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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What about 2025 to 2030? Has any modelling been done for those years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Would Dr. Sweeney be more concerned about the 2025 to 2030 period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is alarming to think that the EU could use the fiscal rules to push certain economic agendas outside that of the normal, democratic pathway. I refer to issues such as a higher retirement age, for example, among other challenges. How could the fiscal rules be designed in a way that allows for corrective action that would not mean opening up threats to democracy and the sovereignty of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Could Dr. Sweeney speak to the challenges we have around the regional deficits? On one hand, there is the EU European Regional Development Fund, ERDF, funding and the 60% that is allowed for areas in transition, such as the west and the north west. On the other hand, there are rules. Can Dr. Sweeney see a situation where there would be a loosening of those rules?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. At least it has some flexibility. I am finished with my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If I could just make a closing comment on what Dr. Sweeney said, while it is absolutely correct, we cannot look at planning in isolation and not also invest in transport, particularly in rail. There are opportunities now, with the all-island rail review, to do just that. To ignore transport is a mistake.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Obviously that is what this presents for us, in terms of investment in infrastructure that we have not had heretofore. We need to maximise the opportunities around climate change and climate action like renewable energy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We have to remember that the next financial crisis - and we can be absolutely certain that there will be another one - will not be because of what caused the last one. It will be something else. The question for today and for TASC is whether we have enough flexibility within the fiscal rules and EU monetary policy to make the adjustments that will be necessary, because the last time we were...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the deflator that is applied to expenditure projections by his Department in order to estimate the cost of maintaining the current level of public services and benefits in real terms in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20370/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (3 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to expand the provision of co-educational, non-denominational post-primary education in Westport, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20369/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Chair for allowing me in because I am not a permanent member of the committee but I have a really strong interest in this subject since my time on the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. I want to make a couple of points about this. First, on accreditation standards across the island, can we have assurance that any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What was critical in the assessment of the original assessment? It is important we get that right from the beginning. I will leave it there. I have made my other point about the capacity of the higher education institutes to do that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the north west has been allocated less funding under the European Regional Development Fund, ERDF, programme despite the purpose of the fund being to address regional inequality and the north west being the only region in the State not classified as a more developed region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want to ask the Minister of State the reason the north west has been allocated less funding under the ERDF programme despite the purpose of the fund being to address regional inequality and the north west being the only region in the State not classified as a more developed region. The European Regional Development Fund is specifically intended to address regional imbalances between and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Ireland was allocated €396 million in the EU funding for the ERDF programme. When the national co-financing is included, it allows spending and investment of more than €850 million across the State. The northern and western region is classified as disadvantaged compared with the southern region or eastern and midlands region. The north west is the only region of the State not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the PEACEPLUS programme and look forward to it opening so it can be availed of. The west and north west of Ireland has been downgraded to a lagging region by the European Commission after becoming significantly poorer relative to the European average. The region's GDP per head of population has fallen from 82% of the EU average between 2015 and 2017...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to expedite flood relief schemes to protect residents, businesses, and local communities at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22173/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What steps is the Minister State taking to expedite the flood relief schemes to protect residents, businesses and local communities at risk? The people of Crossmolina in particular and in Ballina are still waiting. They people in Crossmolina are waiting for the River Deel flood relief scheme. When will the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, sign off on this scheme? I believe it is on his desk and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact he spoke about projects in Westport, Ballina and Crossmolina going ahead. I want to ask about Crossmolina in particular. The people there have been told that money has been ring-fenced for the work to go ahead. This week I was informed by the Minister that all work on environmental assessments and review is due to be completed in the...