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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: It would be great if we could get that breakdown. Following up on an Teachta Brennan's question relating to that €1 million and the EU Presidency, the Minister mentioned it has to do with staff. Would this include the payment of staff from the Commission with that €1 million or is it completely different staffing?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá sé sin iontach. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus le gach duine go léir as páirt a ghlacadh sa choiste seo. That concludes the select committee's business in public session and I thank members for participating in today's meeting.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: In accordance with Standing Order 110, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: Tá an Roghchoiste um Airgeadas, Caiteachas Poiblí, Athchóiriúchán Seirbhíse Poiblí agus Digitiúchán, agus an Taoiseach tar éis a bhreithniú ar na Meastacháin Athbhreithnithe seo a leanas i gcomhair seirbhísí...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá leithscéal faighte ón Teachta Ged Nash. Apologies have been received from Deputy Ged Nash. Is mian liom na riachtanais bunreachtúil seo a leanas a meabhrú do chomhaltaí. Nuair atá páirt á nglacadh acu i gcruinnithe poiblí, caithfidh siad a bheith i láthair go fisiciúil laistigh de theorannacha suímh Theach Laighean....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. Osclóidh mé suas é anois. I thank the Minister. I will now invite members to discuss the matter. I remind those participating remotely to use the raise-hand feature and cancel it when they have spoken.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Is there anyone else who would like to come in? I might come in. I call an Seanadóir Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I apologise; we have to suspend. The bells are ringing but there was no vótáil. We were wondering about that. It seems there might be a vote. We are going to have to suspend until after the vote. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: No, I have a number of questions myself. I apologise for this. We will suspend the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I have a number of questions. Some came up during the discussion. I am interested in modern methods of construction too, but I will stick to the questions I have. In response to an Teachta McGreehan, the Minister mentioned an issue with modelling the impact of tariffs on different sectors. He said the issue was due to a small number of firms having an outsized impact. For clarity, does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay. My next question is question No. 4 that was sent in. It relates to the note the Minister sent and the forecast for tax revenues as set out in the summer economic statement versus the actual outturn the following year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: In the table the Minister provided, it is interesting that for four of the past five years, excluding 2023, the outturn was, on average, €7 billion ahead of the forecast. The general trend has been to outperform the estimates. The Minister mentioned that we have a sense of permanent crisis. We have had unusual times, with Covid-19 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There is now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I take that point. The Minister is saying that we live in a new normal and a strange time. My next question is about capital expenditure and ties into the discussion the Minister had with Senator Conor Murphy. The Minister talked about regional jobs with numerous people. There is an infrastructural deficit in more isolated areas and regions, for example, in the west or wherever else....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fair enough. The Minister and an Teachta Cian O'Callaghan talked about the risks posed by our concentrated corporate tax and the measures that are being taken as a result. The measure to which the Minister alluded was budget surplus. That is fair enough, but it does not shift industrial policy. I know there was a White Paper by the Department on that topic. It is an issue of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Údarás na Gaeltachta as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That brings me to another question from what was discussed earlier, namely, how we support our indigenous industry. The Minister made quite an interesting point - I cannot remember who it was in response to - that, sometimes, for people who have put all the risk into their business and had the idea, the aim has been to sell it on to a greater company. An Teachta Timmins mentioned the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We are hearing more talk of tariff engineering. That has come up a bit. We are obviously trying to avoid these tariffs. At this point, it is hard to know when we will know exactly what the tariffs will be. Does the Minister predict that will be something that will take off and have an impact going forward in reducing the impact of tariffs? Does he think that will not be the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: No. It is the concept of tariff engineering, whereby a third country is used to try to impact on the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That is interesting. I have one last question regarding a concept that was floated by the Minister, Deputy James Browne, which is the idea of a state saving scheme for housing funding. Does the Minister have any details on the outline of that proposed scheme? Would it work in a similar way to schemes in other countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Does anybody else want to come in? Go raibh míle maith agaibh. Lá fada a bhí ann. It has been quite a long day. I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in and engaging with us. That concludes the committee's business in public session. I thank members for participating in today's meeting. The joint committee is adjourned until 11 June, when it will meet in...