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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy has one minute remaining.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: We will now move to Deputy Boyd Barrett. I point out that we are way over time in this session. While I am not going to restrict the final two Deputies, I ask them to be as brief as possible. Even with that, we will still be over time by at least 20 minutes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy has about 30 seconds left.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy has now gone over time.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I will now draw this session to a close. One of the things I have learned from today is that a thesaurus is a handy tool for economists when they want something different. If they look for a rainy day fund they end up with a prudence account and they can keep on looking to see which word comes next. We thank you for coming in to us today. We appreciate the time and the exchange the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I welcome the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe. He is accompanied by Mr. John Hogan, assistant secretary at the Department of Finance, Mr. Keith Walsh, principal officer and chief economist at the Revenue Commissioners, Ms Anne-Marie Walshe, principal officer at the Department of Finance, and Mr. John McCarthy, chief economist, economic policy division...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I thank the Minister. Deputy Michael McGrath was first to indicate.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: To clarify, we, as a committee, were hoping to have such a briefing with the Minister's officials but we were unable to progress it. I acknowledge that and look forward to a chance to re-engage with them. I invite Deputy Boyd Barrett to put his questions to the Minister.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: There is very little-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I did indicate to members that in prioritising this area there would be some latitude if they wanted to ask the Minister about matters discussed in our first session also.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I reiterate that if members do not use all of their time in the first round, they will have an opportunity to reply to the Minister's comments in the second round.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy is citing a briefing document supplied by the committee as opposed to the Minister or his officials who will not have seen it.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: Deputy Burton is out of time but she has a few seconds to ask that question.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I am sorry but that is completely outside our area today.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I am sorry but Deputy Burton is out of time.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: In the way-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I am sorry Deputy Burton-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I will let the Minister in briefly to finish and then I will explain again how this questioning works.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I want to make it absolutely clear to all Deputies that they will have an opportunity to come back in again after we have completed a round of questioning. All they have to do is wait and then they can come back in and follow up with the Minister as much as they like. I call Deputy Cowen.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Local Property Tax Review: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I thank Deputy Cowen. I call Deputy Eamon Ryan.