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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Annual Progress Report 2025: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I have one more question before my time is up.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Annual Progress Report 2025: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: On page four of the Minister for Finance's opening statement he said there is a current projection of an €8.7 billion surplus. How does that differ from the original projection in the budget this time last year?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Annual Progress Report 2025: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the Ministers.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Annual Progress Report 2025: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the Minister. Everyone is now dealt with, unless some of the other members return. The Minister touched on how it is not all about money and expenditure. Does he look closely at outputs? Going back to the infrastructure investment theme and what is put in versus what you get back out, does he look at outputs? It is not just about money; the outputs are more important. We can get...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Annual Progress Report 2025: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Moreover, the movement of things has slowed. We published the revised national planning framework in April. We are going to feed down population targets to the councils. It goes through this test and legal delays and it is all so slow. The councils are sitting there waiting for their numbers so they can redo their development plans. It is all bureaucracy and red tape. That is nothing to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Annual Progress Report 2025: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Of course. I am ready to finish the meeting, unless other members have anything else to say. That concludes this session. I thank both Ministers and their officials for attending the meeting today.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (24 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the members. It is a great honour to be made Leas-Chathaoirleach. I even had the opportunity to sit in the Chair at the last meeting. I did not expect it to happen so quickly but I thank those who elected me and everyone here. I hope we all work well together.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Annual Progress Report 2025: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Yes, and 2025 so far.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review and change the current very penal means test calculation on land or savings on, for example, the non-contributory old age pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32897/25]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I welcome the extension of rent pressure zones to all parts of the country. By any measure, this Government and the previous one have done many things to protect renters. I want to blow away the myth that tenants are not protected in this country. I have experience of other European countries. These are often cited as being much more favourable to tenants. This is often not the case....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the witnesses for coming. It is good to hear from them. I will be brief as much has been covered. Everyone is horrified at what is happening, without question. We are unanimous across this House. I can state that about anyone I have ever spoken to. The Government is as determined as anyone to stop the actions of Israel, including on the issue of bonds. We have been European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Ms Mahony has probably answered my second question. I reject her assessment that our Minister for Finance is playing smoke and mirrors. I have spoken to him and his team about this. They are absolutely not. I completely reject that claim. I believe he is as outraged, as are all members of the Government, as anyone on any bench in this House. I completely reject that assessment. Last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Is Mr. Marmion saying that what he stated here was wrong?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: To be clear, is Mr. Marmion saying that what the Governor of the Central Bank said here last Wednesday was incorrect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: That is fine. I have one more question. When we, including Deputy Brennan and others, and maybe me, asked the Central Bank last week about what level of funding was raised through the issuing of bonds through the EU, the governor stated that the funds raised were in the order of €100 million to €150 million. I do not have an exact time period, though maybe since the last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Go ahead.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress in securing a primary radar system for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31262/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will increase the capitation grant by €75 per pupil given the financial difficulties experienced by many primary schools. [30155/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will pay primary-school caretakers' wages directly rather than wages being paid by schools themselves. [30172/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Baltinglass, a small town in west Wicklow, contains nine hillforts in its vicinity. It is described by experts as the hillfort capital of Ireland. Research work and archaeological digs have been conducted by Dr. Alan Hawkes and Dr. James O'Driscoll under the auspices of Professor William O'Brien, all from University College Cork. This has further revealed many other ancient sites. The...