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Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: That is a big risk you are highlighting.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: Can you put it in context in terms of the construction activity in Ireland last year? How does the Apple tax fund of about €16 billion compare? It is really only about a year's funding. Some people think this Apple fund will-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: -----keep us rocking away for the next-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: Yes. The Apple tax is only 4% of that. Are we overestimating what the Apple tax can do?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: Corporate tax is at least 30% of the total tax revenue in Ireland.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: We do not want to get to the bottom of the cycle.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: The point is 30% of tax comes from corporation tax, mainly foreign companies. The Apple tax, out of the €200 billion mentioned for future expenditure, is only about 4% of that. People think it is the cure for all our ills; it is significant money but is only-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: Income tax is another 35%; more than two thirds come from those two. I call Senator Stephenson.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: The Senator may not be aware but we have agreed that, from now on, there will be speaking slots of six minutes for questions and answers per member. The Senator has gone six minutes over her time but that is fine. I will give her latitude because she did not hear that at the beginning of the meeting. Deputy Neville, do you have a final question?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: A vote has been called in the Dáil.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: Yes, but be very brief.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Fleming: We will have to end the meeting now, given the vote in the Chamber. I apologise to the Senator. I thank the witnesses for assisting the committee today. If there is any information they have committed to forwarding, please send it to the committee within a fortnight. There being no other business, I wish to say something. I want to hear from all the people who attended the committee at...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: 535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35868/25]

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: I advise members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity, by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable, or...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the role and responsibilities of An Coimisiún Pleanála, formerly known as An Bord Pleanála, and the Office of the Planning Regulator. I am very pleased to welcome from An Coimisiún Pleanála, Mr. Peter Mullan, chief executive, Mr. Chris McGarry, Ms Bríd Hill, Ms Ciara Kellett, Ms Erika Casey and Mr. Kevin Baneham. From...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Mullan and call Mr. Niall Cussen, chief executive of the Office of the Planning Regulator.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Cussen very much. For the benefit of the committee, before the witnesses came in, I omitted to say one thing. We received a lot of correspondence from the Department of public expenditure, Uisce Éireann, the Department of Transport, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority. I do not think members will have had time to absorb it. That is the...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Fleming: That is just an observation I want to put on the record so the public have an idea about it. Mr. Mullan referred to LDRs and the statutory timeline for them. He also mentioned the statutory obligations under Part 4 of the planning Act and said the commission was working to meet them. My conclusion at this stage is that, where there are statutory timelines for the legislation, they are...