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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: Let us try to have one speaker at a time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: Can we have one speaker at a time? The Deputy can ask a question or make a point. Is Ms Kinney indicating? Is that what she is suggesting? No. Go ahead, a Theachta.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: Before the Deputy comes in, I note that Ms Kinney is indicating and may want to come in. We need to try to wrap up this segment. I am giving the Deputy some leeway because we were not dealing with this topic earlier. I call Ms Kinney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: We are coming to the end of the Deputy's time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: That is fine. Before Ms Kinney responds, we had to receive legal advice before today's meeting. I wish to flag that the committee is aware that the European Parliament has lodged a request with the European Court of Justice regarding the SAFE regulation. It is important that the committee not prejudice that case in any way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: The witness is indicating, just in case the Senator wishes to allow her to reply before she changes the topic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: Just before-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: No, that is okay. That is not what I was going to say at all. Given the advice that I always read out at the start, it is better not to mention companies or entities by name.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: I know you did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: I know the Senator knows that, but we do have guests, so it is just that everybody understands.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: Companies or entities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: Does Ms Kinney want to start because she has been indicating for a while?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: No, go ahead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: I thank Ms Kinney. I call Ms Ní Bhriain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: We cannot name anyone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: They cannot be named.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: No, that is in terms of the loan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: I am just conscious of time and Ms Kinney wants to come in. Ms Ní Bhrian can finish what she saying.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: I will go on to my own questions. When you are the last speaker a lot of stuff has already been raised and there are also things that come up as part of the conversation. One of the things that really stood out to me was the mobilising of private capital that Ms Ní Bhriain mentioned earlier. She referred to the €150 billion that is being borrowed. That is borrowed money and I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: That will be very interesting when it is.