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Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: That applies to 2017 and 2018. Is the debt then as a result of capital expenditure?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: Are we in a surplus?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: What was the surplus for 2017? The witnesses might also give me the figure for 2018. I notice that one of the submissions predicts a return to deficit in a couple of years. It is on page 21 of the briefing note. The gross debt is shown in billions of euro in table 14 of the briefing note. A general Government deficit of - €0.3 billion is shown for 2020, and - $0.8 billion in 2021....

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: That is fine, but the Department predicts that a general Government deficit will re-emerge as years go by.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: I am looking at general Government deficit, figure 1. What does that mean? I read the figure of - 0.3% in a couple of years. While the witnesses are preparing a response, there is one more point I want to ask about. When the witnesses were before the committee previously we were dealing with receipts, revenue and corporation tax. Can the witnesses give the committee a quick update on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: The last item I want to refer to is on page 25 of the finance accounts. It appears as "Payments to Department of Social Protection under section 48 (b) of the Pensions Act, 1990". Footnote 9 says that the sums of €42 million in 2015 and €13 million in 2016, relates to a special agreement concerning to former Waterford Crystal employees' pensions. Mr. Moran is familiar with the...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: What further payments will have to be made in 2018 and onwards? What are the projections?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Moran can send us a note on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes. I am asking what is the projected estimate.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: At this stage, I ask to be excused as I have to go to the Chamber. I ask Deputy Catherine Connolly to take the Chair. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate because 25,000 people throughout the length and breadth of the country benefit from community employment schemes as either participants or supervisors. We in Fianna Fáil recognise the work of supervisors. Community employment plays a crucial role in supporting people getting back into employment and the schemes carry out invaluable work...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans of the Office of Public Works to carry out conservation and restoration works at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17420/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: 152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process of establishing a framework under which service providers provide a range of third party investigations and recipient services to public bodies seeking to meet their obligations under the Data Protection Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17894/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all works in respect of a project (details supplied) are at a final stage; if retention money is being held; if the persons who carried out the works on this project will be paid in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17522/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for an extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17669/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Retirements (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teachers who are coming up to retirement age but want to continue teaching; the pay arrangements in place in such situations; if this a temporary arrangement; the length of time it is expected to continue; the age to which teachers can work after 65 years of age; his plans to amend this matter; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: 270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of applications for visitors visas and long-term visas that have been decided upon since 1 January 2018; the number of visas granted and refused. respectively, by the countries from which these applications were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17523/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: 368. To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17537/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: 444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on ensuring that Ireland does not export greyhounds to countries in which the welfare standards are poor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17670/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (24 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: 552. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for volunteer information services operating throughout the country that have been assisted by various partnership companies by way of funding in the past and in addition to the funding that is already provided for the volunteer centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17504/18]