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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Dr. Kavanagh.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Professor Whelan. That is interesting. I used to have a job where I had to listen to everything that the Central Bank did - the Fed, the ECB and the one in Britain - and I used to have to update my team. It is not technically correct that nobody listens because that is what used to be my job. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, was not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Thanks, just-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: That is most upsetting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am sorry, but I did not hear the first part of the reply. Will the Minister repeat it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: That is quite interesting. If we give a veto to allow for pillar 2, can it either amend the directive at a future stage by qualified majority or would we have the veto on any future amendment as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: So if we give a veto to allow for pillar 2, the EU cannot amend the directive and it would have to be unanimity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: If the session is finishing at 3.15 p.m., I will ask my questions together to make it easier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: In that case, I will ask my questions together. I thank the Minister for the discussion thus far. Head 4 of the general scheme states that the "legislation will not define the sectors to be included in SEAR, as this will be provided for by the Central Bank Regulations" and that other sectors "may be brought within the scope of SEAR in the future, after the legislation is enacted." Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as teacht os comhair an choiste seo. I wish to ask about the corporate tax changes under the tax rules. I would be interested to know whether in an instance where the headquarters of a company is located in a jurisdiction with a lower effective tax rate than the jurisdiction in which the branch or subsidiary is located, the branch or subsidiary could then...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date of the interim procurement reform board under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56103/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: What is the progress to date of the interim procurement reform board under the remit of the Minister of State's Department?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The national children's hospital was initially estimated to cost €650 million but the latest estimate stands at €2.4 billion, an increase of approximately 270%. The national broadband plan, initially estimated to cost €350 million, is now estimated to cost €5.7 billion, an increase of 1,530%. Behind schedule and over cost are hallmarks of procurement failure and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: It will please the Minister of State to learn I have a Bill forthcoming that relates to public procurement. One of its aims is to improve the approach to procurement data collection. Another Bill I have introduced, the Regulation of Tenderers Bill, which has passed First Stage, attempts to address the issue of bid rigging, something that everyone now understands is a problem. We often hear...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the issues the Open Government Partnership will be addressing with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56104/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Regarding the Open Government Partnership, OGP, I ask the Minister to advise us concerning the issues it will be addressing with him and if he can give us some more detail in that regard.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I welcome the Minister’s response. Many people would agree that there have been major concerns regarding transparency and accountability. I do not need to rehash those concerns because I think we have debated regularly in this Chamber. It is welcome that there will be an open government round table multi-stakeholder forum and that the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I will also be introducing legislation on protected disclosures. It will be intended to strengthen the legislation in this area, because it does need to be strengthened. Turning to freedom of information provisions, I have been clear that the current regime needs to be strengthened and that is why I have brought forward legislation and submitted amendments in that regard. The same goes for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2022 (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the multi-annual expenditure ceilings and the carryover impact of current expenditure measures announced in Budget 2022 for 2023 will be provided in the same format as provided in table 7, page 47 of Budget 2020. [56180/21]