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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (22 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reviewing course fees for third level courses, for example, nursing, based on the hours of work placement being completed versus the hours spent in the college facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26356/25]

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: I will highlight a totally unfair flaw in the operation of the fair deal scheme as it relates to land transfers. This is causing great financial hardship for families. I will explain how this operates. This rule must be changed. In over 20 years in politics, I have never come across such an unfair system. I have raised this matter previously. If a family transfers land within five years...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank Mr. McDonagh for coming here. His honesty is much appreciated. I had a couple of questions that are specifically NAMA-related, but given Mr. McDonagh's experience and knowledge over the last 15 years, I would like to pick his brain a little bit. Following on from what Deputy O'Callaghan asked, has Mr. McDonagh particular suggestions about how we should do things differently? He...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: It was modular.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: The other aspect is closer interaction between the local authorities and the Department. I see gaps there. Does Mr. McDonagh have a comment on that?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: That is fine. We are agreed on that. I have two points on NAMA. First, the original NAMA Act gave the agency responsibility for bank loans and the power to be a debt collector. However, the Act also envisaged a wider social responsibility and that is what I want to focus on. NAMA had control of huge swathes of development land all over the country. It had access to money and could...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: Mr. McDonagh is happy that NAMA delivered on the social housing aspect under the Act and built enough houses.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: That is fine. NAMA took over the loans of five banks, namely Anglo Irish Bank, Irish Life and Permanent, Bank of Ireland, AIB and Irish Nationwide. Can Mr. McDonagh rank the banks in order of returns to the taxpayer? He must have a feel for which of the banks performed best in this regard.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: Did NAMA ever carry out an analysis? Did Mr. McDonagh ever think that a particular bank, for example, Anglo, did better than expected? Surely he had a sense of the different banks. This is out of curiosity-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: It was never done. It was never split out on the basis of the five banks.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: I am surprised that the big-picture statistic was never developed.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: Not even with a random sample.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: 172. To ask the Minister for Health when the commitment in the Programme for Government to provide a progressive career pathway for healthcare assistants will be implemented; the plan for achieving this across the healthcare sector both public and private; the funding that has been allocated to support this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26237/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made with the HSE in implementing a progressive career pathway for healthcare assistants; the reason the HSE does not support the participation of its healthcare assistants in the advanced healthcare assistant practitioner apprenticeship programme (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26238/25]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (20 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his elevation to this important position and wish him all the best in his role. The Cathaoirleach will certainly get co-operation from this side of the House. I look forward to working with all my fellow colleagues here. I recognise a few of them from the finance committee as well. There will be a nice bit of overlap and maybe we can feed off each...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (20 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: 156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for population control of badgers to reduce the number of cases of bovine TB, in particular in west Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (15 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how quickly the new housing national planning framework targets will be given to the county councils so that they can amend their county development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24826/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (15 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: How quickly will the new national planning framework, NPF, housing targets be given to the county councils so they can amend their county development plans? Currently many planning permissions are being refused because the development plan's core strategy has population targets too low. Given this delay, I have seen a planning application for 335 houses in Blessington, County Wicklow,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (15 May 2025)

Edward Timmins: I want to raise two other related matters. The Minister of State has referred to one of them, which is headroom. The time taken for these amendments to the county development plan is too long as it can take up to nine months. Can we look to expedite this timeframe? To discuss in more detail the issue of headroom, from my experience of development plans, the previous direction from the...