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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance if scheduled carbon tax increases out to 2030 are included in the SPU revenue projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29181/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Instruments (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the types of financial instruments used to hold the Social Insurance Fund investment account; the effect the Social Insurance Fund investment account has on the general Government balance when held in sovereign Irish debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29040/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sovereign Debt (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance the current level of GGD that is made up of the FIF, ICNF, NTF and the SIF investment accounts; the projected share of the GGD that will be made of the FIF, ICNF, NTF and the SIF investment accounts out to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29041/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on planned reforms to strengthen standards in public office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30043/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has in monitoring the expenditure of departments on an ongoing basis through the year, making specific reference to departments substantially off profile shown in the Fiscal Monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30042/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a plan or strategy is in place for the Office of Public Works to reduce the reliance on leased properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30044/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on any work by the Office of Government Procurement to promote the recruitment of apprentices through the use of social clauses in public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30045/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of pre-committed capital investment in retrofit to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30272/24]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I nominate Deputy Aindrias Moynihan.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. They are very interesting and timely. There are a lot of commonalities in what they have said. IFAC's submission makes for stark reading. We would be in a deficit of more than €5 billion if it was not for the windfall tax. This is difficult for people to understand. It would suggest there has not been good management of the economy...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Obviously projects such as the western rail corridor, which is shovel ready and not greatly labour intensive, and the rebalancing of the regions are very important. I hate to think what would happen if we did head into recession again with such a deficit of infrastructure in regions. We would tip over completely.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We obviously have to invest in infrastructure, including the infrastructure Dr. McDonnell has talked about. Putting funds away until 2040 is all well and good and it is laudable, but we need to fix the infrastructure to maintain our competitiveness and expand foreign direct investment in order to ensure we are not reliant on three multinational companies. That is hugely important. Dr....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Basically, we are spending a lot of money but we are not spending it in the right places. If we were to go into a budget and again give tax reliefs, such as on inheritance tax, rather than targeting, that would be the wrong thing to do.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have a question for the Central Bank that I need to ask. I apologise, I may get back in again, but I have to speak in the Dáil. I need to ask the Central Bank about its decision to renew the agreement to facilitate the sale of Israeli sovereign bonds, and how that reconciles with ISIF, which said it would divest from six Israeli companies active in the occupied territories. It is a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is that a legal requirement in domestic law or in European law?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate that, but I am sure that Dr. Kelly understands that people are absolutely horrified that our own Central Bank would facilitate the sale of war bonds when there is a genocide and more than 40,000 people have been slaughtered in the past months. It is appalling, but it is something we will take up with the Governor of the Central Bank when he comes in to the finance committee. I...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

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

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: On the topic of trains, the all-island rail review and the western rail corridor, we have the opportunity to do what needs to be done there. You only have to look at the map to see the absolute lack of rail services from that area up to Sligo and Donegal, and the Minister, Deputy Chambers, will know this. There is an opportunity now and there is no excuse whatsoever not to do it. Cork...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is it much in excess of €6 billion?