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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Are there not any in Mayo?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. That gives me a good idea. How does Mr. Ashmore define a regional project?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Everything outside Dublin. Obviously, it is a big concern around the region in transition and lagging region and one sees the metrics there are continuous and unchanging. Within that defined area or that region, how much has been invested?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That would be good because the big problem we have is obviously to attract commercial activity when we do not have the basic infrastructure. We spoke earlier about the national grid and what we are losing there in terms of renewables and possibilities along the Atlantic economic corridor. Without those vital pieces, and Deputy Canney mentioned some earlier on around the western rail...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Obviously we have to be able to upscale our renewable wind and wave energy and all of that as well. Is the National Reserve Fund capable of providing the counter-cyclical instrument in the event of an economic downturn in the way that it is currently designed?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Does it have any tangible benefits in terms of how our debt and spending is viewed on the international markets or in the EU in terms of the fiscal rules?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. I think my time is up.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have a short question for clarification. All of the fund is stored entirely in Irish sovereign debt. When the National Reserve Fund buys Irish Exchequer notes, the fund is buying Irish debt. Is that right? I just want to understand the process. We have €6 billion from tax revenue and rather than spend that money, we decided to save it to buy the Irish debt. When we then put the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Has our gross national debt increased, then, by €6 billion? It has not, obviously, because it essentially replaces other debt.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In order to withdraw the money from the National Reserve Fund, is there a corresponding repayment of debt?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: To give an example, what would be the benefit of funding €1 billion in emergency flood relief from the National Reserve Fund compared with simply funding it directly?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for allowing me to clear that up.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Professor Kinsella for his presentation. I found it most interesting and I would agree with most of it, looking at the timeline of the Norwegian model and what they learned along the way. There is no need for us to reinvent the wheel in some instances because Norway has had a couple of decades since 1998. Unfortunately, we gave away our oil and gas, otherwise we could have had the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am trying to get at why as well. In the interests of transparency, the way Professor Kinsella describes is much better for people to be able to see where their money is going at the end of the day. Could a sovereign wealth fund be used to invest in land or physical infrastructure? I am thinking of the amount of public land that has been given to private developers by successive...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Any of it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I do not know how well that has worked. We better go and vote.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide in tabular form a list of all major public projects with an estimated cost of over €200 million at any stage of development; a list of all major projects with an estimated cost between €100 million and €200 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22545/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide in tabular form a list of all external assurance process reviews tendered for to date; the value of the contract and the name of the successful company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22546/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22403/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency places in the public nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/23]