Results 25,461-25,480 of 26,163 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Budgetary Forecasts. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: How can the Minister justify a 1% increase in tax receipts?
- Budgetary Forecasts. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister expect to have a 1% increase in taxes?
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is 40% of the Exchequer balance.
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister want a calculator?
- Government Borrowing. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received an analysis of the reason Irish debt costs are rising relative to those of other states. [39084/08]
- Government Borrowing. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister agree he must borrow â¬18.4 billion to balance the public finances in the coming year? Since the Government's guarantee scheme for the banks was introduced in September, the cost of Government borrowing increased by 0.6%. The borrowing of â¬18.4 billion will therefore give rise to an additional cost of â¬91 million in interest payments. The Minister has devalued the...
- Government Borrowing. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: No.
- Government Borrowing. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Tax was never deemed to be an expenditure item. The Minister should get his facts correct.
- Government Borrowing. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Our credit worthiness is on a scale with that of Italy, which has consistently experienced difficulties with general Government bonds over many years. On the spread the Minster referred to, the figure is 1.2% higher in Germany than in Ireland. How does the Minister explain the 0.6% increase in the cost of borrowing to the Irish Government since the introduction of the bank guarantee scheme?...
- Government Borrowing. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: At a cost.
- Government Borrowing. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: It will cost â¬49 million extra.
- Government Borrowing. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will the Minister explain the reason for the increase?
- Pension Provisions. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: May we assume from the Minister's comments that the funds from these pension schemes will be placed in the National Pension Reserve Fund? If that is the case, will they be used on budget day as an adjusting item for the general Government balance?
- Pension Provisions. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will they be dealt with as a non-adjusting item?
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The ECB is dropping its interest rate. The Government, on behalf of the taxpayers, has given a gilt-edged scheme to the banks. Can the Minister ensure, through the scheme, that banks pass on the reduction in the interest rate to hard-pressed consumers?
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: Can the Minister ensure this through the charge scheme?
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The cost of money has gone up to the State.
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect, that is not happening.
- Decentralisation Programme. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: When does the Minister expect to have the 3,474 posts decentralised? They were supposed to be fully decentralised by December 2006. The term used with regard to several locations is that "an advance party is in place". What is an advance party?
- Decentralisation Programme. (6 Nov 2008)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister has not answered the question. When will the posts be decentralised?