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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: I organised the meeting at which Deputy Farrell was present. It speaks volumes that contract cleaners and security guards who worked right throughout the pandemic on the front line in our hospitals, and who put themselves at risk, had to take time out of work to attend a meeting in Leinster House with their union to drive home the reality of life for them. It is disgraceful that they have...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: Just so the Minister is clear on this, they are non-HSE staff who were contracted to work at various levels of the HSE during the pandemic.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Report on the treatment of construction defect levies 3. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the design and cost of a scheme for the granting of tax credits in respect of— (a) payments within the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applicants and successfully approved recipients of the temporary business energy support scheme (TBESS); if he plans to attach any conditions on companies accessing the scheme, for example, restricting the payments of dividends and senior management bonuses to firms in receipt of funds under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if any data centres have applied for and been approved to draw down support under the temporary business energy support scheme; his plans, if any, to restrict data centres and other large energy users from availing of the TBESS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage owners currently in short- and long-term arrears, in tabular form; if his Department or the Central Bank will conduct an analysis on the potential impact of rising ECB rates on mortgage arrears; if he is satisfied the 2013 code of conduct on mortgage arrears is adequate to protect customers in the current environment of rising rates;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the average response time for an online Revenue query; if he is satisfied the Revenue Commissioner is adequately resourced to respond to such queries in a timely fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55837/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister for his wide-ranging response. What I discern from it - the Minister can correct me if I am wrong - is that he and Government accept the principle that there are recommendations in the report on financial support for those who are affected. If the Minister is not accepting the amendment, which has been put forward in good faith to try to move this pressing and urgent...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Report on the treatment of cohabitants under the Taxes Acts 3.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the treatment of cohabitants under the Taxes Acts with regard to the differences in the taxation of a married...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: In response to the Deputy's point, in practical terms, that is the case. It begins and ends when somebody is alive. As we know from the recent court case, people cannot claim a widow's or widower's pension if their long-standing partner passes away. The Labour Party brought a Bill before the Seanad to try to amend the social welfare rules on the widow's contributory pension in order to try...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: As I am not formally a member of the committee, when the Minister corresponds with the committee, I would appreciate if the note could be forwarded to me.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (9 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of calls received by the Revenue Commissioners by month from 2017 to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of calls per category; the average waiting time to be connected to a Revenue official; the number of calls left unanswered or disconnected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55728/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (9 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners is currently writing to carers, widow’s pensioners, people on invalidity pensions and other DSP recipients, with no other income sources requesting them to complete income tax return before 31 October 2022 and 16 November 2022 for previous years 2019, 2020 and 2021 due to PAYE...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (9 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of recipients of the temporary wage subsidy scheme who will be expected to pay back tax in 2022 and in 2023, by county in tabular form; the number who had underpayments for 2020 and also received TWSS; the amount of persons with TWSS underpayments; the average TWSS underpayment per person; the total amount of outstanding TWSS under payments; his...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance the price achieved for each disposal of shares in banks (details supplied) since 1 January 2020; the number of shares sold in each of those transactions; the number of remaining shares he holds in each bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55771/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance the price achieved for shares in a bank (details supplied) in each transaction since he began selling down the State’s shareholding following the financial crash; the total yield and individual price per share in each of those transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance the price achieved for shares in a bank (details supplied) in each transaction since he began selling down the State’s shareholding following the financial crash; the total yield and individual price per share in each of those transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55773/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance the dividends received on shares held in banks (details supplied) since 1 January 2020; the dividend per share; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55774/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held any meetings with Irish banks about the rate of interest paid on customer deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55775/22]

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Labour Party on this important Bill. Members will be more pleased to hear that I will not use my full 20 minutes. I will keep to the standard set by previous speakers. As the Minister of State mentioned in his contribution, I was involved in amending the Credit Guarantee Act 2012. The work I did was in 2015. The beauty of the parent legislation, if...