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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: The family resource centres offer low-cost child care.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: How many of the people with whom the St. Vincent de Paul deals had small and medium-sized enterprises that closed and now seek assistance form the organisation for the first time? When people mention debt, do they mention gambling and addictions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: Could Ms Fahy elaborate on the issue of moneylender loans? The Central Bank representatives spoke of the issue before this joint committee and the fact moneylender loans have such a high rate of interest is a pet hate of mine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: What about gambling, in particular?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: Gambling problems are of epidemic proportions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: Is there any guidance on how to deal with it? I have some proposals, including the use of technology for credit cards, with the Government deal with the issue. Will Ms Murphy elaborate on the proposed collar of 6% on corporation tax? The IFSC claims the effective rate of tax paid by its companies is over 20%, largely due to stamp duty and capital gains tax. Is there a more detailed analysis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: Has Irish Rural Link looked at the idea of a rebalancing fund from agencies such as IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland owing to the fact that most of their spend circulates around Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick but not in areas with the highest unemployment levels?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: Irish Rural Link might look at it in the future. I have proposed to the Departments of Social Protection and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation that they examine platforms whereby people could upload their CVs and jobs skills in rural areas. My next question is for Ms O’Sullivan. I nearly called her Deputy O’Sullivan, but perhaps she would like to be a Deputy someday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: Leave Fine Gael alone, for God’s sake.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: On the idea of a different budgetary process, how does Ms O’Sullivan believe it would play out if the committees played a more vital role? Does she see it like the German model where the finance committee plays a more pivotal role in agreeing to the overarching figures with committees then voting on them? How long would the process be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: As a Government backbencher, I find that aspect of the process frustrating.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: I wish to share time with Senator Hayden. I agree that as a finance committee, we normally hear proposals about how people want to extract money from us. Some people are giving us proposals on how to put money into the coffers while others are telling us how they would like it to be spent as well so the format this morning is unusual. I welcome the proposals. Alcohol and tobacco are two...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: Do they go back to college?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: Does the expertise exist outside Dublin? We all receive representations on Dún Laoghaire.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: I want to ask about that. I presume Deputy Twomey, a doctor, knows more about this than I do. I find families have to move to Dún Laoghaire to look after their child.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: I know there should not be but, unfortunately, rural people get-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: One could not retrain somebody to do this job. It is genetically mad.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: What amount of funding are we talking about in order to do this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: How many people would be affected?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)
Arthur Spring: I am conscious of time. I want to ask about Alzheimer's disease. We are told that hips, knees, etc., can be replaced but that the brain will be the problem area of the future, with the exception of livers and hearts. Do the delegates believe society is not doing enough on health? The World Health Organization released a statistic in the past ten days to the effect that physical activity...