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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 2113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff deployed full time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Projects (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 2114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the way in which he monitors construction inflation and the mechanisms his Department employs to establish this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38021/17]

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

Joan Burton: I want to recall that this week is the tenth anniversary of the queues outside Northern Rock. I think that was the first seminal event and the warning to the then Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government that things were going wrong with regard to banking. I was on various committees like this one at that stage and people came in, including many economists, to assure us that everything was...

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

Joan Burton: It is very typical that in this building, where many younger people work, their rent payments now significantly exceed a mortgage on a similar property to what they are paying rent on. As a collection of economists this is a conundrum that we have to try to solve. Would the witnesses agree that unless we can get this right, the long-term implications for the economy are that, in older age,...

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

Joan Burton: What of GNI* in the other economies? Ireland is fourth on GNI* and ninth on GDP. Like Dr. Lawless, if I looked at other economies, I could point to stuff that is not in their measurements.

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

Joan Burton: The biggest tax avoidance countries in the world are the US and the UK. Are they on GNI*?

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

Joan Burton: I ask Dr. Lawless to focus on her recommendations.

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

Joan Burton: I want to focus on the recommendations. That is the net point.

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

Joan Burton: I would like Dr. Lawless to outline her recommendations in regard to housing. Is it for a rainy day fund as opposed to economic infrastructure, given that economic infrastructure includes housing? Which is she selecting? She seems to be going only for the rainy day fund.

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

Joan Burton: I welcome Professor Barrett's comment on the ESRI's proposal, which has been widely reported today, to raise the pension age to 70. Doing the latter would be little short of catastrophic. Socially and economically, many people who will rely on the State pension would not be in a position to sustain work until they are 70. Some would, but the vast majority would not. In terms of the...

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

Joan Burton: A cornerstone of people providing for their old age in Ireland is that they are in a position to buy houses and, by and large, pay off their mortgages before they retire. The property, in turn, becomes a valuable asset to be used if they require care or to be passed on to their families, in whole or in part. I agree with Deputy Martin Heydon's equal emphasis on affordable housing, on which I...

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

Joan Burton: May I say-----

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

Joan Burton: A builder can construct 20, 30 or 50 houses and get credit flows. However, a builder might be renovating rooms, etc., above shops in cities and derelict areas of towns. A builder doing five, ten, 20 or 40 apartments will need to have a credit supply for the complete development. That person cannot sell one apartment and plan on the next year completing the next three or the next 20. That...

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

Joan Burton: Is there a way to address that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action. [32150/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Cabinet committee on housing. [32151/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform. [32097/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Reports (20 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 102. To ask the Taoiseach the likely publication date of Irish Life Tables 17 by the Central Statistics Office. [39063/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Staff (20 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 106. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the Brexit unit; the cost to date; and the anticipated cost. [39079/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Staff (20 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 107. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff deployed full-time in his Department in respect of Brexit; and if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit. [39080/17]