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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: I am aware the market is very uncertain at the moment. If we decided in the morning to sell everything we have in all the banks then we would be down €4.6 billion in real terms.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: In theory.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: Therefore it would have to be over a period.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Carville feel we might be better off holding on to what we have if the bank is now into profitability, inasmuch as we can call it profitability given there is a still a huge debt there? Would the State not be better off holding on on the basis it will now get an annual dividend, assuming the bank continues to trade in a profitable manner?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: Why do we need to reduce the shareholdings to zero? Why is there not a benefit for the State in having an input? The banks took major decisions the State had very little control over and then the taxpayers ended up being the net losers and the people had to bail them out. Why should we walk away and let them have a free hand without having some input in the long term?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: Okay. On the shareholding we now have, is that going to be adversely affected in any way by the withdrawal of the Ulster Bank and KBC Bank from the market? Are we going to be in a more challenging position as a result of their withdrawal?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: Okay. I move on to one other area. The Exchequer figures for the end of April show a substantial increase in tax. I am aware that is taking into account that there was a reduction because of the Covid lockdowns, etc. I raise long-term planning and one of the problems we had in 2008 and 2009. Other countries do long-term planning where there is a fund built up that the state can dig into...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: But is the disadvantage then that if there is a sudden downturn and no rainy day fund, we are then at the mercy of the lenders if the State wanted to continue key projects and the lenders are saying they will not give any funding? It is thus at a disadvantage. I am just wondering about that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: All right. I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: No, I am fine thanks, Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Colm Burke: 163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that are in place to reduce waiting times for accessible housing for patients with Huntington’s disease considering that it is currently taking many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (4 May 2022)

Colm Burke: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has given consideration to implementing a programme similar to the shared rural network as was recently rolled-out in the UK; if essential mobile coverage will be provided to those areas in rural Ireland which currently experience little to no coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22343/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (4 May 2022)

Colm Burke: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has given consideration to the Commission for Communications Regulator 2018 Report Improving connectivity in Ireland which made it clear that high levels of mobile broadband coverage on a geographic basis would not be achieved in Ireland by the market itself and would require policy or regulatory interventions;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 May 2022)

Colm Burke: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the health technology assessments received by the corporate pharmaceutical unit in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the date of the HSE drugs group decision; the date of reimbursement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Telecommunications Services (4 May 2022)

Colm Burke: 578. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will consider entering into a partnership with the mobile network operators in Ireland to ensure mobile phone coverage blackspots in Ireland are eliminated in Ireland by part funding investments in network infrastructure in areas that are not currently financially viable for private investment alone; and if she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for making themselves available this morning. My major concern on this is the commitment of the funding over a ten-year period. I am also concerned as to why there was an urgency in the letter that it had to be signed off on by 30 March. Is there a particular reason it had to be signed off by the end of March this year, before there was any real full authorisation?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Colm Burke: But why? The academic year would not have started for another number of months. Why was there such an urgency? Looking at the letter that was sent, it would indicate a serious effort was being made that it would be signed off on before anyone really found out about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Colm Burke: But the letter indicated this would have been the final sign off. For example, if I sent out a contract for the sale of a house, the other person would say he or she is signing the contract subject to getting a loan. Likewise, should there not have been some indication in the letter that this was subject to the Minister signing off on it? There is no indication of this in the letter. This...