is taken in respect of covering age-related expenditure, it will not be at such expense. There will be difficult policy decisions over the next period with regard to the PRSI base, which is crucial to ensuring the long-term viability of the Social Insurance Fund, given the demands that we are very aware of. It was not long...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: What we want to achieve is important but albeit modest in a Norwegian context. Let us not compare ourselves against Norway. However, the engagement with the Norwegian representative was useful in terms of our own thinking on the direction of travel of this. Is there a fund or vehicle that – though every case is different – might be more directly applicable to Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that works being carried out on the historic Obelisk Bridge at Oldbridge, County Meath will see the bridge close from 1 August 2023 for one year; if he is aware that the closure of this bridge/route from the north to the south of Drogheda will force motorists to use the toll bridge on Donore Road, Drogheda; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: 419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline in detail the number of members of An Garda Síochána in place at the station in Drogheda, County Louth in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32142/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline his engagement with the owners of a company (details supplied) and the trade unions at the company; if he will detail the supports he is prepared to provide to assist in avoiding 650 potential lay-offs at the operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31836/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: The Minister rightly expressed shock two weeks ago at the plans announced by Tara Mines to put all of its 650 staff at the Navan mine on temporary layoff. Yesterday, a week after proposals were tabled by the unions to avoid mass layoffs, Boliden essentially pressed the button and said it planned to go ahead regardless. Since the announcement two weeks ago, can the Minister inform the House...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: In the past, SIPTU, Connect and Unite have shown themselves to be extremely flexible and responsible when that company previously hit trading difficulties. They showed their leadership and responsibility again two weeks ago when they started to develop proposals on cost-saving measures. Unfortunately, they were rejected by the company and, extraordinarily, when the trade unions were in...