Results 41-60 of 372 for speaker:Edward Timmins
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: I have a slightly different question, although it is all based around this, really. Has NERI studied Trump's personality to have some understanding of what he might do? No one talks about it, nor is it expressed in here, but that is obviously a key driver of this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: That is okay, Dr. McDonnell has answered the question. The general view, and I generally agree with it, is that tariff uncertainty postpones investment for companies. Do corporations not have to make investments somewhere and at some time? I know it leads to greater risk when decisions are made based on an unknown tariff regime in the future, but it could also lead to greater returns for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: Even if it does not end, companies will still make decisions based on not knowing for how long this will go on, having money and having to put it somewhere. Decisions on investments will happen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: That is fine. I was just making the point it is not as black and white as it has been portrayed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: There could be benefits elsewhere.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: I have a technical question. In his opening statement, Dr. McDonnell states that his initial analysis suggests he would expect tariffs to cause exchange rate appreciation. In practice, the US dollar has depreciated 10%, I think.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: Why does Dr. McDonnell expect tariffs to cause appreciation? I thought tariffs would damage or weaken the local economy and ultimately weaken the currency. Why would Dr. McDonnell expect it to appreciate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute (16 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: Yes, Dr. McDonnell has acknowledged that it has gone the other way.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (16 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the development of 106 social houses in Blessington will commence, having been halted earlier in June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39937/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: I thank the Minister. In my county, Wicklow, €3 million of the €23 million tax raised will not be kept locally next year. This is an improvement on the €5 million in 2025 but it needs to be eliminated. I do not suggest it be taken from the other counties which receive more than what is collected but that it ultimately comes from Exchequer funding. Two aspects of the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: The legislation states the property tax must be reset to the base rate every year. This means if a council has a rate above the base rate, for example, 6%, as it is in Wicklow, it has to restate every year the rate is increasing whereas in actual fact the rate is not increasing. Could the legislation be changed to eliminate the requirement to return to the base rate each year and have the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the operation of property tax. [39675/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: I welcome some aspects of the revised calculation of property tax and the calculation of the amount retained by counties. I recognise that the expected average increase of 5% is way below the inflation rate of 16.7% over the past four years. However, more needs to be done to make it a more equitable tax. In particular, some counties do not retain all of the tax collected in their county.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have six or seven specific questions, so if the witnesses could be as concise as they can in their answers, I would be very grateful. I thank them for their presentation. Have they done an analysis of the estimated impact of the 10% or 25% tariffs on all tax revenue in this country?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: Is that published? Is that available?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: The ESRI outlined figures on a reduction of modified domestic demand due to tariffs. Did the ESRI look at a reduction in housing demand due to the same scenario?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: When the ESRI reported a few months that we need 60,000 homes per annum-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: Previously, the ESRI made projections that the economy needed 60,000 based on current scenarios, but it has not done a revised figure based on being hit by tariffs of 10% or 25%.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: That is okay; I was just wondering about that. As a related question, has the ESRI looked at the potential impact on the economy of tariffs imposed by the EU on inflation, employment and growth?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)
Edward Timmins: I am asking about EU tariffs.