Minister for Public Expenditure, President of the Eurogroup. Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central. A believer in an open future and a lover of books 📚 🇮🇪 🇪🇺.
Honoured to be 1st guest on The Grey Lake Cafe new series- Music That Moves w/
@ciarancannon
on LCR FM. Great chance to catch up w/ my good friend & colleague to discuss all that there is about music that makes such a difference to our lives. Listen here
Delighted to welcome my long-standing colleague & friend
@NadiaCalvino
& team to Dublin. Great to discuss the work Eurogroup work & that of the
@EIB
regarding Capital Markets Union so that we can provide further support to EU businesses & advance the green/digital agenda
A busy morning after the early morning commuter canvass w/Regina Doherty. From there I gave a keynote address at
@CharteredIIA
about the importance of internal audit providing clear, honest advice then took PQs in the
#dail
for my Dept
@IRLDeptPER
I’ll be taking oral parliamentary questions shortly (10.30am) in the
#daily
dealing with issues put to me by the Opposition. Check out the Oireachtas app or you can watch here
And out for an early morning canvass with
@FineGael
European Election candidate, Regina Doherty and team. Regina would make a fantastic MEP for Dublin. She has experience, a great work ethic, political nous and is fair minded. She’s working hard to get there
Out on Clonliffe Road with
@RayMcAdam
earlier in the week in the lashing rain. It’ll take more than a bit of bad weather to dampen our spirits. Always great to get out and meet the people we’re here to serve and Ray is doing it so well
Great to be joined by Regina Doherty,
@emer_currie1
&
@Steve0Reilly
at
@TUDublin_BN
to visit the new building which will accommodate another 600 students. Everything from cyber security to plumbing catered for. All part of the
#NDP
investment to improve people’s lives
Great to launch the updated
#ProjectIreland2040
Tracker & interactive Map outlining myriad projects underway across the country; the aim of which is to improve people’s lives through investment. Log on at to see what’s happening
Minister
@Paschald
rounding off a great day by delivering the closing address at the
#IGEESSpringConference2024
📊
Thanks to everyone who attended, presented, asked a question and engaged in discussion on a range of research and analysis done by
#IGEES
📈
Today we celebrate 20 years since the biggest EU enlargement which brought east and west back together. 7 out of these 10 countries are already
#euroarea
members. Being part of the EU family has brought stability & prosperity.
On 1 May 2004, the 🇪🇺 EU became stronger.
🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇨🇾 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇭🇺 🇲🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 🇸🇰
10 new countries joined the EU.
Today, we mark this historic milestone and celebrate
#20YearsTogether
.
I’ll be talking to
@kierancuddihy
on
@NewstalkFM
around 5.30pm about my favourite books, what I’m reading at the moment and any ‘honourable mentions’ 📚
Housing is a critical priority for
@FineGael
. We’re building more homes & momentum is gathering. So far this year construction has started on 12,000 homes - a 63% increase on last year. We will keep going so that having a home & home ownership can become a reality for more people
Great to welcome An Taoiseach,
@SimonHarrisTD
to Dublin Central yesterday, a place he knows well. The Taoiseach was making good on his commitment to listen to local businesses and residents, to identify the issues & chart the best way forward. Really good and important meeting
Pleased to give the closing remarks at the presentation of the French task force report on the reboot of the
#CapitalMarketsUnion
Strong political impetus on
#CMU
. Focus now should be on implementation. We will discuss further at the next
#Eurogroup
.
The Increased Cost of Business Grant will close for registrations on May 1.
I’m urging all small businesses to register at in order to receive a cash payment paid directly into your account.