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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.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: On a similar theme I am interested in looking at a breakdown of the 800 people who are availing of the Special Assignee Relief Programme, SARP. I wonder how many are working in the constituency of Dublin Bay South. I would say a fair few are working in the Irish Financial Services Centre, IT and so on. There is a concern that we are in danger of creating what has happened in San Francisco...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Mr. Coffey and his team. We are in an uncertain period. There is a tricky economic question. Given Brexit, international factors like the trade war between China and the United States and the general cycle of expansion that is coming to an end globally, we could be facing into a very severe contraction next year. In these circumstances, would it not be prudent economically to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: As Mr. Coffey said, the borrowing environment is still very positive. We can borrow ten-year money at a rate that is almost negative and that might continue to be the case. If the borrowings were to be invested in a green new deal, that would address some of the imbalances in the economy, to which the council refers on page 15 of its document. If the borrowings were actually used to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree that we need to shift spending from roads to public transport and from office construction to housing construction. There are tactical things we can do with budget items. In its document, IFAC mentioned the possibility of what it called a "prudence account" being created from excess corporate tax revenues. I have some questions to help me understand this concept properly. Where...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have one final short question.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Has the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council done any analysis on the corporation tax changes envisaged in respect of the profits of multinational technology companies and under the OECD proposals? One could foresee an increase in our tax revenues as a result of these. One of the reasons for the increases in corporation tax revenues in recent years was that multinational companies are moving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise, as I had to run out to take a call. I have a few questions. My understanding is that another project is currently looking at the various potential options for the Limerick to Cork road. One option is to go along the existing N20 road, and another is to run a road to Cahir and into Cork via the N8. Is my understanding correct that, if the N20 is upgraded to an M20 motorway, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If it is decided to run along the existing N20, traffic would be coming into Blackpool, which would result in a bottleneck. All the traffic could not be directed into that part of the city or there would be gridlock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That is in real trouble after last Monday. Our Luas is not looking like it is in good shape.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: There was a vote in Cork City Council against the first section of a bus corridor on the Wilton Road.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If that northern corridor is done, it will fit into the Dunkettle effect, or would have to.