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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: It is an important perspective and the amendment seeks to address a significant issue of anomalies relating to parties registered and operating both North and South in cases where they are in some way taking advantage of British electoral law and what is allowed in that context compared with what is permitted here. The Hampton case illustrated that as a problem because of the lack of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: In correspondence my party and I had with the Standards in Public Office Commission in 2019 when we first brought to its attention the William Hampton bequest of more than £2 million in cash and assets, it delayed its examination of it. There was correspondence between the leader of Sinn Féin and her office and SIPO. SIPO essentially conceded to Deputy Mary Lou McDonald's argument...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 90: To insert the following after paragraph (c): “(d) (i) by the substitution in subsection (2) (d) of “donation;” for “donation.”, and (ii) by the insertion of the following after subsection (2)(d): ‘(e) where a gift or a bequest of money is made outside the State to a political party, it is deemed...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: No. I am happy to withdraw my amendment on the basis of what the Minister of State has said, but I may re-enter it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: All donations from outside of the State need to be declared regardless of whether they come from a citizen or not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: As the provision stands it says we can make a contribution or donation within the regulations. My understanding, which I mentioned in my remarks when we discussed the amendment, is that every donation, regardless of its size, needs to be declared now. Is that presented cumulatively or individually in terms of the statutory reporting requirement? An example would be if John Reilly in London...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I agree with what Deputies Ó Broin and McAuliffe said. The pace of change in the evolution of online platforms is such that we will not be in a position to wait two, three, five or ten years for a reappraisal of the utility and effectiveness of this legislation. It is an important start, but we have to remain ahead of the game and keep a watching brief on how the evolution of those...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Referral to Select Committee (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of grants provided by the IDA to a company (details supplied) under all of the relevant IDA grant headings in each of the years 2012 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27771/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details on all of the engagement IDA has had with a company (details supplied) in 2022 in advance of its recent decision to propose 307 redundancies at its operations in Dundalk and west Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review his stated strategy to unwind the State’s shareholding in commercial banks (details supplied) in light of a recent European Central Bank paper which cites that a mixed composition consisting of foreign and domestic-owned banks that are controlled by the state and private owners is advisable; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with his stated policy decision to unwind the State’s shareholding in commercial banks (details supplied) in light of a recent European Central Bank paper; if he agrees with the analysis that a fully-privatised banking sector may worsen the impact of crisis periods; if he agrees that Ireland is particularly vulnerable given the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider pausing the sale of the State’s shareholding in a bank (details supplied), in light of a recent European Central Bank paper which states that a mixed composition consisting of foreign and domestic-owned banks that are controlled by the state and private owners is advisable, in order to conduct a full review of the risks of a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that retired civil servants with qualifying pensions have not yet received the 1% pay increase that was granted in October 2021 which current civil servants have already received; when he expects that all persons eligible for this pension increase will have their increase applied; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ukraine War (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that has taken place between a development company and his Department and or IPAS on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27915/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a community employment scheme (details supplied) that has been instructed by her Department to discontinue a long-established programme of environmental works in three estates in Ardee, County Louth; if she will provide documentary evidence from her Departmental officials outlining the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that has taken place between a development company and his Department and or IPAS on an issue (details supplied); if agencies such as the HSE and the Department of Education have been consulted to ensure that local supports and service provision will be put in place to support such an initiative;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 726. To ask the Minister for Health when stakeholders will receive a letter confirming funding for the Sláintecare: Towards Self-Care in Headache project so that the participating hospitals can retain and recruit vital staff, as per his Department’s announced roll-out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27766/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (31 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will extend the Brexit temporary fleet tie-up scheme 2022 to include the month of December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27745/22]