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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Is that at 2023 prices?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: What is the rationale for dissolving the National Reserve Fund and how is that currently stored and invested? How will the infrastructure, climate and nature fund and the FIF be stored? What are the investment strategies and the time horizons of both of those funds? I am trying to get at how they are stored as opposed to how the others are stored, and I will then have some follow-on questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I want to clarify what I am trying to get at with this. We saw with the National Reserve Fund and the National Training Fund that the general Government balance is impacted in exactly the same way in terms of spending from the funds as it would be in terms of general expenditure. Would it be different under the FIF and the ICNF if they were not to be stored in Irish sovereign debt?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Is that part of the problem in terms of why we cannot draw down on the National Training Fund even though it now contains more than €1 billion? Is it the right way to do this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: There is nothing that prevents it from spending the National Training Fund. Businesses will be interested to hear that. It is a Government decision not to spend money from it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I understand the inflationary aspect and all of that. However, investment in education and training is one of the key drivers of foreign direct investment and we see the movements, even in the past few months. It is certainly worth consideration into the long term and we can also look at some of the other categories where investment can be targeted, such as lifelong learning and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: How was the 0.8% figure reached? Why is it the percentage of GDP rather than GNI*?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It is to have cash.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Why is the ICNF being funded at the flat €2 billion rather than the percentage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: In terms of the ratios, how was the decision reached to initially fund at the 2:1 ratio in favour of the future Ireland fund compared to the ICNF?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It will be 2:1.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: How will the Government outline or communicate the investment mandate of NTMA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: When we heard from representatives of the central bank of Norway, they spoke about the long-term trend towards falling real rate of returns from the wealth fund. It has over time shifted more towards equities as a share of the fund to maintain the real rate of the return and that is obviously the higher risk Mr. Gilvarry spoke mentioned. What will be the target real rate for the return of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Finally, what if the most productive investment is actually increasing the State ownership or State capacity? In public investment, it could be a situation where there would not be a commercial return but financial benefit in the form of the savings to the Exchequer. I am thinking of avoiding the costly public-private partnership, PPP, contracts or leasing contracts or privatisation like we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Gilvarry.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes, we can.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Rose Conway-Walsh: My first question is on the acquiring of properties by the OPW. I commend the OPW on seeking to increase the owned space portfolio and the Department on facilitating those purchases. It is the way to go when there are opportunities to reduce the cost of leasing. Will the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, outline the process the OPW has to go through when it sees an opportunity to...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Rose Conway-Walsh: Does the Minister of State have a report showing him which leases are due to finish?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Rose Conway-Walsh: Does the OPW look out for opportunities at that point?