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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Twenty years or a generation.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Mr. Coffey referred to GDP. We all know GDP, leprechaun economics, call them what you like. In fairness, the Minister for Finance has based a lot of his figures on what he calls modified domestic demand. I know this is not GNI* but to make that comment, the finance Minister does recognise the limitations of GDP.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: The witnesses referred to Ireland's infrastructure being 25% behind its peers. I am interested to know how you came up with that figure of 25%.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: There is a real-life statistic demonstrating that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: This is my last question. Does the council have a view on additional borrowing for infrastructure?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Does Deputy Neville want to come back in?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I will take a third one quickly. What happens with cost control is something that is often in my head. Do the witnesses express any views on cost control, or do they have any words of wisdom as to how we can improve cost control?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Does Mr. Coffey think cost control would work better if we had long-term capital expenditure budgets? Let us say metro north, which is going to cost €2 billion. If they, or Irish Rail, knew they were going to get €200 million a year for the next ten years, they could plan accordingly. It is that kind of idea, that they have security of funding. You would never be 100% you...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Are there any other contributions? No. That concludes this session. I thank the members of the council and their officials for attending here today. The meeting stands adjourned until Tuesday, 8 July.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I will open up to members to ask questions following our speaking rota. Does Deputy Neville want go first?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: There should be a real distinction. Obviously some current expenditure, such as on education, is also an investment but there should be a clear distinction between the two. The witnesses referred to the €2,500 per head and the underlying deficit of €4.2 billion this year going to €6.4 billion next year, but do they have any suggestions on where spending should be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I have more questions but I will get to them in round two.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 46. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to roll out hospital transport services for patients attending regular hospital appointments who are not cancer or dialysis patients. [34975/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (26 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 119. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for service expansion in the Baltinglass and Blessington primary care centres in County Wicklow. [34974/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (26 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans there are to improve sports and recreation facilities in west Wicklow, in particular the swimming pool for west Wicklow, a sports centre for Baltinglass and a walkway around the Blessington lakes. [34986/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (25 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the Chair. I thank the Minister and Minister of State for coming to the committee. I thank them for allowing me to ask technical questions about the Votes. I was unavoidably detained and could not make the first meeting; I apologise. Vote 11, operational services, is up 63% from €665,000 to €1,070,000. Is there any particular reason for that?