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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Forms (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for P60s to be sent to a person (details supplied) in County Cork for each of the years 2005 to 2011, inclusive. [42358/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Construction (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any construction projects currently under way in Cork city and county under the aegis of the National Assets Management Agency; if he will confirm the procurement process that applies when NAMA is appointing a contractor to undertake construction work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42372/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites here where the National Assets Management Agency is, directly or indirectly through the debtor or the participating institution, providing security on a 24-hour basis; the estimated annual cost of providing security on sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42406/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any contact with Permanent TSB or employee representatives regarding the closure of the bank's defined benefit pension scheme; the current position on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42409/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that children who were previously in receipt of 20 hours per week home tuition and who are now in early intervention units receiving only ten hours tuition will receive the balance of the home tuition hours they are owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41853/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding future building plans for primary schools (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the proposal to consolidate all classes from both schools on to the one site; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42320/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of teaching resources in place for the current school year at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the expected level of teaching resources for the 2014-15 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42362/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when an oral hearing will be arranged for this appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42041/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects a new tenant purchase scheme to become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42363/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 597. To ask the Minister for Health the private companies that currently provide child-adult psychiatric and psychological services in the Munster region; the procurement procedure used in selecting such companies; the budget in 2013 for child-adult psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42407/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Mr. McCarthy and his colleagues and I thank them for the presentation. As Mr. McCarthy acknowledged, there is a lot to take in, but I will try to cut to the core point, which is what all this means for the budget. I know the witnesses will not talk about the choices the Government has or any related budgetary issue, which is perfectly understandable, but they can tell us, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Okay. The witnesses have provided pages and pages of graphs, which are interesting, but they have not provided table 8 in the SPU from the previous April or the updated projections on the fiscal side. That is something that could be provided, based on static conditions, the assumption being the would be a €3.1 adjustment which we now know is not going to happen. On the basis of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Using Mr. McCarthy's definition, he does not have a mandate to answer the question. However, he has the information at his disposal and the competence to tell us what adjustment is required to have a deficit of 5.1% next year, but he cannot tell us. Essentially, he is not allowed to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: However, Mr. McCarthy is saying nominal GDP next year is forecast to come in at a figure of €170.3 billion. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Therefore, a deficit figure of 5.1% would give a general government deficit cash balance of about €8.7 billion. In April the SPU forecast that the general government deficit would be about €7.5 billion, but that was to be expressed as a percentage of a greater nominal GDP balance and would have given a deficit of 4.3% of GDP. Mr. McCarthy is prepared to give us as much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Mr. McCarthy can sense the frustration from our point of view, although I can only speak for myself. The presentation is entitled, Economic Outlook Underpinning Budget 2014. We are having this discussion in the context of the budget which will be announced next week and Mr. McCarthy is giving us all of the detailed assumptions underpinning his budgetary model, but he is not prepared to tell...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: There is an adjustment of €3.1 billion, of which €2 billion is on the spending side and €1.1 billion on the tax side. The SPU worked its way through what that meant for the fiscal position. I do not understand how Mr. McCarthy cannot put this in the context of the updated macro-economic projections that he has made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Mr. McCarthy is saying the growth rate is projected at 0.2% of GDP. At the time of the last budget, it was 1.5% which was downgraded to 1.3% in the SPU. Mr. McCarthy is now saying it is more or less going to be flat, give or take 0.2%, which is difficult to break down further. For next year, the figure has gone from 2.4% in the SPU to 1.8%. Looking at the numbers, people will be surprised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: That includes the figure for goods going down by 4% and that for services increasing by 2.7%. On the flip side, the trend in the employment measure is certainly more positive. To whom does all of this go with a view to finalising what will be announced next week? Who else is involved within the Department? Who else is adding variables to Mr. McCarthy's model if he does not have the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies Numbers (9 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the reduction in the number of State boards and agencies; the savings that will be achieved from this in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42486/13]