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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the basic payment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43208/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the system in place to compensate or provide rectification to a person whose front door was broken and whose property was damaged as a result of action by An Garda Síochána. [43411/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance cars in the mid-west area on a 24-hour roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43320/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance cars nationally; the location of each; the number that are rostered 24 hours a day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43323/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the roll-out of broadband to schools in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when this roll-out will commence, the speed of the broadband being provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43202/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the payroll payment for substitute Special Needs Assistant duties will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43453/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Did we hear anything more back from University College Dublin about its procurement rules?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome Mr. Moran and his officials. Mr. Moran must be in an invidious position in that he must be the first Secretary General of the Department of Finance in a generation to be reprimanded for bringing in €2 billion more than the Department anticipated. That is a tough one for the Secretary General today and my sympathy is with him. Obviously, it is a bad day all round for some...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: No, but Mr. Moran will-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Let us call it ill informed or ignorant commentary, so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: One of the criticisms that has been levelled against the Department and the Revenue Commissioners by some people in this House, and even people with dual roles, is that Ireland is a soft touch. It is suggested that companies can come into Ireland and create employment but avoid paying tax, albeit through legitimate methods of negotiation or whatnot with the Revenue Commissioners. From the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is cyclical.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: So the suggestion that there is some sort of a wink and a nod and that the Revenue Commissioners are flying blind and when they get this kind of money it is kind of wink and nudge - that is really just a puff of smoke, is it not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to come back to something Mr. Moran said about the multinational sector. He said it was capital-intensive. As someone who has worked in a pharmaceutical company, I agree with that. When it is as intensively based in capital as it is, is it not fair to say there is room for further employment to be created there? Just because we have not seen massive growth in jobs in the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Given that the multinational sector is not homogenous, is it not fair to say that any comparison between the multinational sector and the construction of houses is just ridiculous?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: While the figure of approximately 15% of the tax take happens to coincide with a similar figure for stamp duty and capital gains tax at the height of the boom, is drawing a comparison between the two of them not just ridiculous?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: On the forecast that was done, Mr. McCarthy referred to the letter he received from the chairman of the Revenue Commissioners, Mr. Cody. I return to his previous point about the patent cliff a few years ago. Is there anything similar to the patent cliff on the horizon? Is there anything of that nature out there that the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Finance or IDA Ireland are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: On the flip side, is Mr. McCarthy aware of anything for the next 12 months or so that might result in those receipts growing even further in the future or does he believe they have plateaued?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to go back to a previous point Mr. McCarthy made about the growth rate in the SME sector. How does the multinational sector compare to the SME sector?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does that tie in to the growth in VAT receipts, which is up by about €1 billion? Is there a correlation with VAT?