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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...

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...

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...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...up to a tenfold return cited in some studies. Under the Labour Party's vision of a new social contract, we would have supported families to ensure every child has a fair start. We would have invested €60 million as a first step to develop a universal public childcare service and an additional €30 million to ensure every childcare worker is paid a living wage of at least...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: We have known deadly disease on our island before. In the 1800s, the Great Hunger saw millions emigrate or die of famine, diphtheria, cholera, fever and smallpox. In the last century, TB or consumption destroyed thousands of lives. It may be folk memory now, but its legacy lingers on. It took the vision of a socialist, Deputy Noël Browne, to deliver the infrastructure and the drive...

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]

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...

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: ...radical shift to free primary care. It is the social wage and the value of that. It is utterly bogus to seek to convince citizens that the best way to improve their living standards is by spending €300 million on tax and USC adjustments that will be worth a pittance each week to most working people. Let us look at the figures. On the income tax changes, according to Central...

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...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Gerald Nash: ...'s website on a quarterly basis and I recently asked the operator for up-to-date figures, as of Friday, 22 January 2016, to present to the House today, which I will summarise. Approximately €45 million in credit guarantee scheme loans were sanctioned, averaging €161,300 in over 279 cases.Live credit guarantee scheme facilities were approximately €32.6 million,...

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.

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...

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...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (5 Nov 2015)

Gerald Nash: ...of credit guarantees to ensure that Irish firms have the full suite of supports necessary to compete and succeed and to operate on a level playing field vis-à-visinternational competitors. On 15 October 2015, the OECD's centre for entrepreneurship, SMEs and local development published a report entitled Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2016, which benchmarked access to finance across...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Discussion (24 Mar 2015)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Chairman for his kind invitation, which has afforded me the opportunity to present the general scheme of the low pay commission (national minimum wage) Bill 2015 for the purposes of pre-legislative scrutiny. The general scheme of the Bill was approved by Government in January, and, together with a regulatory impact assessment, has been published on my Department's website and...

Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Gerald Nash: ...loan. It should be borne in mind that companies can get a lower interest rate by applying through their LEO than by applying directly to MFI. We have supported 333 micro enterprises with over €5 million worth of loans up to the end of September. That number is growing all the time. We have also put in place a credit guarantee scheme but its performance has been lower than...

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,...

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...

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...