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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: We are happy to facilitate anything as regards the timing of that, so we will work with that. I want to signal that we may bring forward amendments, but we are ready for them anyway. If the Minister has signalled any amendments, I ask him to send them to us-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: -----in order that we can have time for consideration beforehand.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Notes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Perfect.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 12. To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet with the Donegal branch of an organisation (details supplied) to address its concerns regarding broken promises to improve diabetes services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19824/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (2 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 44. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide for a dedicated consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19818/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (2 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport will be processed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20098/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (2 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the non-core expenditure allocation of €4.5 billion, which includes provision for Covid-related spending primarily in health, costs relating to accommodating and supporting beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine and expenditure related to EU funds, disaggregated by programme type. [20095/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (2 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the core expenditure increases provided in Table 12 of the Stability Programme Update for the years 2025 to 2027, disaggregated by existing levels of service, capital allocations under the National Development Plan, and any other items. [20099/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an organic farming scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20003/24]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Amendment No. 3 in my name is similar to that of Deputy Nash in its purpose. It relates to the future Ireland fund investment strategy. The strategy is important and I have huge faith in the NTMA and how it will operate, although we have had reason to have clashes recently regarding its ongoing investment in companies operating in the illegal territories, which is appalling and continues to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The investment strategy is clear. It is so broad it can allow investment within or outside the State, so Deputy English is correct. Taking the argument forward, there is no reason to suggest we do not include this text. They may or may not invest in housing. They may not consider housing issues. This does not dictate they have to. What it does with respect to the investment strategy is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 3: In page 8, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Future Ireland Fund investment strategy shall have regard to the promotion of the economic development and stability of the State, across sectors including but not limited to housing, infrastructure, energy and water.”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: On section 7-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: We just dealt with the amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: As regards the investment strategy here, we have been told in the past when we have raised the issue of divestment by the NTMA from the occupied territories that this Bill would show how the NTMA would ensure that appropriate investments are made. However, there is nothing in this legislation that stipulates clearly that we would not have a repeat of what the NTMA is doing with other...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister believe that the letter of expectation will address the issues I raised, particularly the strategy of ISIF, which is currently investing in companies that are involved in the illegally occupied territories? As we know, millions of euro in taxpayers' money is being invested there. Notwithstanding the divestment of about a quarter of the portfolio, does the Minister believe...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of information, the Minister says we are not dealing with the ESG risks, but the legislation does deal with one of them, namely, fossil fuels, which is welcome, but the precedent is set here to deal with ESG risks. It is not about leaving it up to the NTMA.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The legislation does deal with an ESG risk. It precludes the NTMA from investing in fossil fuel companies where the fund would have anything above 15% of a portfolio involved in fossil fuels. The legislation has set a precedent to allow us to stipulate ESG risks. Therefore, as to what Deputy Boyd Barrett and I have said about the occupied territories, the support for the occupation of Gaza...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: On section 8, this is probably where the real meat is with regard to the legislation because we are being asked to pass legislation here which stipulates a percentage of our economy, where it has been drummed before into everybody in the finance committee that GDP is not the measure of our economy but GNI* is and we all use that reference now. When we are dealing with this legislation,...