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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: Land.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: That reliance on land and property further embeds some very unfair and inequitable tax reliefs that are available and perpetuates that situation. I will make one final point as I am aware that Deputy Moynihan may wish to make a contribution. We have had many debates at this and other committees of this House in relation to tax expenditures and the way in which we approach them in this...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am glad Professor Moloney agrees that we need to shift the balance of taxation away from taxes on labour to taxes on capital and wealth. There is no shortage of people in these Houses and across society who believe, for example, that we should exclude or excise local property taxes from our taxation system but my analysis would be that we cannot have a taxation system that is fair and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (10 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports and contact available to a person (details supplied) in County Louth in the context of a return to work in Ireland from Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21941/23]

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: To be fair to the Minister of State, I acknowledge that he arranged to organise this meeting last week, which is when he announced it. He brought forward the scheduled 21 June meeting of the retail forum to discuss this most pressing of issues. I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment. It is the first opportunity I have had to do so in this Chamber. I have no doubt the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he formally enunciated his concerns at the ECB's policy of continuing to increase interest rates and the impact of this policy on households and businesses at the recent meeting of finance ministers and ECB officials in Stockholm in late April 2023; if this is the official position of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that just €73 million of the more than €2.2 billion in warehoused tax debt under the relevant Covid scheme, which is owed by companies, has been paid as of March 2023; the steps he plans to take to address this issue, which now involves approximately 64,000 firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21439/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Prices (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the recently published ECB paper entitled 'How tit-for-tat inflation can make everyone poorer'; if he is concerned at the evidence that profit-taking is contributing to price gouging and elevated levels of inflation; the action the Government plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21440/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 605. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is engaging formally with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to assisting with its funding needs; if the HSE will provide an update on the status of that engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (4 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that when making provision for the European Accessibility Act (EU Directive 2019/882), he will ensure that every ATM and point-of-sale credit card terminal is accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired, and that this will include provision for audio guides and tactile keyboards;...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: In March, the Labour Party supported a similar motion to this. In the continued absence of the long-promised windfall tax on energy companies or, indeed, any fundamental attempt by the Government to tackle escalating home energy bills in a real way, we are inclined to support the motion and the sentiments contained therein. Wholesale prices for gas and oil are falling while energy bills at...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: We need an urgent debate in this House on the extraordinarily high price of groceries. The biggest daily issue facing households throughout the country is the extraordinarily high price of bread, milk, butter and eggs, the basic staples on which we all depend. Last weekend, the major supermarket multiples, in an almost synchronised fashion, reduced the price of milk overnight, on the same...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: We need a debate on this issue in the House and, in the meantime, I call on the Taoiseach to engage the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, and enable it to carry out an investigation into price gouging and competition in the retail grocery sector in this country.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (27 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: 319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the financial pressure experienced by a person (details supplied) if his Department will agree to renew his stamp 4 on a two or three-yearly basis rather than annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20135/23]

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

Gerald Nash: The north east does not.

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

Gerald Nash: We know that the living standards of our people are being eroded. People who are at the front end of this and who are most acutely affected are those on low and modest incomes. We know that the national minimum wage did not increase sufficiently in order to allow people's living standards to at least stabilise. We required a much higher increase to the national minimum wage to protect...

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

Gerald Nash: The CSO consumer price index for March was published just under two weeks ago. Prices grew by 7.7%. It was the 18th straight month when the increase was at least 5% or more. We keep hearing that inflation should now start to moderate as rampant energy prices start to stabilise and subside. What is really hitting people where it hurts is soaring prices for basic essentials at the checkout....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of warehoused income tax liabilities and VAT liabilities at the end of March 2023; the amount of interest that is projected to accrue over the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19796/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of dividend withholding tax paid by REITs in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively; the amount of personal income tax paid on the dividends from REITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19797/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Apr 2023)

Gerald Nash: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that was paid out as dividends by REITS in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively. [19798/23]