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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: A GDP growth rate of 2.1%, as projected for 2014, would translate to approximately €3.2 billion. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: What does that mean in terms of the anticipated increase in revenue collected? Revenue in quarter 1 was ahead of target and approximately €450 million higher than in quarter 1 of 2013. Have projections been made for revenue for 2014?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Are we obliged to use revenue over and above the anticipated figure to reduce the debt burden?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Is the anticipated figure in line with the increase in revenue in the first quarter, which was higher than anticipated? Has a remodelled figure been provided?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: The increase in growth will not be sufficient to accommodate any correction in the deficit that is required through expenditure cuts in Departments. We will still have to make cuts of approximately €2 billion for 2015. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: In terms of discovering how the €2 billion figure will be broken down in cuts across Departments, the detail will be provided in the comprehensive review of expenditure. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Has it not commenced?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: When is it due to conclude?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I cut my time short initially to enable me to return to this issue.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: In fairness, I gave way at the beginning of the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that but I considered the document to be of----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I will ask one final question. In terms of anticipated growth for 2014 and the deficit figure we must reach by reducing expenditure across Departments, there has been speculation that revenue arising from any growth achieved will be used to offset the tax burden. This is mentioned in the document. On page 21, it refers to providing a potential revenue quote that is reasonable and states...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Have the calculations to inform those policy decisions been made?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: For example, if the standard rate tax band was increased by €10,000, we know that it would cost about €1.3 billion. Is the Department now trying to see whether that will be available in the economy across not just this year but next year as well because it is talking about forecasting?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: They have not been done yet?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (13 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information as to the reason Dublin City Council has failed to meet its contractual requirements and transfer title to a company (details supplied). [21160/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (13 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 580. To ask the Minister for Health when the draft misuse of drugs (amendment) regulations, which will amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1988, will be submitted for Government approval to notify the draft regulations to the EU Commission; the reason for the delay in submitting the draft regulations for Government approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20934/14]

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Eligibility (15 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position of the 2014 sports capital programme. [21487/14]

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Eligibility (15 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Sports capital funding is welcome and the sooner it is announced the better not only for successful applicants for planning purposes, but also for unsuccessful clubs. Does the Minister of State have figures on the number of invalid applications? Given that this is the second scheme over which he has presided, can anything be done for clubs which have had two applications rejected? Clubs...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (15 May 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the Luas cross city project. [21488/14]