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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: Can we be briefed more on the matter? It is interesting that a rate would be based on such a small handful of companies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: There may be a little extra.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: As the Minister is never wrong, we will have to leave it at 3%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: I wish to look briefly at the labour market side. The figures indicate there was real growth in the number of people in employment last year. What is the figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: It is 45,000 to 50,000. What is it this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: The labour growth forecast figures go into the negative for this year. How am I reading that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: If we have 34,000 extra jobs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: They say that the same number of people are migrating outwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: That is the cause of these figures, because people are not leaving the country, unemployment is dropping and yet the workforce is not growing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: Participation rates are the ones that matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: It is unusual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: It is an important figure for next year. If investment is improving and the economy is improving and that gets stuck, we have a problem. I thank Mr. McCarthy and the other officials from the Department of Finance for briefing the committee. It has been a worthwhile discussion and it has been very informative from our point of view.

Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: There are eight speakers in the next slot, namely, Deputies Andrew Doyle, Pat Deering, Tom Barry, Helen McEntee, Michelle Mulherin, Noel Harrington, Martin Heydon and the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan. I presume the Deputies know how much time they each have so the clock will show the 30 minutes of the full slot.

Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: The Deputy should conclude.

Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: Deputy, I have to stop you.

Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: Do not interrupt, please.

Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: I found the last two contributions interesting, especially that by Deputy Ross. We should probably discuss the whole idea of Ireland's reputation in international financial services at some point. We went through a very difficult period of time a number of years ago, partly due to the international crisis, and some reputational damage was done to Ireland. However, it is important for us to...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Liam Twomey: The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Charles Flanagan, now has ten minutes in which to speak. The Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, has five minutes, Deputy Dara Murphy has two minutes, and Deputies Fitzpatrick and Patrick O'Donovan will have 90 seconds. I hope people will stick to their time slots.