• Labour TD for Louth
• Former Labour Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 31 March 2020 — General election
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Data, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Covid-19 Pandemic, Departmental Advertising, Tax Code

(based on written questions asked by Gerald Nash and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

“194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of any engagement between his Department and other Government Departments on the question of short-time work supports in the context of the announcement by President Trump of new tariffs on EU goods on 2 April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18270/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

“296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has decided to review supports for workers who are put on short-time work in the context of the impact on workers and businesses of the tariffs announced by the US President on 2 April; if he will consider introducing a scheme similar to the German Kurzarbeit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....”

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

“Trump’s trade tantrum is having a real world impact, just one week after that bizarre event in the White House Rose Garden where an American President held up what looked like a bookmaker’s betting board as he gambled away the world economy in service of his own ego. It is quite bizarre that the country that has done the most to design the current global world economic order is...”

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• Has spoken in 62 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 19 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 348 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 21 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Gerald Nash speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 526 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 206 times in debates — average among Senators.
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