Results 161-180 of 324 for long speaker:Gerald Nash

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...around the pandemic and its economic impact. I hope the establishment of the new Department is a sign of a fresh focus on both the immediate Covid-19 related measures that are required and the long-term needs of higher and further education. Now is the time to start a conversation on what the post-secondary and higher education sector should look like into the future. This not only...

Decision of the General Court of the European Union in the Apple Case: Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...make. We also know that a generous corporation tax rate was not the only reason that firms chose to locate to this country or have their European headquarters here. Ireland's educated workforce has long been one of our greatest assets. Following Brexit, Ireland, together with Malta, will be one of only two English-speaking countries in the European Union, and that positions us well for...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...on constitutes a flagrant abuse of this house and of our rights as Deputies. Those rights need to be protected. I want to hear from the Ministers of State regarding the political reform agenda. There has been a long-running open sore in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the pension rights of community employment supervisors. There was a 2007 Labour Court...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (24 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...evidence to corroborate the fact that they are responsible for directing organised crime. We know that when these thugs are beaten, there is a community to repair. I appeal to the Minister finally to accept my long-standing appeal to establish a multi-agency task force backed up by a social investment plan to help to develop the parts of my home area that have been most affected by the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...to increase by 14% over the 2018-20 period under the "existing measures scenario". This, however, may increase further due to Covid-19 and the increased number of people staying at home for longer periods. As it stands, over 80% of Irish homes and other buildings have a building energy rating of C or worse, and under the stated transition plan these will need to be brought to a B rating...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...those women caught in the middle of it do not suffer any more. I am concerned at the level of foot-dragging that has taken place, given that this issue could have been comprehensively resolved long before now. While the Minister may not have the figures available to hand, but the Department will, what is the number of women caught up in this scenario? Does the Minister believe there is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (5 Mar 2020)

Gerald Nash: 1196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes allocated to tenants of local authorities under the long-term leasing housing scheme by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2813/20]

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: .... To remove a cohort of highly professional qualified and experienced individuals from this sector would have been disastrous for healthcare in this country. Senator Reilly is right. We have a long history of grandfather clauses in professional titles, including in architecture, for example. In a previous life I worked with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland before I came...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...years ago but there has been no increase in its core funding. We are in the grip of a drugs feud, or I could describe it as a drugs war, but the State leaves those who are impacted by this on the long finger for treatment and for support. It is simply not on. We can create all of these new facilities, or refurbished facilities, that we want or need, but if we do not populate them with...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...in his script. It is the kind of language I refused to read out in this Chamber when I was a Minister of State because I did not agree with it. Unfortunately, successive Governments have had a long-standing commitment to the voluntarist model. The curtain needs to come down on that model and we need to declare which side we are on. I remind the Minister of State that in order to get...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: He was Minister of State but that is a long time ago.

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...time as people in the area can live safely and securely without fear. The Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, has visited the local drugs service in Drogheda, the Red Door Project, which I have supported for a long number of years. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, visited it last week. With all due respect, if it were down to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...living in direct provision centres. The Mosney direct provision centre is in my area and I am proud to say I have many friends who, unfortunately, have occupied places in that centre for far too long. Given that the Supreme Court has adjudicated that asylum seekers in this country have a right to work, albeit restricted, to ensure that right to work is fully vindicated it should surely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...to our guests. Both the CIF and IBEC representatives expressed their satisfaction with how the current regime operates. I could not possibly agree with that and I think they know why. I am long on the public record as expressing my concerns about the operation of the code of practice that was introduced in 2007 and the various other means by which individuals have their employment...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...it is our responsibility to represent and work in the interests of our constituents. I have no difficulty with being mindful of the circumstances in which fishermen in the North find themselves. However, there is a long history here and it is not as positive as some might like to suggest. We can talk about the theory and practice and the legislative realities all we like but for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Deployment (28 Feb 2019)

Gerald Nash: ...accountable. Tomorrow the Taoiseach will make a planned visit to Drogheda. I was not aware of this visit; I heard about it through the media, as I heard about the visit of the Minister to Drogheda through the media. There is a long-standing convention and protocol that Oireachtas Members of all parties are notified of the visit of a Minister or the Taoiseach, but I have yet to receive...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerald Nash: ...that critical mass and supply chain of talent and ambition for Galway. Let us be honest: our cities are the main drivers of economic, social and cultural development. We have avoided that reality for too long but I am glad it has been reflected in the legislation, although it can be improved and I hope we can contribute to improving it. I look forward to seeing what the Minister of...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Gerald Nash: ...the draft legislation to allow the referendum to take place in a late night sitting last spring during which many people had the opportunity to speak. Senator Kelleher reminded the House of the long relationship she had with Senator Bacik in supporting and giving succour and comfort to young Irish women in crisis who had to travel to the UK back in the dark days when Senator Bacik was...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Gerald Nash: I am glad my colleague, Senator Conway, is back in the Chamber. I have great time and respect for him and have known him for a long time. It is not very often that I disagree with him fundamentally. Senator Conway said earlier that discretion is not a bad thing, but a system that is based entirely on discretion is a bad thing. That is the reality of the situation we have now. It makes...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Gerald Nash: ...Affairs and Social Protection, which was published on its website on 21 September, that the delays result from the introduction of a computerised programme to process these payments. It is no longer good enough that people have to wait a significant number of weeks to claim a basic payment from the Department. The illness benefit is a payment for a person who is sick and cannot work....