Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management
1:50 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Would it not be a terrible irony if as part of the strategy to save 2.5% of moneys, some or all of those 1,600 jobs in long-standing, micro enterprises were lost? Would it not be ironic if the cost to the Exchequer that would represent by way of social welfare subvention, loss of tax revenue and PRSI etc. was not part of the policy picture? Mr. Quinn's response did not reassure me that the office factors jobs into the equation. Maybe that is not Mr. Quinn’s kick. Maybe that is an issue for Government, but it seems odd, to say the least, for an Administration that talks about creating jobs.
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