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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: There is also a consumer confidence element in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: That cannot be captured by raw data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Based on the fiscal council's figures and forecast, if one takes the figure for the first five months as €404 million, we are talking about approximately €600 million at six months. In last year's returns, it was the second half of the year when the tax take improved. What figures for the tax take has the fiscal advisory council included in its forecast? Did it expect the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: What did the fiscal advisory council forecast for the full year? If it is €404 million for five months, did they forecast what it would be for 12 months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I very much agree with Mr. Smyth that it would be prudent to wait until later in the year to make this kind of definite decision on a correction of €2 billion, or how far ahead we will be on the tax take and how the employment figures will go. It is still very much a forecast but the Cabinet makes a decision on the correction as there will be far more data available to it. Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Okay, I will finish. As regards the unemployment figures and the growth in jobs there are two elements: the reduction in expenditure and an increase in taxation and PRSI income. In what way has the Fiscal Advisory Council calculated that in forecasting for the continuation of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I would make the same argument back to Mr. Smyth. It is too early to say that the correction should be €2 billion until further data come in. I think we broadly agree on that point.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance of the residential mortgage loan accounts in the principal dwelling home and buy-to-let sector respectively in arrears of up to 90 days, as provided to the Central Bank of Ireland for its quarterly report, if he will provide in tabular form the number of these loans broken down by the value of the outstanding balance as defined in the Central Bank of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance of the residential mortgage loan accounts in the principal dwelling home and buy-to-let sector respectively in arrears of between 91 to 180 days, as provided to the Central Bank of Ireland for its quarterly report, if he will provide in tabular form the number of these loans broken down by the value of the outstanding balance as defined in the Central Bank...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance of the residential mortgage loan accounts in the principal dwelling home and buy-to-let sector respectively in arrears of between 181 to 360 days, as provided to the Central Bank of Ireland for its quarterly report, if he will provide in tabular form the number of these loans broken down by the value of the outstanding balance as defined in the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance of the residential mortgage loan accounts in the principal dwelling home and buy-to-let sector respectively in arrears of between 361 to 720 days, as provided to the Central Bank of Ireland for its quarterly report, if he will provide in tabular form the number of these loans broken down by the value of the outstanding balance as defined in the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance of the residential mortgage loan accounts in the principal dwelling home and buy-to-let sector respectively in arrears of over 720 days, as provided to the Central Bank of Ireland for its quarterly report, if he will provide in tabular form the number of these loans broken down by the value of the outstanding balance as defined in the Central Bank of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Expenditure (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details and a detailed breakdown of the total spend since its establishment of Qualifications and Quality Ireland on external consultants, external advisers, hotels and other expenses associated with training for staff, invited speakers to address staff meetings, legal and other professional fees; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Intreo office will open at Bishops Square, Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26833/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 616. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 will be considered for a medical card. [27126/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 652. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding will be made available for the resumption of trans-catheter valve procedures known as TAVI at St. James's by the Health Service Executive's national director of acute services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27319/14]

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: As we have a quorum of three Teachtaí Dála we will commence the meeting. Is that agreed? Agreed. Apologies have been received from Deputies Michael McCarthy, Noel Coonan and Brian Stanley. Deputy Ellis will be substituted by Deputy Stanley. I remind everyone to turn off their mobile telephones and that the meeting will be conducted in public session. This meeting has been...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister of State. I invite Deputy Catherine Murphy to contribute.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to deal with the amendments now.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy O'Dowd, for his assistance.