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Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: I will be sharing time with my colleague Deputy Lawlor. We are in an incredible situation in this country and in the Middle East at present. For the first time, two weeks ago, in response to a Labour Party motion and a Sinn Féin Bill two weeks ago on Israeli bonds, a significant statement was made by senior Government representatives in this House. Finally, a senior Government figure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: In the interests of the expeditious processing of the meeting and our business, I am happy to comply with that. The currently approved prospectus will expire in September. Deputy Brennan raised some questions about the process. While I would have liked to explore them in some more detail, I will limit my questions and observations. Typically, it seems it takes a number of weeks for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: Okay. To the best of the Governor's recollection, how long did it take the Central Bank to process the application for the first prospectus from Israel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: From initial contact to the approval.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: Is a prospectus required to be renewed and refreshed annually?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: Okay. There may be some expectation that the Israeli state may be in contact over the next few weeks with the prospect of the prospectus potentially being renewed. Does the Governor wish to put on the record of the committee this afternoon the kinds of questions and issues the Central Bank is likely to raise with the Israeli state in the event it requests the renewal of the prospectus,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: What does the Governor think those new developments are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: That is a significant statement. The Governor has put on the public record the kinds of questions we expect the Central Bank to ask of the Israeli state if it requests the renewal of the prospectus. I am glad he raised the prospect of the potential viability of the financial system and the public finances of the Israeli state in respect of the genocide that is happening at the moment and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: I say this as somebody who respects the work of the Central Bank and the reforms and the improvements that have been introduced to governance in recent years. Mr. Makhlouf is painting a picture of a prospectus regulatory regime in Europe that we have been obliged to adopt here that is narrow and arguably amoral, to put it mildly, which is Jesuitical in the way that it is interpreted and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: Would Mr. Makhlouf agree, given the challenges we have now, that the regulatory regime speaks to another time, if I can put it like that? Does he think it is fit for purpose now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: Can I ask one more question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: I will be brief. Have staff of the Central Bank come to Mr. Makhlouf or to their line managers to express their concerns or reservations about ethical issues relating to the Central Bank's handling of this issue and the fact that the Central Bank is progressing the prospectus? Have concerns been expressed by staff to Mr. Makhlouf and how has he handled that?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties being encountered by students with dyslexia sitting State exams (details supplied); the plans her Department has in place to address these issues and to make appropriate accommodations for such students at exam time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30977/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (11 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection is he is concerned that recent policy changes outlined in correspondence (details supplied) will impact on projects that depend on community employment, CE, participants to deliver services and supports for communities; if he plans to reduce down the time on which recipients of certain payments must be in receipt of such...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mining Industry (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any applications for new or additional drilling licences or amendments to existing licences are with his Department from a company (details supplied); if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29849/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the serious concerns that members of the CIÉ superannuation scheme (1951) have about the governance of the scheme (details supplied); his views on those concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30023/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 398. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer from an increase of €0.50 and €1 in the excise duty on 20 cigarettes, and a pro-rata increase in excise on other tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 399. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer from an increase of €0.50 in the e-liquid products tax by €0.50; the current estimated annual yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Mining Industry (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 429. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any request has been made by a Government Department or a company (details supplied) for a deferral or review of royalties as they apply to the operation of a mine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29848/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Gerald Nash: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in funding in total that has been secured from REPowerEU to fund an expanded school pathfinder decarbonisation and retrofit programme in 2025; if she will provide the names of the 40 schools that have been selected for initial assessment based on their building profile for the programme; and if she will make a statement on the...