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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (21 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the recent engagements he has had with insurance underwriters in order to bring more into the market; the further progress made in relation to the Action Plan for Insurance Reform Implementation Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44778/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Commissioner and his team for coming before the committee. If possible, I will do over-and-back questions and answers. Some of my questions are very short.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: To follow on from the points made by Deputy Haughey regarding the corporate tax rate, the Commissioner has spoken about the fact that he believes there is a decent possibility of an international deal in this regard. He referred to the minimum effective rate. There is a 12.5% rate in Ireland. However, although France, for example, had a rate of 26.5%, in many cases there were workarounds...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that. There will be an attempt to deal with it within the rules, which will need to be consistently and constantly reviewed to ensure they do exactly what they say on the tin. That is vital. Mr. Gentiloni spoke about the fiscal rules and governance. I am going to take an inference from what he said and some of what has been reported to the effect that Mr. Gentiloni believes Europe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: To have flexibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: You could be sorry about this. My apologies beforehand. I appreciate the previous two answers. I welcome what Mr. Gentiloni has said and I welcome the solidarity that has been shown on the Brexit issue. I particularly welcome his statement that the only show in town is the Irish protocol and it is just about finding the best case scenario with regard to its operability. We need Europe to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate the answer. The Commission has already shown its want and ability to address situations as they arise. That needs to happen with respect to the Irish protocol. Irish unity is something that is on the agenda. At some point in time, it will need to be planned for. The European Union has allowed for a situation where if there is a vote on Irish unity, the North, as part of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I both apologise to the Commissioner and thank him for his patience. I will follow up on what the Chair has said and on some of what the Commissioner has said himself. He framed it well in the sense that he did not refer to the usual green and digital recovery but to an equitable green and digital recovery. That is absolutely necessary given the difficulties we had during the banking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would not say that.

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will start where Deputy Kenny left off in referring to a meeting he and I had recently with relatives of a victim of tragic circumstances and a brutal crime. They spoke about what the Deputy referred to, namely, that they felt left out of the entire process. In fact, they feel they were almost victimised again by the criminal process. We do not have proper formal procedures in place...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all accept the necessity of dealing with the climate change crisis. We all heard about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, report over the summer. We are aware of the situation with which we are dealing. We know we need to make the 2030 and 2050 targets and that renewables are a huge part of this. The byword has to be "sustainability". It is about putting a system and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Driver Test (16 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice to those of the driving instructors. There should be some interaction to see if we can use a hybrid model and create a system that will allow for people to be test-ready. It would basically be a streamlining of the situation. I had submitted a later question about the theory test. In fairness to the Minister of State, she has answered a fair number of questions or given...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (16 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does the Minister have an updated or guaranteed timeline on the Enterprise service, which is meant to be going to an hourly service? Do we know over what period of time this will definitely be introduced? That service is vital for Dundalk and Drogheda.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There has already been mention of the fact that NBI was in front of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications yesterday. I suppose the welcome news is we are now at a stage where the entire plan, at least the seven-year plan, is there on the website for all to see. We are talking about two matters. We are talking about the acceleration from seven to five years and we are talking...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Perhaps the mobile and broadband task force is the body that can provide that information, if the Minister of State could come back to me on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Tailte Éireann Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (16 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have listened to most of this but it is always possible that I missed something at the beginning so if I repeat something, just tell me and I will accept the slap. There is an issue relating to carrying out the plans around Tailte Éireann. Will they speed up the valuation process? We are talking about local authorities possibly losing significant amounts in rates due to delays in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Tailte Éireann Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (16 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: On some level, the Department does see that they will all still have responsibilities. The Valuation Office is responsible for valuation, and I get that. Does the Department see there would be streamlining and a speeding up of the process? I imagine there would be.