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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: Under what article? I am conscious of our legal advice. Ms Ní Bhriain is talking about the other aspect of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Article 41.2

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We had a huge amount of different submissions during the course of our call for submissions on these particular COM proposals. One of them was from the Centre of Full Employment and Equity. It focused on the fact that this debt financing model is unfit for purpose. It literally said member states will be forced into fiscal austerity should the debt obligations incurred under the SAFE...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: It is interesting because often when we have discussions on this, there is talk about financial risk. We have had ISIF representatives before this committee in relation to investing in, say, companies that are in occupied territories and things like that. Fundamentally, it always comes back to what the financial risk is. It always comes down to the question of whether the debt will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Of course. Considering that this is the finance committee and because we are constantly told financial risk is a reason things cannot be done, it is interesting that, in this case, things are being done while there is a financial risk. I have a question for Ms Kinney. When Senator Higgins was out of the room, I mentioned how a good bit of work was done previously on fiscal rules by a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas le Ms Kinney. I will allow for a very brief second round because I am conscious-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We might wrap up on that if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I call Ms Ní Bhriain briefly because we are running out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Iontach. Gabhaim buíochas libh agus le Ms Kinney as well. I thank Ms Kinney for calling in to us. That concludes the joint committee's business in public session for today. The committee stands adjourned until we meet again on Wednesday, 1 October, when the committee will meet in private session at 2.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, preventative spending. I do not know whether Ms Kinney wants to comment on that. Earlier, she mentioned just transition funding being reallocated for the expenditure under discussion. In the last term of the EU Parliament, it was said the focus was on climate. Obviously, Ms Kinney would know better that me whether that was the case. The focus was always said to be on the climate....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the building of a new school at a location (details supplied); when it will go to tender in view of the fact it was granted planning permission on 8 May 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50523/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plan and the consideration that has been given to deliver a secondary school in Moycullen County Galway given its increase in population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50524/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans being considered to deliver a secondary school at a location (details supplied) in view of the increase in population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50525/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application dated 11 August 2025 for relocation due to medical needs (details supplied) [50565/25]

Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Sometimes we need to be really honest with ourselves. At this moment in time, we know one in five children is living in poverty, 300,000 households are in debt on their electricity bills and nearly 200,000 others are in debt on their gas bills. We need to look at that and make decisions that impact people's lives and help them. We are bringing forward this constructive motion to try to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. Will they furnish the committee with the report on research and development they mentioned to Deputy O'Callaghan? It was mentioned that a report was released last week. A witness made reference to a report that examined how investment in research and development could work. I understand it related to the equity side. I would be very...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Just that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We all know that we have a problem with people who are very clearly in serious poverty, whatever way we want to talk about it. People are really struggling to get by. In the opening statement, Dr. McDonell spoke about an economic boom, and a lot of commentators are using that language when we talk about boom-and-bust cycles, how to invest and all of those kind of things. At the same time,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Can Mr. Nugent explain that?