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NASH WELCOMES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMITMENT ON INITIATIVE FOR DROGHEDA
Wed Jun 3, 2020 - 11:49 am
Speaking following a meeting with senior officials from the Department of Justice which took place today (Wednesday, 3rd April) local Labour TD Ged Nash said;“I am now satisfied that the Department ...Minister must stop banks withdrawing mortgage approval from workers on wage subsidy scheme
Wed Jun 3, 2020 - 10:56 am
Labour TD Ged Nash has called on the Minister for Finance to take urgent action to stop banks – particularly those in which the State holds a majority share – withdrawing mortgage approval from wo...Nash Calls for a New Deal for a New Generation
Thu May 28, 2020 - 10:57 am
Speaking as the Dail passed an increased budget for the Department of Social Protection Ged Nash TD said the crisis must be used to deliver a new deal for the generation affected by the economic impac...Over €2bn extra for Jobseekers but nothing more for €350 Covid-19 PUP beyond 9th June
Wed May 27, 2020 - 10:58 am
Dept of Business figures that say 38% earned less than €300 and so get more on €350 PUP are based on 2018 dataCertainty needed now on future of €350 payment after 9th June.Following an analysis ...Huge drop in Covid-19 Payment shows people are going back to work
Tue May 26, 2020 - 08:06 am
The drop of over 35,000 in claimants for the €350 Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shows people are going back to work, said Labour's Ged Nash, and reiterated that plans by FG and FF to cut it...Answer needed on Covid €350 payment level ahead of crunch Dáil vote
Mon May 25, 2020 - 11:39 am
- Will Fine Gael caretaker government cut the €350 payment later this week?Labour Social Protection spokesperson Ged Nash has called for answers from the caretaker government on their plans for the ...Covid Income of Lowest Paid should not be cut
Sun May 24, 2020 - 11:57 am
Language used is divisive and straight from the Varadkar ‘welfare cheats’ playbook With large parts of the economy still closed, Labour’s Social Protection spokesperson Ged Nash TD said it ...Caretaker Finance Minister should publish revised deficit projections
Fri May 22, 2020 - 02:47 pm
With the caretaker Fine Gael government now indicating there will be a €30 billion deficit and looking at ways to cut social welfare spending, Labour TD Ged Nash has called on the acting Minister fo...JUSTICE MINISTER KICKS TO TOUCH ON DROGHEDA TASK FORCE ANNOUNCED BY TAOISEACH IN JANUARY
Thu May 21, 2020 - 11:49 am
Ged Nash TD has criticised Fine Gael for kicking into to touch a promise made by the Taoiseach during an election visit to Drogheda where he committed to establishing a task force in r...Four years on FG continues to abandon workers caught up in liquidations
Wed May 20, 2020 - 11:45 am
Ged Nash TD has slammed Fine Gael for failing to legislate to protect and improve the rights of workers in liquidations, four years on from the publication of the Duffy-Cahill review which was prompte...Momentous EU decision to mutualise the debt means we must not go back to business as usual
Tue May 19, 2020 - 10:44 am
Nash Welcomes Macron and Merkel’s joint proposal for the creation of an EU bond to raise €500 billion to boost the European economyLabour Party TD for Louth,Ged Nash, has said last nigh...67 active HSA inspectors not enough - 'Cop On' is not a policy
Mon May 18, 2020 - 10:33 am
Proactive inspection regime with more staffing neededResponding to the revelation on Today with Sarah McInerney this morning that there were only 67 active HSA inspectors in the country, and the call ...Robust inspection regime of workplaces needed
Thu May 14, 2020 - 05:06 pm
Speaking in the Dáil on Business statements, and the roadmap to reopen the economy, Labour employment spokesperson Ged Nash TD called for more Health and Safety Agency inspectors.Deputy Nash said:“...IDA must intervene on National Pen jobs
Mon May 11, 2020 - 01:06 pm
SIPTU must be enabled to represent workers at Dundalk plantLabour TD for Louth, Ged Nash has called on the IDA and the Minister for Business to intervene to rescue the 176 jobs at risk in National Pen...Workers must have confidence that new Covid-19 workplace safety protocols will be enforced
Sat May 9, 2020 - 11:40 am
Labour’s Employment spokesperson, Ged Nash TD, has welcomed the announcement by government of new protocols which will be introduced to protect workers, workplaces and customers and help limit the r...