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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A vulnerable person.

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Shanahan for bringing this legislation forward. It is an enormous amount of work to bring forward a Private Members' Bill. I am well aware of that. The level of dedication, commitment and work with the parliamentary legal advisers and the drafting team is some amount of work for a Deputy and his or her team. I thank him and acknowledge that. It is important that we have...

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: -----sustainable technician jobs 12 months per year. These high-value jobs would sustain the industry there and would give this island an opportunity, as its population continues to grow, to be rebalanced in terms of spatial planning, in terms of the economy and in terms of being rebalanced away from Dublin. As a Dublin TD it is strategically in my interests to limit the growth of a city on...

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How is broadband in Limerick these days?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Chair, all the committee officials and colleagues on the committee. Pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1), I welcome the opportunity to address the committee on the Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023, which was published on Monday, 18 September and passed Second Stage on 5 October 2023. The Bill...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I could not agree more. The Bill attempts to provide the legal basis to facilitate our participation in multilateral support. It is the very essence of supporting multilateral institutions. Of course, we regard that as an appropriate response to the global instability we see. The Bill would facilitate, at a more micro level, our contribution agreements with the European Investment Bank,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, it is important to focus on what the Bill covers. Our intention was always to be clear on the sums involved and to be able to have this discussion. The Bill will allow for a potential Irish contribution of up to €76.9 million in respect of EU member state guarantees for the 2022 macrofinancial assistance programme for Ukraine and for a contribution of up to €63.65 million...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A total of €175 million is the overall limit. What I set out was per fund but €175 million is the overall limit.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is the absolute headroom position in the Bill.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, that is what is in the legislation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes. It is €175 million for the EIB, and the other programmes are there.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is in this fund, but there is potential for other funds. If other funds were created, the overall exposure could be €175 million-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: -----so it is very much, as the Deputy asked for, the worst-case scenario. The commitment is €35 million.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is €140 million on the EU side.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is only what we sign up to. In the case of the EU fund for Ukraine, that is €7 million.