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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: The 250th anniversary is exactly 12 months away, so there is nothing like a deadline to help get things moved on. I have two other quick points-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Sorry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: If CEOs interacted more-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I was a councillor for 20 years, so I am institutionalised. I bring the councillors in here and I involve them as much as possible, find out what is happening and get ideas from them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I am glad the Taoiseach agrees with that. I have a third question but I will come back for that. It is a very short one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the Taoiseach for answering my two earlier questions. I am delighted to see he agrees with me and supports those projects. I have a very quick third question. I have brought up the issue of long-term budgeting with the relevant Ministers. This is not directly within the Taoiseach's remit but I will raise the issue again given his overall economic brief. We do budgets every year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I know that but, if you project way ahead, you get ideas as to what to focus on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Plans would still be amended all the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I am talking about physical budgets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I understand the difficulty and the limitations but it gets you thinking and focused on the problems that are going to hit us in ten years' time and in 15 years' time. If you do not project the numbers out that far, you will not be conscious of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: That will mean €200 million for ten years, or whatever it is.

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: So we do not have up-to-date figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: This could all help to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: It is another bit of soft power. The Taoiseach mentioned in his bullet points about engaging with the formulation of Government policy through Cabinet committees. As someone who was a county councillor for more than 20 years in Wicklow, could I ask that we look at ways of improving communication between councils and Departments? That is something I feel, just from my interactions here in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the witnesses for attending. I have just a few short questions. If they are as brief as possible in answering, I will be able to stay within the seven minutes. In his opening statement, Mr. Madouros suggested broadening the tax base. The Central Bank also referred to an excessively narrow tax base in its quarterly bulletin. How would the witnesses broaden the tax base?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Even though we have one of the highest VAT rates.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Mr. Conefrey has answered the question. The Central Bank suggested incentivising investment in new machinery, equipment and technology in the construction sector. Does it mean tax incentives or grants?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Would Mr. Madouros suggest targeted tax incentives for purchasers of housing? I am not saying they should be identical to those associated with the old section 23 but implying they could be along those lines. Maybe there could be targeted tax incentives for housing construction, for the buyers.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: Mention was made of the savings and investment union, which is a Europe-wide project. How might that work in Ireland? Has any progress been made?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I tend to agree with people who say that, after the financial crash, we slammed rather than closed the stable door after the horse had bolted. We might have overcompensated for errors of the past. Were any measures taken after the economic crash 16 years ago that need to be modified or at least considered?