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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have two further questions. The Oireachtas committee agreed a broad consensus, with some exceptions, that we should increase the price of carbon to €80 a tonne by 2030, which would mean a €10 increase in 2020 and an increase of €5 per annum thereafter. It is reported in the newspapers today that Fianna Fáil believes that the increase in the first year should be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to flag another issue to throw into that mix. I know the Department of Finance came out with a report in the summer, stating the revenue should not be given back in a dividend or cash back. I suppose the Department would say that, in terms of asking whether a fox wants a hen house open or not, of course the fox does. The Department wants that revenue, even if it is hypothecated for...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I return to the question of additional borrowing. The Minister is absolutely correct that over the years, politicians have all looked for more spending on everything but on this occasion, it was meant to be different. We are a budget oversight committee, the first of its kind. We had a meeting earlier today with the Parliamentary Budget Office, which we have resourced to advise us. Last...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: As I said, I need to check the record, but my understanding is that the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is advising that, even assuming a no-deal Brexit, the Government should live within the €2.8 billion. The council always says that additional tax measures could be raised which might have some dampening effects. Let us take the example of a tax on financial transactions. That would...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Just for the record-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That is very helpful. If we scroll down to the next page, what the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council representative said was that measures to deal with the cost of a no-deal, hard Brexit should be accommodated as far as possible. Mr. Seamus Coffey said: "The council has repeatedly criticised the Government’s medium-term plans for not being credible." He goes on to say, as I said, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I recall that when Ms Byrne was here two years she said An Post wanted to go into Government services. Is there a single new or additional Government service that has been introduced through the post offices in the past two years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Could Ms Byrne give me an example of three more services An Post would like to get?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I imagine it is not technically difficult to do that if An Post can issue dog licences.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Who does An Post need to talk to, the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport or the Department of Finance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Is that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Has An Post met the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport on this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: What are they saying? For example, are they keen to issue the driving licences through An Post?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We have been thinking and talking about this for two years. It should not take that much to get the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to switch a service over. What has delayed it for the past two years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We should make it a Brexit response unit and that might kick it into action. I recall An Post going into banking with Postbank. I was slightly concerned when I saw a twinkle in some executive's eye when I asked where it was going to make money on the lending side. The executive referred, with a smile, to mortgages. I remember shutting down that bank because it went bust, like so many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Who is the partner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: With whom?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: With whom is An Post partnered in mortgage lending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Who carries the risk? An Post has a partner. Who holds the loss if a mortgage or loan goes wrong?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That is a new form of banking. I am nervous. An Post is entirely on the deposit side and Ms Byrne says it has no risks on the loan side. We would all like to be in that business.