Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion
Mr. Oliver Gilvarry:
With anything that is coming through, whether directives or regulations from EU level, we have the impact assessments that are done by the Commission. From the position we set out at an EU level on those, as one of the member states negotiating, we set forward our policy. We do that in the Department of Finance in respect of anything on the financial services side, the economics side or the tax side. That is part of the policy formation process, and we then make recommendations to the Minister and the Government. I do not see it being any different with frameworks relating to planning, nature, water quality or biodiversity. However, I cannot comment specifically on those because it is not within our wheelhouse or within our area.
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