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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Other members have done that here today. We realise we will only get answers later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: That is fully understood.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: You are not an oracle. You cannot answer everything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the Minister of State and his officials. That concludes the joint committee's business in public session for today. The meeting now stands adjourned until Wednesday, 9 July when the committee will meet in private session at 2.30 p.m.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the appraisals will be completed, and decisions made, on properties that have expressed an interest in providing international protection accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36667/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (3 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for further supports or funding to be made available for structural damage to farm buildings during Storm Éowyn, where an application was not made during the emergency TAMS 3 tranche, or whether there is another existing scheme to which farmers can apply for funding; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (3 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reform his Department’s capital expenditure programme by giving longer-term financial commitments, for example, ten to 15 years, to all arms of the State responsible for delivering infrastructure, such as Irish Rail, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Uisce Éireann, and so on, as this will allow them to plan for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the strategies he has to develop long-term employment in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38307/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Many people in Ireland commute to work and spend a long time in traffic. Many of these people's jobs are not conducive to working from home. This is a cost in terms of finance, time and family life. Rural employment must be supported. I welcome the successful roll-out of the national broadband plan, which is ahead of schedule and under budget. What strategies do the Minister and his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Employment brings life to rural Ireland and helps support our unique culture, including things like the GAA and many other traditions that are part of our culture and such a positive part of our society. In particular, can the Minister look at ways of supporting the economic development sections of our county councils? Some have significant resources but many, including my County Wicklow,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Much of small-town Ireland has a shortage of housing yet no house building. House building would provide valuable employment. Currently, it is not viable to build houses as the cost to build exceeds the selling price. This is never mentioned in discussions on housing. However, it means that much of Ireland has no house building and yet there is a demand. We must look at strategies to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the witnesses for attending. I have just a few short questions. If they are as brief as possible in answering, I will be able to stay within the seven minutes. In his opening statement, Mr. Madouros suggested broadening the tax base. The Central Bank also referred to an excessively narrow tax base in its quarterly bulletin. How would the witnesses broaden the tax base?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Even though we have one of the highest VAT rates.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Mr. Conefrey has answered the question. The Central Bank suggested incentivising investment in new machinery, equipment and technology in the construction sector. Does it mean tax incentives or grants?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Would Mr. Madouros suggest targeted tax incentives for purchasers of housing? I am not saying they should be identical to those associated with the old section 23 but implying they could be along those lines. Maybe there could be targeted tax incentives for housing construction, for the buyers.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Mention was made of the savings and investment union, which is a Europe-wide project. How might that work in Ireland? Has any progress been made?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I tend to agree with people who say that, after the financial crash, we slammed rather than closed the stable door after the horse had bolted. We might have overcompensated for errors of the past. Were any measures taken after the economic crash 16 years ago that need to be modified or at least considered?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: The Central Bank.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Does the Central Bank review all the measures that were taken, including simple things like the massive amount of box ticking and compliance people have to engage in when they take out a mortgage? Does it review the red tape, for want of a better description, measures that were implemented after the crash, which perhaps need to be looked at again?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Yes, I know. I am talking about reducing risk.