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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: My party has been very critical of forecasts and budgets not being credible and as we have been taken to task on that quite heavily, it is good to hear an independent voice saying the very same thing. Looking at corporate tax receipts, it appears the Government has become quite accustomed to using corporate tax windfalls to plug major holes in the budget and the State finances. This has...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Regarding the health overspends, I am quite concerned to hear the phrase "soft budget constraints". The witnesses are saying that because the overruns in health have been persistent, the Department of Health and the HSE have become accustomed to getting the surplus funds they require and management is therefore becoming more difficult. The more one facilitates overruns, the more they will...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Other members did go slightly over. I have one final question.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: A final comment related to the €2.8 billion package and that it could increase by a further €1.3 billion. Is that based on what the Government has already committed to? Is the council saying that we should stick to the €2.8 billion figure even in the event of a hard Brexit, but it is projecting a €4.1 billion spend by Government? Am I taking that up wrong?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Where does the €200 million in extra spending committed to cover the overruns in the national children's hospital and the national broadband plan fit in? Is it in the €2.8 billion figure or is the Government seeking to spend that outside that figure?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: It tends to go up that way.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cyber Security Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: It has evolved since then.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cyber Security Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: What about someone who is trying to get a passport?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Correct.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Sinn Féin pulled it down.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of plans in relation to the Border in the event of a no-deal Brexit, including the discussions with the European Commission on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37675/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I wish to raise a particular question that has been coming up time and again, particularly in the past six months. It is understandable and reasonable that Opposition parties, businesses, farmers and citizens are asking the Government in the event of a no-deal Brexit what will happen on 1 November. I listened to Joe Healy of the IFA being interviewed this morning from the National Ploughing...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: That was reported in the newspapers today. If that is not the case I am sure the Tánaiste will clarify that.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: If that is the case I would have expected that to have been done before this morning.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed) (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I appreciate what the Tánaiste is saying in terms of the timing involved and the political sensitivities relating to discussing potential Border infrastructure. At this point, however, with 44 days - just over six weeks - to go, it is reasonable to start releasing those plans and pushing the Commission to give a verdict on the Government's proposals. One of the issues referred to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of preparations for Brexit; the funding that will be made available in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37474/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: My question is to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the status of our Brexit preparations and the potential funding that would be made available to the various sectors, particularly those that are most vulnerable, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I have consistently asked about the financial supports that will be made available to the most vulnerable sectors. I refer to agrifood and agriculture, tourism and haulage. I was particularly concerned last week to read the report published by Ernst & Young that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, rural communities could see themselves going into recession-type scenarios. Clearly,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Tourism, agrifood and fisheries essentially are the west of Ireland. That is our most vulnerable region. It cannot take the hit and is going to need direct supports, immediately. It will not be sufficient for supports to be delivered three or six months after the event happens. They need to be ready to go pretty quickly in the event that the worst does happen. On the third of farms that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Preparations (17 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts to address issues regarding the landbridge, particularly in the context of a no-deal Brexit scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37466/19]