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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Dr. Donovan accept that international market reaction has been positive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: On the question of the recapitalisation of the banks via the ESM, is there merit in the latter dealing with the banks in the context of the tracker mortgages they hold? Would our guests regard this as a good policy initiative?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will Professor McHale comment specifically on trackers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Professor Alan Barrett has been waiting for years for this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have two quick questions. The council has reduced its assessment of the likelihood of Ireland breaching the 3% debt-to-GDP target by 2015 from one in three to one in two. Where does the council see the possibility of reaching the growth target of 2% for 2014? Did it put a physical measure on that? In respect of the analysis of the forecasts, did the council factor in the patent cliff...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: It as if they have provided a paragraph with something in it and I am now asking them to put that same measure in another paragraph. I have no doubt they are capable of doing so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Barnes believes there is a one in two chance of reaching a growth rate of 2%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why is it to that level? The amount varies between 3.1% and 2.5%. It is a physical measure but, in terms of growth, fewer cuts are generally seen to have a slightly more positive impact. Why, then, is the same measure being applied?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is it possible that the measure of GDP is flawed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Professor Barrett is being modest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is it possible that growth was overstated in previous years?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: The HSE is in before us today as well and there is correspondence in the public domain between the HSE and the CRC. Could we request that we would have sight of the documentation?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: What I am asking is that we would get whatever documentation is available upfront at the start of the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Kiely wish to make an opening statement?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Conlan has refunded €40,000 to the Health Service Executive, according to media reports. Mr. Conlan was on a salary of €125,000, which means he had a top-up of approximately €40,000. Was this top-up paid for by private funds raised for the Central Remedial Clinic?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: All I want to hear is a "Yes" or "No" answer. Mr. Conlan was paid €125,000 up to 1 October. Was the top-up of €42,000 paid for from private funds raised from the private Friends and Supporters of the CRC fund-raising company?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: If that is the case, is the HSE surprised that it got the €40,000 back from Mr. Conlan, as we read in the media?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Conlan has seen fit to refund €40,000 but, given that the top-up appears to have come from private funds, he is refunding to it to the wrong party. Mr. Kiely, do you not believe you have a moral obligation to make a similar refund to the CRC private fund, taking into account the Government's guidelines on pay?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: From what we have heard this morning it seems, in view of the work done by the CRC and charity sector overall, that as a board your position is untenable. Do you not think that as a board they need to step down?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am asking a very direct question. The CRC receives significant income from fund-raising. The situation is that the board completely ignored the HSE. I have read the correspondence. It only replied to the HSE on 27 July, having received a performance warning letter the previous day. Furthermore, it informed the HSE in the letter that it was going ahead in appointing Mr. Conlan come hell...