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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: I thank our guests for their time. They have given us no little information. If there are any other issues they wish to share with us after the meeting, they can do so by communicating with the committee secretariat. I thank members for their time. Our next meeting will be on Thursday morning, rather than Wednesday, to accommodate the witnesses from the Economic and Social Research...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: 1331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for admission. [28604/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Taxation of Assets and Wealth: Discussion with Oxfam (14 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: I welcome Mr. Jim Clarken, Mr. Simon Murtagh and Dr. Sheila Killian from the University of Limerick, and Professor José Antonio Ocampo, commissioner from the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation, ICRICT. We expect he will be joining the meeting shortly online. It is our first meeting examining in more depth the taxation of assets and wealth....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for admission [28624/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for admission. [28625/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (15 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he is taking to ensure that Ireland's security policy is fit for purpose in the modern European and global security environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28097/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (15 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take to develop our relationship with China and the principles that will inform this action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28098/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: 73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on developments in the killing of a member of Ireland’s UNIFIL mission last December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28298/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: Could the Tánaiste update the House on developments regarding the killing of a member of Ireland's UNIFIL mission last December?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. He said at the end that he does not believe he can comment much further on the Lebanese authorities' investigation and the recent charging. It is alleged that the five formally charged are members of the Hezbollah armed group. Obviously, Hezbollah denies that. What is the Tánaiste's belief about the assertion? Does he believe and is he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: I appreciate the sensitivities of the matters involved when a trial is imminent. Insofar as he can be at this stage, and based on his initial interactions and investigations, the Minister is confident that the Lebanese authorities are insisting on a fair trial, as we would obviously expect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission: Dóchas (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: Apologies have been received from our Chair, Deputy Flanagan, Deputy Stanton, and Senators Joe O'Reilly, Wilson and Ardagh. Today's meeting is with representatives from Dóchas to discuss their pre-budget submission. I welcome Ms Jane-Ann McKenna, CEO of Dóchas; Ms Réiseal Ní Chéilleachair, head of international advocacy with Concern Worldwide; and Ms Rosamond...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission: Dóchas (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, sobering as they were. We appreciate the acknowledgements they made for the work of the committee, the Government and Irish Aid. The task at hand remains monumental, given that the crossover demands are dominated by humanitarian aid as a result of climate change, conflict and post-pandemic issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission: Dóchas (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: I should point out some students from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US are present. They are more than welcome and I thank them for their attendance. I hope they will gain something from their short visit and participation in the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission: Dóchas (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: Does anyone else wish to elaborate on any of those points?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission: Dóchas (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: Are there any further points that members online or otherwise would like to make? Okay. On behalf of the committee, I thank our guests again for making themselves available and for comprehensively dealing with the questions put to them. We acknowledge and appreciate the insistence their budget submission and comments supporting it are a matter of public record at the committee and will...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: 91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the work of the External Oversight Body of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28297/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (22 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: We have apologies from Deputies Matthews, Canney, Nash and Conway-Walsh. I immediately want to go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: I welcome the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, including its vice-chairperson, Professor Michael McMahon, council members, Dr. Adele Bergin, Mr. Alessandro Giustiniani, Ms Dawn Holland, and chief economist and head of secretariat, Dr. Eddie Casey. Before I begin, I wish to explain, as is the norm, some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses regarding...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Barry Cowen: I thank the witnesses for their report and for the detail it contains. It is concise and does not beat around the bush in its deliberations. A big play is made of the fact that it is no longer ten companies that contribute to the windfalls but, rather, three. This is a point not made previously, and it only serves to highlight the subsequent point made about the use of those funds and the...