Results 81-100 of 483 for speaker:Edward Timmins

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: Maybe Portugal is a bit freakish and an outlier, but has NERI looked at other European countries? What is the underlying cause of this? Is it our booming economy? Is it the massive number of highly qualified people coming into the country and competing for houses? What are the underlying causes? Have they looked at unique issues in relation to Ireland versus countries? It is purely a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: On that indicator I looked at there we are not an outlier-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: What is the answer to it then?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: Housing supply.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: I am sorry to interrupt. Germany had a housing target of 400,000 last year. It built 220,000 houses. They grossly undershot their targets like we did. Is supply the main solution as Mr. Nugent sees it?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: One of the questions I was going to ask has been asked by Deputy Fleming. Will Mr. Brady elaborate on multiannual funding? I know what it means, and that private companies want certainty for five- or ten-year projects. This is so they will be sure the funding will be coming on stream and can plan ahead with training, staff or permanent offices, knowing that a project will continue long...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: Does Mr. Brady see any way to increase labour participation in the existing workforce? I know we are at full employment. We have a very low take-up of people with disabilities. We have the lowest rate in western Europe, with one in three versus well over 50% in many other countries. Does Mr. Brady see this or other ways of improving labour participation? Does he have thoughts on it?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: Are there other areas where we could talk about retraining people and improving things in that way?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: Our international competitiveness is still quite high but we have fallen a little bit, to perhaps seventh place now. Is there any particular reason for this? What should we be doing to arrest it?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: Does Mr. Brady have any suggestions or gems of wisdom about how we could deliver infrastructure more quickly? We have thrashed this out here with many people over the last few months. Does Mr. Brady have any particular bugbears?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: What role will IBEC have in implementing the action plan on competitiveness and productivity, which was published in July? What role will it have in making sure that is implemented?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress at securing a primary radar system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49099/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (18 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for accommodation at the Manor Kilbride Army Camp and Range, County Wicklow. [49267/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Transmission Network (18 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: 152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given the frequent long delays for electricity connections on newly built houses, if there are plans to ensure available capacity and a timely response from the ESB to ensure no delays in housing delivery. [49109/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: We are kidding ourselves if we think the insurance companies are going to find some generosity. They want to maximise their profits with their shareholders. That is a non-runner. We could examine their overheads and see that they are paying themselves massive salaries, paying out big dividends and so on, but that is not going to get us anywhere. Competition is the challenge and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: What is the incentive for the broker to get a reduced premium? I do not see one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: The Government published a 30-page action plan on insurance reform in July. What is the witnesses' opinion of that? Did they have input into that? Do they think it is a good document? I guess they will probably say it needs follow-up as they said at the beginning. What are their thoughts on that document?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: It may be an opportunity for us to promote competition at EU level when we have the Presidency. Have the witnesses done benchmarking on comparable awards in European countries? Do they have information on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: There are figures published somewhere that someone can send to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

Edward Timmins: I do not know the percentage that insurance comprises of the overheads of a small business but I would imagine it is 3%, 4% or 5%. Would that be fair enough to say? The Government is seeking to promote small businesses. In hospitality, it reduced the VAT from 13.5% to 9%, effectively adding in the order of 4% to their bottom line. If we could reduce insurance premiums by something...