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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Is that written anywhere? Can I look up somewhere that will tell me it is based on these corporations and-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Okay. I thank Dr. O'Toole.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Has the ESRI produced figures on that that I can read up on?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a review of the operation of the property tax. [39280/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the VAT registration requirement on supply of services from its current very low value of €42,500 and examine an increase to all of the thresholds.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39279/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 342. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the VAT registration requirement on supply of services from its current very low value of €42,500 and look at increasing all the thresholds. [39676/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the strategies he has to develop long-term employment in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38307/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Many people in Ireland commute to work and spend a long time in traffic. Many of these people's jobs are not conducive to working from home. This is a cost in terms of finance, time and family life. Rural employment must be supported. I welcome the successful roll-out of the national broadband plan, which is ahead of schedule and under budget. What strategies do the Minister and his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Employment brings life to rural Ireland and helps support our unique culture, including things like the GAA and many other traditions that are part of our culture and such a positive part of our society. In particular, can the Minister look at ways of supporting the economic development sections of our county councils? Some have significant resources but many, including my County Wicklow,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Much of small-town Ireland has a shortage of housing yet no house building. House building would provide valuable employment. Currently, it is not viable to build houses as the cost to build exceeds the selling price. This is never mentioned in discussions on housing. However, it means that much of Ireland has no house building and yet there is a demand. We must look at strategies to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase trade with Germany, the largest European economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38303/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commemorative Events (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to mark the 250th Anniversary of American independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38302/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: 115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will commit to continuing the rural regeneration development fund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38306/25]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the Taoiseach and his staff for coming in here. It is great to have them here. It is my first time meeting the Taoiseach here at committee and I thank him for that. My questions are technical. They are on the budget and the numbers. I have a couple of more general questions that I will ask in the next session. I thought this was more confined to the numbers. I have five or...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: It is primarily a timing issue then.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Okay. The second question is on the budget itself and the figures. On page 32, Vote 2, I wish to comment generally. This is a theme common to a lot of this document. We do not have 2024 data. Say, on page 32, the data on stuff like public service-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Page 32, on the budget. I am also working with that full budget document, the 250-page document where the Votes are broken down. It is a general point I am making.