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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I welcome the extension of rent pressure zones to all parts of the country. By any measure, this Government and the previous one have done many things to protect renters. I want to blow away the myth that tenants are not protected in this country. I have experience of other European countries. These are often cited as being much more favourable to tenants. This is often not the case....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the witnesses for coming. It is good to hear from them. I will be brief as much has been covered. Everyone is horrified at what is happening, without question. We are unanimous across this House. I can state that about anyone I have ever spoken to. The Government is as determined as anyone to stop the actions of Israel, including on the issue of bonds. We have been European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Ms Mahony has probably answered my second question. I reject her assessment that our Minister for Finance is playing smoke and mirrors. I have spoken to him and his team about this. They are absolutely not. I completely reject that claim. I believe he is as outraged, as are all members of the Government, as anyone on any bench in this House. I completely reject that assessment. Last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Is Mr. Marmion saying that what he stated here was wrong?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: To be clear, is Mr. Marmion saying that what the Governor of the Central Bank said here last Wednesday was incorrect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: That is fine. I have one more question. When we, including Deputy Brennan and others, and maybe me, asked the Central Bank last week about what level of funding was raised through the issuing of bonds through the EU, the governor stated that the funds raised were in the order of €100 million to €150 million. I do not have an exact time period, though maybe since the last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Go ahead.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress in securing a primary radar system for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31262/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will increase the capitation grant by €75 per pupil given the financial difficulties experienced by many primary schools. [30155/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will pay primary-school caretakers' wages directly rather than wages being paid by schools themselves. [30172/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Baltinglass, a small town in west Wicklow, contains nine hillforts in its vicinity. It is described by experts as the hillfort capital of Ireland. Research work and archaeological digs have been conducted by Dr. Alan Hawkes and Dr. James O'Driscoll under the auspices of Professor William O'Brien, all from University College Cork. This has further revealed many other ancient sites. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the witnesses for coming in at this difficult time. I have a few questions. Is it possible to briefly go through the process of the prospectus approval with Israel in 2024? Was it straightforward? Were issues raised by the Central Bank during that process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: It is okay. Mr. Cross has answered the question. He is not going to give any detail on that. I want to explore what ideas Mr. Cross might have for getting out of the situation where we are approving this prospectus. I will ask a specific question. Can the Irish State make moves to change the prospectus regulation, Article 32.1(d), to allow a get-out clause, so to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: That were not there a year ago?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I do not want to put words in the Mr. Cross's mouth, but could they lead to the possibility of the Central Bank having the mechanisms to refuse to endorse this prospectus or a future prospectus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Mr. Cross is giving hope in the sense that the ground rules may have changed since September 2024 to give some window of opportunity or the possibility of a different outcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I understand that. Could the Central Bank suspend a prospectus on the basis of a inconsistency between the advertisement material and the prospectus documentation? Is that reviewed on an ongoing basis? Is it that approval is given now for 12 months and you walk away or can it be reviewed constantly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: I am sorry to cut across the witness. Has the Central Bank reviewed the prospectus since it was issued last September? Has it reviewed the conditions, the advertising-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: Did the Central Bank do so recently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)

Edward Timmins: In fairness, the witness has answered that. I am conscious of the clock and I have two or three more questions. I want to probe what options there are and where we can explore. The Central Bank advised that the International Court of Justice advisory opinion of 19 July 2024, which found that the State of Israel's continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful, is not...