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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Would it not have an inflationary effect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay. I thank Professor McHale.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: We would be less inflationary than this Government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not necessarily an issue of spending more. The issue that whatever is spent must be raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The major difficulty in this State is we promise European public services on US tax rates. This is where the fiscal irresponsibility lies. If European public services are promised on a European tax rate, it fits in and certain people are happy. This is the key issue. The cycle would be flattened. In other words, one takes heat out when the economy is at its peak and one puts it back in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: To sum up, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is stating there are several risks, the first of which is posed by a pro-cyclical economic policy. The second is there is a lack of proper mid-term planning; the third is in the trapped sectors within the economy, whether they be people in debt distress or on low wages; while the fourth is Government debt. Does Professor McHale agree that these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I am referring to the sector of society which comprises people who are economically trapped. While they might not be a risk to the fiscal health of the general economy, their position is a manifestation of the social ill health of the economy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: As a new Deputy in 2011, I recall the Minister of Finance speaking on a regular basis about how our debt was unsustainable. By contrast, there is now a view, one that is proclaimed both here and abroad, that the debt is sustainable. Back in 2012 and 2013 there was pressure on the Government to achieve retrospective recapitalisation, in other words, to ensure our European partners treated us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Going back to the exchange between Deputy Pat Rabbitte and the Chairman, one of the concerns I have is that sometimes actors on the right figure they own fiscal responsibility. Is it not the case, in fact, that fiscal responsibility is neither a right nor a left issue but is about paying for the services we deliver in a sustainable fashion? We can have small government and small taxes which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Shakespeare.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Contracts (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the work of the social clauses project group. [44020/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Contracts (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the Office of Government Procurement will report on the implementation of social clauses, as committed to by him on establishing the social clauses project group. [44022/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of occasions to date that a social clause has been attached to a public contract, and the project to which each has been attached to, in tabular form. [44021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the text of each of the social clauses attached to a public contract to date. [44023/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 203. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ensure that the delivery of training sessions (details supplied) by local enterprise offices is orientated towards citizens who seek to develop entrepreneurial skills and to set up and develop businesses. [43760/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Statistics (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual targets his Department, Enterprise Ireland and the local enterprise office network have set for the increase in online trading by micro-businesses and small indigenous businesses for the period 2012 to 2016; and if these targets are being met. [43771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Returns (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of the situation facing Pairc An Gluinín Management Company Limited in County Kerry, which was set up to temporarily manage the estate until such time as the county council took it over, and which now faces fines from the Companies Registration Office for failure to make annual returns; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-introduce the back-to-work scheme for nurses who have been out of work for a period of time, given the shortage of nurses in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44187/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to make a statement on the findings of the critical review on merging the local government audit service into the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. [44153/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (8 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 602. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will continue the trading online voucher scheme in 2016. [43768/15]