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- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: So it is unrepresentative. We are caught in legal rules that do not make sense for our economy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: I heard that and I listened carefully, but GDP in other countries more accurately reflects the economy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: GDP in this country as measure does not accurately reflect-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: -----what is happening in the economy. This seems bizarre. I presume the Department has made representations to the Minister to state this is bizarre, or whatever words it uses.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: That is very good. In a minute I will come to Mr. Moran's statement and try to get to the heart of what constitutes a thriving economy. I have made this point before and I will make it again today, and if I see Mr. Moran before me again I will make it again. He made an opening statement to say the key economic indicators point to continued solid growth this year, and there are almost two...
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: Appropriate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: I am picking up Mr. Moran on the statement that the economy is thriving but to go back to the GDP, he is saying the Department is being forced to do that under the rules. It is difficult for me to understand that and then try to explain to somebody else that we are literally playing some type of game. Until now, we were not allowed spend money on housing because that was throwing money at...
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: Not any more, but he was on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: I heard him talk recently about not throwing money at the economy and using that type of terminology. I am trying to get my head around it. What type of economy do we have when we have a major housing crisis in Galway? Dublin is mentioned frequently but in Galway, people are on a waiting list since 2002 because we have not built a single social house since 2009. I prefer to use the term...
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: Yes. It is a simple question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: Is it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: We did, yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: Just let me-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: Mr. Moran can come back in-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: -----on the Chairman's time, but I am trying to understand it. Economists and financial people talk about not overheating the market or throwing money into the market and making a bad situation worse but I am looking at a figure of €301 million going into a rental market that clearly is not sustainable. It continues to rise. Most people are evicted for non-payment of rent, as I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
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Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: I understand that, but I do not agree with what the Department is doing. Mr. Moran is using the market language to justify something yet when it comes to the GDP, it is a very serious game. I am not saying Mr. Moran is playing a game but he is being forced to play a game. He is actually not complying with the law in regard to GDP. As a country we are not complying with our obligations yet...
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Catherine Connolly: It is nine pages long, and Mr. Moran is talking about the fundamentals of the economy being solid and thriving.