Results 141-160 of 1,245 for speaker:Gerald Nash in 'Dáil debates'

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: No better Deputy.

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...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: That is not directly comparable.

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...

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...

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

Gerald Nash: It will be next door to us.

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...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: Boliden Tara Mines plans to lay off 650 workers on 14 July. I raised this with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Coveney, during Question Time earlier. I express my gratitude to him for his understanding of the issues of concern and his continued engagement. Both of the latter are understood and appreciated. SIPTU, Connect Trade Union and Unite the Union put...

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...

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

Gerald Nash: The company stated the obvious when it said the union proposals of themselves would not be sufficient to stave off the scale and quantum of layoffs it is considering at the moment. The assumption always was, based on comments made, for example, by the Taoiseach in this House in recent weeks, that an energy package would be worked on to try to provide some support to the organisation and we...

Local Government and Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Carrigaline Rent Pressure Zone) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for his response to Deputy Ó Laoghaire’s very well considered Bill. The Minister of State acknowledged that this is an issue that the Deputy has been working on for some time and in good faith. As the Deputy indicated at the start of his contribution, there is a similar situation in my constituency. It is a matter that was raised with me a short...

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am happy to contribute to this debate on behalf of the Labour Party. I welcome the Minister's commitments in regard to support for apprentices in Tara Mines. We hope there will not be the kind of lay-offs initially unilaterally announced by the company. We also hope progress can be made on all of those jobs and a solution will be found to the problems facing Tara Mines, with the support...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: We would appreciate an update on the question of the inquiry into the concerns highlighted by the Women of Honour group and where the process is at.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: The Tánaiste knows the Women of Honour group is dissatisfied, to say the least, at the narrowness of the proposed terms of reference that were produced. The women have raised this directly with him. They do not believe the terms of reference as they are drafted and the proposal presented to them have sufficient scope to encompass the range of issues they have very bravely and...