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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would it be a fair comment to say that confidence is returning and people are ready to spend and that if progress continues we should ensure the environment is maintained to promote this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. Noonan expand on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Clearly, from the figures coming through, SFA members are taking on staff.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the witnesses, just as I welcomed those who were in attendance this morning. I want to touch on a few areas from the perspective of those represented by Chambers Ireland, IBEC and the Small Firms Association. I will park the multinationals because the research and development credits are extremely important. I want to talk about the domestic economy and small and medium-sized...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could the representatives of the agencies deal with that in the context of cash accounting? They might also pursue the issue of overdrafts in terms of access to working capital. I ask them to boil it down to basics. Each of them might give me a flavour of what it is like at the front line for small and medium-sized enterprises that are trying to stay in business. The groups that are under...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Talbot to zone in on the issues in question. I do not want a general overview. I want a pinpoint analysis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: There are green shoots, but Chambers Ireland does not want people to walk on those shoots.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a safer option for them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Talbot. Would a representative of the Small Firms Association like to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the general view of the association about its members' interaction with the banks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has the organisation noticed that its members are looking to take on staff? It is clear that employment is growing. We are seeing green shoots, which is very positive. Is there any particular issue that would encourage employers - the Small Firms Association's members - to take on additional people?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I compliment all of the organisations on the great work they do. First, I seek a quick response from each organisation on what is the bottom line in the budget for them. I realise they have had general discussions, but we might as well talk in plain language here. What is the bottom line for each organisation, taking account of the themes coming across at this meeting, which are child...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have a particular interest in what is being done on housing. I will ask the other groups to respond and then return to this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: To return to the issue of housing, how many houses has Respond! Housing Association built in the past two years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: What was the number the association was typically building?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: What has been built since?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Turn-key houses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Let us boil it down to finances. With regard to the security issue, there is bridging finance for a period of time before the houses are built. Is there a security issue in that regard? How would that work? I presume these are private investors who would provide funding and they are looking for security. Is it for the existing housing stock? The local authorities have total charge.