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Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As I stated, Ireland is one of the most successful countries in the world in attracting foreign direct investment.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The problem with imposing a 62% marginal rate of tax on the executives of the companies we expect to come into this country is that many companies considering doing business here will view marginal rates of tax from the point of view of their executives. When they find that individuals will have to pay an income tax rate of 62% they will go elsewhere.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Labour Party has also suggested generic drugs could yield savings of €300 million.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Labour Party adopted the IMO suggestion.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: If the Deputy checked, he would find that the value of the entire generic drug market in this country is approximately €300 million. The Labour Party is effectively asking the generic companies to provide drugs for free.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Labour Party has not provided proper costings for its other proposals. For instance, it states it would save €50 million per annum on trade union subscriptions. The latest figure available costs the trade union subscription relief at €19 million. To be fair, however, the Labour Party and other parties have produced proposals and these will be examined.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Government intends creating a new vision for social partnership. Government capital investment will aim to support those projects which will help the development of a productive and internationally competitive economy and a smart green economy------

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: -----support sustainable long-term employment and provide a modern social infrastructure. Crucially, the four-year plan will have a key focus on structural reform and making the economy, the public and private sectors, work better. It is a matter of public record that, over the past decade, the vast majority of Deputies backed lower taxes and higher expenditure. In 2006, Deputy Burton...

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The other day, while reading through a few documents, I came across an interesting property supplement published on the day following the 2007 budget.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: It is not only in this House that we have had collective amnesia about what went wrong. The august supplement in question stated: "Anxious? Worried? Relax - next year's property market will be steady rather than heady say the experts." A number of august economists and property consultants, including some famous and infamous ones, were then invited to give their views on what they...

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The publication in question makes interesting reading as it shows that collective amnesia regarding what took place over the Celtic years era is not confined to the Opposition benches. It also features outside the House.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy should check the record.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I gave credit to Fine Gael and the Labour Party for producing proposals.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy is misrepresenting what I said.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy called for additional spending.

Written Answers — Illicit Trade in Tobacco: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The fight against tobacco smuggling involves close co-operation between An Garda Síochána and the Customs Service, which has primary responsibility in this area. I am advised by the Garda authorities that there is involvement by so-called dissidents in the smuggling of tobacco products. This is a matter which has been confirmed by the Independent Monitoring Commission in various reports....

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52, 66 and 67 together. While promotion of tourism in Ireland is primarily a matter for the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and associated agencies, I am aware of the recent report from the European Tour Operators Association referred to by the Deputy. As with all visas in all countries worldwide, the central concern is to strike an appropriate balance...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Garda CCTV systems have been deployed at the locations set out in the Table below. The systems use analogue cameras and a mixture of fibre optic & radio technologies to transfer the images to monitoring stations. The systems installed after 2007 have digital storage. While the systems installed before 2007 previously used VHS tapes their recorders...

Written Answers — Sex Offenders: Sex Offenders (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy is aware, Part 10 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 provides for the introduction of electronic monitoring in this jurisdiction and I have made the relevant order commencing the provisions in the context of a restriction of movement condition applying to the granting of temporary release. I am glad to tell the Deputy and the House that the Irish Prison Service is currently...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am, of course, deeply concerned about the incidence of murders and I deplore all such killings. All killings, regardless of the circumstances involved, are the subject of rigorous investigation by An Garda Síochána and will continue to be so. In setting the policing priorities for An Garda Síochána in 2010, I asked the Commissioner to continue the focus of the force on serious crime,...