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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 356. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received formal requests for additional staffing resources to complement the team of workers employed to maintain and care for gardens at Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal, in each the of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; if so, if the requests were either approved or rejected in each...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the conservation plan for the care and preservation of architectural elements and ornamental structures sited at the castle gardens of Glenveagh National Park was formally enacted; her plans to revise and update the plan to ensure that the conservation needs of this amenity may be most effectively met in the years going...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to introduce a scheme to replace the motorised transport grant scheme; when such a replacement scheme will likely be operational and open to new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39590/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received correspondence from the relevant local authority regarding the funding of a planned pedestrian foot bridge adjacent to the R257 route spanning the Clady river at An Bun Beag in County Donegal; if so, the progress that has been made to deliver this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates Exemptions (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 802. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding which will be given to local authorities in 2018 in lieu of the loss of commercial rates from Irish Water properties; and the funding given in 2016. [39840/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the witnesses to the committee and thank them for their contribution to the debate on the pre-budget statement. What is the fiscal space-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I know what it is. I am asking for the number. What has IFAC settled on as the net fiscal space for this year?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. I want to intervene as our chairperson is strict on time allocation, and we have a new chairperson and I have a limited time to contribute. I want to get to the core of this matter. I presume the Department is taking a Government position and is voluntarily reducing the fiscal space by another €150 million, which is the convergence or compliance margin.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, the margin of compliance, which according to the rules does not have to happen. The committee's job is to interpret the fiscal rules. The net fiscal space, as Mr. Coffey said, leaving aside the public pay deal and whether it will be accepted, is €650 million. Is that correct?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Under Mr. Coffey's calculation of a reduction of 0.6% of GDP, we would be likely to hit the MTO next year anyway.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. If we did not do that we would still be in compliance with the fiscal rules.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: For 2018.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, I understand that. We have heard much comment about the potential overheating of the economy. We know where we are at with the housing crisis in terms of the number of units that are being built. Different reports have been submitted stating that we need to be building 50,000 units per year. Let us assume the Government gets its act together and 50,000 houses are being built, on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Is Mr. Coffey's view that if we get to the point where the State is required to deal with the housing crisis, we will have to spend below what is the fiscal space for the next numbers of years?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I will ask Mr. Coffey two final questions. Has the IFAC been able to liaise with the Department of Finance on its under-profiling of income tax receipts, which we understand was due to it misjudging the cost of the USC tax cut last year? If Mr. Coffey has the information, will he enlighten the committee as to how much the USC tax cut amounted to and also if he has any other information to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I think the committee is happy enough for questions to be taken on that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: One hat off and another hat on.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I would suppose that everyone on this committee agrees with the idea of a fiscal union. I would say it was within the scope of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. If it cannot comment on whether they are sustainable tax proposals, I am not sure that commenting on proposals coming from the European Commission would be in its interests.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am also under a bit of pressure as I have another engagement at half past. I welcome the witnesses and the presentation was very good. There was a reference to difficult decisions and the value of members from the ESRI coming before us is that they can inform us of the consequences of those decisions. I welcome the focus the ESRI has put on housing because the housing crisis did not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I will ask Dr. Lawless this question. She can wear both hats for it. I agree completely with Deputy Calleary about the work the ESRI has done on Brexit and the report published in 2006, which was very clear. IFAC has raised suggestions that the position may be worse than what the ESRI is stating it to be and has said there may be an underestimation of labour supply, in particular due to...