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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: -----who cares about the difficulties that people face.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I can understand-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: It is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I can understand-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have not even responded to the one or two questions that were included in the diatribe Deputy Doherty ignited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The problem the Deputy has is that when I call him out on his behaviour he cannot handle it. He is not the only person in the room who cares about people who are on hospital beds or without a home. He is not the only person who cares about the need for children to have access to special needs assistants. I feel the same way about it, as do Deputies Michael McGrath and Paul Murphy. If the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy put a point to me. Will I be placed in the position where a point is put to me and I am not allowed to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: If a point is put to me, can I respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Doherty might feel sore that the true motives of his party are becoming apparent. In my comments, I was at pains to acknowledge, as I always do publicly, the suffering that people feel and the difficulties we have. My understanding of these matters is as real as the Deputy's. I will not allow my empathy or understanding of those matters to be challenged by anybody. The Deputy should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I will continue to respond accordingly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I will continue to point to the fact that we have seen a growth in living standards, more people back at work and we are making progress in tackling the issues to which the Deputy referred.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: What is Deputy Paul Murphy's intention regarding government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not believe that it is. It is the case that the Commission is proposing a budget for European defence co-operation. That budget comes to €13 billion but this is across the lifetime of the MFF programme which will cost in excess of €1 trillion. There is a budget line for initiatives which might stimulate co-operation and research in European defence. It is a tiny...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: If the Deputy has figures from the Commission which show the budget is doubling, I am sure they are correct. However, I put it in the context that it is an exceptionally low share of a budget of more than €1 trillion over a seven-year period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I accept there is an increase in the Commission's proposals. In the interests of completeness, the Deputy acknowledged what I did not in my opening statement, namely the Connecting Europe Facility which is in addition to the European Defence Fund. I will go back to my earlier point, however, about the share this occupies of the total MFF budget.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: It is not where I would put the increase. There are many different elements of the proposal about which I would have a different view. Although there will be increases in programmes such as ERASMUS+, I would prefer larger increases in these areas. I have to accept, however, that for many of my EU colleagues their defence status and efforts to ensure greater efficiency in investing in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: We will only outline our position on individual lines of funding as the negotiations advance and we are a long way away from getting to a critical point on that. In the interest of clarity, though, it is unlikely we will propose the elimination of those lines from the MFF because I know how important those areas of activity are to other member states.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I never interjected the language of happiness into this matter. There are other priorities that the Government and I will be expected to achieve in the overall MFF such as on the Cohesion Funding and the CAP. As part of us making progress on that, I accept it is likely there will be a stream of the future MFF that will be set aside for the European Defence Fund and the Connecting Europe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not have enough information on that matter to offer an informed comment. I am sure this is an issue that has been raised with the Minister of State at the Department of Defence and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. It is a matter for them more than me.