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Business Support Package: Statements (23 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: They lowered the property tax

Business Support Package: Statements (23 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: The Irish economy is in rude health, which is something we can all be very proud of. Anybody who is proud of this country will be proud of our economic performance and the fact that 2.7 million people are now in work. This is a record. There were 90,000 new net jobs in quarter 3 of 2023. That trend has continued into 2024. VAT receipts are up 6.3% so far this year. There are at least...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: The Taoiseach was in Drogheda last Friday and, among others, he met with the Love Drogheda Business Improvement District, BID, scheme group. It represents more than 1,500 ratepayers in the town. The group provided the Taoiseach with new and robust economic research data that show the full impact on the local economy and local jobs of the loss of the D Hotel in Drogheda to the tourism...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: When will the Taoiseach agree to meet the team from the Love Drogheda BID scheme?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: The Tánaiste said “sick leave”. He did not address the question of the stalling of sick pay, a Government promise.

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(3) The Agency may, in consultation with a Minister of the Government having functions in relation to a sector of the economy, develop proposals for investment in that sector in order to support economic activity and employment.”. I am sorry for being a little late. I proposed this...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: I wish to share time with Deputy Sherlock.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: Like much of the public infrastructure in this rich country, our roads, cycleways and footpaths are suffering from chronic underinvestment and, tragically, to an extent, the cost is being measured in the lives of road users. There has been a 30% increase in fatal accidents on our roads to date this year while, at the same time, investment in road infrastructure and road safety measures is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out how he plans to limit the deployment of so-called "non-core" expenditure as he develops plans for budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20050/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: The use of non-core expenditure has become a feature of budgets in recent years, and the continued use of this device is concerning not only to me and Members of the House but, as the Minister knows, also to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC. Will he explain how he intends to limit the use of this device ahead of budget 2025?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister. Nobody is arguing that we did not have a necessity for additional spending in recent years. The issue is the means by which the Government has presented the spending. The Minister will recall the phrase used by IFAC after budget 2024, when it described the way in which expenditure was presented to the House as a form of "fiscal gimmickry". This was a very serious...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: Nobody is arguing that we did not require additional supports for those who are less well-off and those on modest incomes in terms of battling through the cost-of-living crisis. It is how we have presented it in the House. In recent years the budget has been presented in a very opaque way. Many budgetary items described in recent years as "once-off" have, in fact, persisted. This is the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: That is essentially what the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath, said to me last week. It seems to me that the only thing standing in the way of including Drogheda in the living city scheme is politics. We meet the criteria for the scheme, which the Minister of State set out. We manifest levels of vacancy and dereliction and higher than average levels of unemployment and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: I love my home town of Drogheda. Our small city is really in my DNA and defines me. We have had and still have our problems. Every place does. We always overcome them. We often do so in spite of and not because of Government support. Increasingly, we have had to rely on ourselves to address the problems this Government patently ignores. To give an example, to tackle the social and...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: Labour fully supports the motion for several reasons. With the increases in fuel duty brought in on 1 April and those planned in August and October, the Government is wilfully piling straws on a straining camel's back as working people in this country continue to struggle with the cost of living. The wording of the motion gets it right: "the Government chose to increase the price of petrol...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (18 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: 65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his plans to transpose the EU directive on adequate minimum wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (18 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: Will the Minister of State provide an update on the plans to transpose the EU minimum wages directive by the end of the year?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (18 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister of State for her response and I noted the engagement earlier with another Deputy on this matter. I spoke about the importance of the national minimum wage, moves to a living wage and setting a higher floor of minimum wage adequacy below which no decent society should allow workers to fall. More important still is the transposition of the collective bargaining element of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (18 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: I advise the Minister of State not to rely disproportionately on the efficacy and utility of the JLC system, good and all as it is, for enabling Ireland to reach its obligations under the minimum wages directive, specifically Article 4. The system is important, and I am proud of the role I played in re-establishing its mechanisms, which are important for low-paid workers, but there are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: That was an excellent report from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and I advise the Minister to read it. This is not the first time this morning that questions were posed on Fine Gael's commitment to modest adjustments to Ireland's sick leave regime. I note the Minister did not give me a straight or direct answer earlier. It would provide some reassurance to workers across the country if...