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

Gerald Nash: ...that Government business, refused to accept the Labour Party amendment to the motion, and we have seen excise duties rise at the pumps on 1 April. It was cleverly dubbed "April Fuel's Day" by Pat Flanagan in the Sunday Mirror, and he was not wrong. That increase went ahead in April, and further increases are planned for August and October. I am making the case once again that all those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Prices (10 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: ...night the Minister, Deputy Ryan, refused to accept the Labour Party amendment to the motion and we have seen excise duties rise at the pumps on 1 April - "April fuels day", as it was dubbed by Pat Flanagan in the Sunday Mirror. We have seen that increase in April and we will see a further increase in August. I am making the case that should be deferred and at least reviewed in the budget...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2023 (4 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: This time last week the Minister and his Government colleagues were patting themselves on the back on a job well done on budget day. There is no shortage of graphs and other narrative in the glossy expenditure report claiming how much better off low-income households will be as a result of the once-off measures combined with the budget 2023 measures. However, when we strip away the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...low pay epidemic. One third of all Irish workers earn less than what might be considered the living wage of €12.90 per hour. I ask the Taoiseach to listen back to what David McWilliams said to Pat Kenny on Newstalk this morning. He could not have been clearer. He said the only solution for low-paid workers is to have wage increases. A high-wage economy is a good thing. It adds...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Gerald Nash: ...The role that the institutions of the State, Government and, indeed, all sides of this House, have played to meet the unprecedented challenge presented by a pandemic, that nobody could have anticipated, has been quite extraordinary, as the Minister outlined at the outset of this contribution. We have all acted with solidarity and we have done the right thing by our country, but we, in...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: ..., about the levels of infection of Covid-19 for healthcare workers across the system. There was concerning evidence that suggested that healthcare workers were in essence putting themselves and patients at risk through no fault of their own because they were showing up to work while experiencing symptoms, because of their dependence on premiums and allowances, given the low levels of core...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...to the pandemic unemployment payment, and who are earning more than they did in January and February, are somehow cheats, scroungers and spongers. Just a little while ago, I spent about 20 minutes on radio with Pat McDonagh of Supermac's. I say we were on radio but he refused to debate with me because he thinks he is somehow special and exceptional. He had made statements, as have other...

Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Gerald Nash: ...23 May 2015 we became the first country in the world to allow same sex couples to marry. That day we all reflected on how far we had come as a country and as a society. We were also allowed a brief moment to pat ourselves on the back. The world stood and watched the good news coming from Ireland beamed into their homes. It was a powerful expression of who we now are; an open, free and...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Gerald Nash: It is an issue bout which the Leader is enthusiastic. I am pleased to see that Fine Gael is not engaging expensive media monitoring firms because when I was on "The Pat Kenny Show" this morning, Senator Buttimer engaged by tweeting a very welcome comment. I acknowledge his role in terms of making Ireland a more equal society. I congratulate him on that and I hope we will have Government...

Seanad: Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement: Motion (5 Oct 2016)

Gerald Nash: ...than I to create jobs and I have worked with trade unions and others to improve labour standards in this country. I know the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Pat Breen, is also working hard in this area and I have every confidence that he will deliver in this regard. I do not want our hard-won gains to be diluted in any way by agreements that...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (2 Jul 2013)

Gerald Nash: .... I take this opportunity to express my personal condolences and the condolences of all members of the Labour Party in County Louth to his family - his wife, Kitty, his daughter, Mary, and his sons, Tom, Bartle and Pat - and to the people of Dunleer and Louth on our recent loss.

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Gerald Nash: ...across the Continent and in this country. If ever I begin to doubt my position on Europe, I take a quick look around the Continent and listen to those who are most opposed to European participation. In France, there is the obnoxious, far right bile of people such as Jean-Marie Le Pen. In Italy there are the failed remnants of the old Stalinist communists and, closer to home, there is...