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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 Jul 2022)

Gerald Nash: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from introducing a digital services tax on the same basis as France, Italy and Spain with a 3% tax rate in which a digital interface is provided and advertising services are based on user’s data with a €750 million global revenue threshold and a domestic revenue threshold of €25 million and €5 million; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Sep 2020)

Gerald Nash: 277. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue raised from a reduction in the threshold on the value of Irish property owned to €2 million from €5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23741/20]

Other Questions: Startup Gathering (26 Nov 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...from a constituency that includes Ireland's two largest towns, I agree that we have to focus on improving the ecosystem in major regional towns. We have two funding calls out at the moment: a €5 million fund for a community enterprise initiative and a €5 million LEO fund to try to encourage LEOs to collaborate on opportunities that will focus on the existing strengths and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 Jul 2022)

Gerald Nash: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total savings to the Exchequer from applying only the standard rate of tax to all discretionary tax expenditures costing in excess of €5 million in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38645/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Gerald Nash: Approximately €5 million was paid out on Border duty allowance. I have some understanding of that allowance in the context of County Louth, where I was born and reared and which I represent as a Deputy. I am aware of the importance of that allowance to members of the Defence Forces in my own area. How long has the allowance been in place and is it the case that a member of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (31 Mar 2021)

Gerald Nash: 412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the bodies under his aegis which are non-commercial State agencies that have an annual budget expenditure of €5 million or greater and annual ICT expenditure of €100,000 or greater as per circular 02/2016; if any of these bodies are not compliant with their obligations under the circular; if his attention has been drawn...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...been developed by the then auditor of the charity. This raises very serious and obvious conflict-of-interest concerns. The level of homelessness has exploded under Fianna Fáil's watch by nearly 50% since July 2020. The State will spend over €240 million on homelessness services next year. Vital public services have been outsourced to homelessness charity corporates. What...

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: According to the latest figures, the availability allowance amounts to approximately €1.7 million. This allowance applies to senior members of the force - superintendents, chief superintendents and others - who are expected to make themselves available during non-core hours, as it were. Given the public service's development in recent years, it is a fact of life for many senior...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 59: In page 91, to delete lines 5 to 7, inclusive, and substitute the following: “44. (1) Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1)(caa), by the substitution of “28 February 2023” for “31 October 2022”. (2) The Minister shall, before 14 February 2023, cause a report to be laid before Dáil Éireann on the...

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (1 Dec 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...criminals involved. Earlier this year, following an urgent review of the overall approach to dealing with burglary, the Minister published the Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015. This legislation targets repeat burglary offenders through bail measures and provisions concerning the imposition of consecutive sentencing for repeat burglary offending. The key objective of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (8 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: ...to the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, my local hospital. The hospital has been synonymous with serious overcrowding. This project, worth more than €20 million, was a welcome addition to the health infrastructure in the area and was welcomed by the hard-working staff at the hospital and by the patients. The project involves a four storey...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Gerald Nash: ...and they employ 70% of the workforce. They are vital to our economy. We are protecting the funding for local enterprise offices, which are the first stop for small business supports, at €18.5 million. We are also renewing our focus on creating jobs in the regions, with new funding for Enterprise Ireland. A new start-up relief for entrepreneurs, SURE, scheme will help people,...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...those who will have a loved one missing from the dinner table this Christmas. The Government has to make some extremely difficult decisions this week when it comes to Covid-19 and exiting level 5 restrictions. We want to see, as does the public, that the experiences and learning of the past eight months have been taken on board for planning the exit from level 5. There needs to be a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2022)

Gerald Nash: The Department is committed to remaining within the confines of the framework that it set earlier this year, temporarily moving away from the 5% commitment to 6.5% for next year. The Minister is on record as saying that. We are approaching, at least technical, full employment. Nobody could have envisaged that this time two years ago. It would be churlish of me not to recognise the...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Gerald Nash: ...Fáil chose to ignore that message and not to accept that argument, which is fair enough because in politics we make choices and decisions. However, it worries me for the future when I see that the approximately €400 million to be used for the purpose of income tax and USC cuts, small and all as they are for low and middle income workers, is to be directly paid for by...

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Percentage Adjustment) Order 2021: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: ...whether a business is in operation or not. I note from Revenue information available on its very accessible website that, as of 21 January 2021, the total value of claims came in at €221.5 million, covering 19,500 premises. Almost one quarter of all premises involved provide personal services such as hairdressers and beauticians, and so on. The highest payout, if I can call...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: I move amendment No. 5: In page 15, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: "Tax credits, etc.: report on cost of indexation 10.The Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform shall include in their Summer Economic Statement in each year a report setting out the estimated cost to the Exchequer of adjusting— (a) tax rate bands and tax credits...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Gerald Nash: ...By and large, it has worked. A considerable number of jobs would have not have been maintained or created if it was not for the fact we have this credit guarantee scheme, through which some €16 million in funding has been unlocked, supporting a considerable number of jobs across the country.

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Gerald Nash: ...and employment from 2014 to 2016, I took a huge interest in the development of Microfinance Ireland and the various schemes it operated. I recall making some significant changes back in 2015 - for example, the removal of the impediment that lay in the way of lots of microenterprises that required funding from MFI. That was the obligation to receive a formal refusal from a bank before...