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

Joe Neville: Things could be worse. For now, they are not as bad as was feared, but they could get worse. Regarding IBEC's key business priorities, I have the good fortune to have the Minister, Deputy Chambers, due to appear before two committees I sit on tomorrow. We will have him before the Joint Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery tomorrow, as Deputy Fleming can confirm.

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

Joe Neville: We will also have him appearing here before this joint committee. He comes in on an ongoing basis too. What would be the main items in IBEC's key business priorities? I ask this because everything comes back to infrastructure, infrastructure and infrastructure. The difficulty that even I have is disassembling this into individual points, and perhaps what we need to be getting to are these...

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

Joe Neville: Yes.

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

Joe Neville: Mr. Brady spoke about multi-annual funding as a key point. What about the skills we have and those we require through apprenticeships or whatever else? What sort of feedback is IBEC getting? We have begun to move the needle back a little, but we probably have not got where we need to be on it.

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

Joe Neville: Mr. Brady referenced support and innovation and R and D. I mentioned the R and D tax credit. Would that be typically for larger multinationals? How do we make that more pertinent to our own SME economy?

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

Joe Neville: They go the opposite way.

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

Joe Neville: It is the same with grants sometimes.

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

Joe Neville: I am conscious of the time. I thank Mr. Brady.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Joe Neville: 64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of students in the most recent intake of cadets into the Defence Forces; the steps his Department is taking to encourage more young people to join; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49123/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Strategies (18 Sep 2025)

Joe Neville: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the implementation of the Technology Strategy and Roadmap for his Department; the expected costs of the implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49122/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Grid (18 Sep 2025)

Joe Neville: 96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current and projected contribution of solar farms to the national grid; the impact this is having on the grid's stability in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49120/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (18 Sep 2025)

Joe Neville: 119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of home energy upgrades completed to date in 2025, in each county; the way in which this compared to the same periods of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49121/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2025)

Joe Neville: I would also like to reference Patrick Gerard Murphy. I knew Patrick as a fellow councillor. I went to many conferences with him over the years and had a pint and a bit of chat. He was always one for a bit of back-and-forth in the best way possible. He will be sadly missed. I was very sorry to hear about him yesterday. What I want to reference today is Ireland's energy supply. As we...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Stock Exchange (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Neville: 545. To ask the Minister for Finance the means by which he plans to support the Irish Stock Exchange in line with the Programme for Government commitments, including in the context of recent delisting's from the exchange; and to outline the consultations he has had with the exchange and its ecosystem on future support for the exchange. [46418/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Stock Exchange (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Neville: 546. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken, or is planning to take, to support the future of Ireland's equity capital markets in line with the recommendations of previous reports (details supplied). [46419/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Jul 2025)

Joe Neville: 271. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a replacement insulation grant for a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43289/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jul 2025)

Joe Neville: 320. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence considering that the Government have significantly increased the Defence Forces budget, the procedures he intends to put in place to ensure Ireland's defence procurement spend stays within the Irish economy, benefitting our indigenous SMEs and research sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41293/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jul 2025)

Joe Neville: 321. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of the current defence procurement spend that goes to indigenous Irish companies, research sectors and universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41294/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (29 Jul 2025)

Joe Neville: 322. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence considering Ireland's recent commitment to joining the EU’S SAFE Mechanism for defence procurement, what the Minister will do to ensure the Irish economy and research sector will benefit from this increased spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41295/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (29 Jul 2025)

Joe Neville: 323. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how he plans to ensure that Ireland's defence procurement process will align with the EU’s SAFE mechanism to ensure a fast and efficient procurement process for the Irish Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41296/25]