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

Richard O'Donoghue: Technically, this matter was not included in the letter from the committee to the witnesses, but if they wish to answer it, they may.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Deputy Neville has allowed Deputy Guirke to go ahead.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: I respect where the Deputy is coming from. This is not within the remit of the delegation that came in today. It was brought up earlier. I have no problem in the Deputy asking what he will ask but they were given a format of what would be brought up within the discussions and within their remit.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Before Mr. Madouros answers this, it is the same as Deputy Farrell's. It was not within the remit when they were coming in. I understand the severity of the question but if Mr. Madouros does not wish to answer this and he wishes to come back to Deputy Guirke directly, he can do so.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: That did not go too badly.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: As we have time left, we can open it up to another round for the members who are here for follow-up questions. I have a question for the witnesses myself to do with revenue that is VAT implicated. In terms of the increased revenue that is in this country at the moment and with a view to allowing people get on the housing ladder, I have done up a couple figures. Based on a 2,000 sq. ft...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Madouros but that goes back to infrastructure.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: One cannot build anything in this country without sewerage, water and electricity services.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: These are the three things. The Government does not address the issues at hand, which come up in all the different debates. It goes back to Irish Water because it is not able to deliver. We need developer-led infrastructure and then to hand it back to the government bodies to look after it. We have to find a way, with the help of the economists here today. How do we change the system,...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: I have one final question on exports and imports into the country. The witnesses may be able to help me on a question about exports and tariffs. Am I correct in saying that if something leaves this country and is not complete it gets a different tariff? If, for example, it is machinery and is incomplete, is it a different tariff? If something comes into this country that is not fully...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: The reason we are looking at the transport network is for such situations as if you had large machinery or anything that is to come into the country. If it came in in four parts or whatever, it comes in containers and is assembled here. If a big unit was coming on a ship or whatever way it is coming into the country, it is a big unit. If it is broken into smaller units, you can fit much...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: I would like to put on the record before we conclude this meeting that I thank the witnesses for answering these sorts of questions which were not on the invitation letter and how they explained them excellently. They did not have to but I welcome all their answers today. It was informative to everyone. They did not have to do it. I thank them for that. That concludes the session. I...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: I will give Mr. Madouros half a minute to come back on that.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: This was not within the remit of those coming in today.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: I will let the witnesses answer.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (8 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the current energy policy narrative that Ireland will become a significant exporter of renewable electricity, particularly wind energy, in view of recent Eurostat figures showing that Ireland was a net importer of electricity by over 3,000 GWh in 2023 and over 5,000 GWh in 2024, while electricity...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (8 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any cost benefit or an electricity price impact analysis regarding the warning raised by EirGrid that very significant levels of renewable power will need to be spilled under the current Climate Action Plan targets (details supplied); if, under the current Renewable Electricity Support...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Planning Issues (8 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 845. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the following details with respect to the HSE and four planning appeals submitted to An Bord Pleanála (details supplied) if the HSE received a notification of the planning appeal; if so, the date of notification and the body that issued the notification; whether the HSE made a submission to the appeal; and; if so, the date of any...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am not against wind farms or biodigesters but I am for health guidelines being adhered to. It has been shown in the documentation I have here, released under access to information on the environment regulations, that in November 2021 and April 2022 the then Minister, former Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, agreed to abandon the 2017 preferred draft approach to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. We have had guidelines since 2006. The Tánaiste is right; it has taken 12 years where we are looking at guidelines. Every time there is a change of Government, it is guidelines, guidelines, guidelines. If there are guidelines put in place for wind turbines in this country, at least they can be put up straight away. You will not have High...