Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Engagement

3:30 pm

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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We obviously have to invest in infrastructure, including the infrastructure Dr. McDonnell has talked about. Putting funds away until 2040 is all well and good and it is laudable, but we need to fix the infrastructure to maintain our competitiveness and expand foreign direct investment in order to ensure we are not reliant on three multinational companies. That is hugely important.

Dr. McDonnell referred to how we have an economy of winners and losers. Who are the losers?