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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: The Government is supporting Ukraine’s day-to-day costs – Mr. Angley outlined some of the actions in that regard – but what is the figure for that? It is probably ever-changing, but there must be a guide figure for governments’ contributions. What has been the cost of our direct contribution to those day-to-day costs so far?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: Those costs are separate from our contribution to the European Union.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: Mr. Tobin might give the committee the overall figures there, please. He also mentioned the IMF and the World Bank. They also contribute to the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: This is just a general question. If the European Commission is raising money and loans from the markets and the IMF, and the World Bank is able to give favourable loans, is there not room for a commercial collaboration of sorts whereby money-raising entities come together and get this money at the most favourable rate, particularly when it is for such a cause as the rebuilding of the lives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: Is that being actively pursued?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: It is a help to know all that is going on. There is no doubt that the public need to know that it is not just a matter of giving and giving, but that there is a structure there - a joint approach on the part of interested parties that are seeking to achieve the very best in protecting Ukraine and people's lives there, but also with regard to money. At some stage or other, it will have to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: That is aside from our yearly contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: Those buckets are created by taxpayers’ money-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: ----- because whether it is country or commercial, it is still coming out of the pocket of the taxpayer at some stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: That is why I asked about our carbon taxes and this carbon contribution. Any tax or contribution is going to go back to the individual to pay for an item or service - petrol or diesel, or whatever - and that also drives costs and inflation. If that would get rigidly tied into the carbon contribution and our carbon taxes, and if they cannot be adjusted, is that not a concern for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: It is. Both figures take minding which is why I go back to the point that what gets counted gets done. When the European Union is talking about trillions and billions, sometimes I wonder where it gets counted. It might get counted, but I am never too sure about the democratic input from elected members into all of this stuff. Mr. Tobin spoke in his opening statement about the EU budget...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: So they have a grasp of all those things. Simplicity or transparency is not something I associate with the EU - equity maybe and burden sharing, although the likes of burden sharing will not affect the money. I would like to believe that there is a lot of transparency and simplicity out there as well. You do not see that much of it. I think that is it. That has clarified matters for me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: That is fine. The Department will send us a note on the different issues we raised today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Budgetary Proposals: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all banks licensed to operate in Ireland; the date each one was issued; and the particular focus of each. [42925/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) has been approved. [42933/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: 154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be approved for a person (details supplied) to cover the cost of their grandmother’s funeral as this person was their carer for the past five years and has limited means and cannot be expected to cover any of the cost; and if she will expedite a positive response. [42975/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to provide recognition for those professionals operating as athletic therapists in Ireland, who have been campaigning for the recognition for the past 15 years; to outline the process for such matters; and the reason for the inordinate delay in completing consideration of this particular group. [42924/23]

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: I just want to mention the service from south Kilkenny to Waterford and from Gowran to Kilkenny. It requires immediate attention because of the number of families affected. I ask the Minister to bring before the Dáil the complete details of the school bus system, its costs and so on and I ask that we put the school bus system out to public procurement as soon as possible.

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: Of course we raise it at the parliamentary party.