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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...

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

Gerald Nash: What timeline does the Tánaiste expect for the recommendations?

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am incredibly pleased to speak on behalf of the Labour Party in this very important debate. l am a proud LGBTQI+ ally. I always have been. I grew up in a State, as did the Minister, that was a very cold and hostile place for anyone who was considered to be "different". I use the term "different" advisedly. My party has a long and proud track record of legislative social reform....

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: This is relevant generally to the conditions of workers across the country. They should engage with the trade unions on alternatives. It is high time, by the way, in conclusion on this point, that the Government stopped ignoring the Labour Party's calls for a German-type short-time working scheme to be introduced that could greatly assist in situations like this. The Labour Party is...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Gerald Nash: With the indulgence of the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach, I will take the opportunity to express my solidarity with the workers in Tara Mines who received the devastating news yesterday evening that there are to be 650 temporary layoffs - and we hope they are temporary - at the mine in Navan. 11 o’clock It has a huge impact on workers and families in Meath and across County Louth...

River Boyne Task Force Bill 2023: First Stage (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

River Boyne Task Force Bill 2023: First Stage (30 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a committee of the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly to serve as a River Boyne Task Force with the function of proposing and promoting policies and priorities for the protection and enhancement of the environment of the River Boyne and of its natural habitats and wildlife and the co-ordination of the...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I am sharing time with Deputy Ó Ríordáin. I want to talk about a family in crisis, and what I am about to say will resonate with the Minister of State and builds on remarks made earlier by my party colleague, Deputy Sherlock. This week, I received an email from a struggling, loving and caring mum who had spent most of the past week sitting worriedly by her autistic son's...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: We know why the self-imposed general expenditure rule was imposed last year, that is, to take account of the high inflationary environment. The reality is that, for much of this year, inflation will be above that 5% target in terms of the Government's self-imposed expenditure rule. The Minister of State will appreciate the context of the macroeconomic success that this country is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: One particular point that the Minister of State made, and that he and his colleagues will consistently remind us of, is the once-off measures that were introduced to help families and businesses deal with the cost of living crisis, but the active point there is “once-off”. We know that our social welfare system is not indexed either to wage rises or increases in the cost of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to exceed the 5% expenditure rule in the context of budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (11 May 2023)

Gerald Nash: I apologise for arriving late. I want to ask whether the Minister of State, his colleague the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister for Finance, Deputy McGrath, intend to exceed their self-imposed 5% expenditure rule in budget 2024.

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...

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.

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...