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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (30 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 391. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the work of the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures advisory council on children and youth; the number of meetings held to date; the work programme for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25970/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Value for Money Reviews (30 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 392. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update in relation to the value for money review of youth programmes since the publication of the report in December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25971/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Employment Initiative (30 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 393. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the recently announced youth employability initiative by his Department; when he expects the scheme to be open for applications; the criteria for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25972/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the implementation of the National Quality Standards Framework for the youth sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25973/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 395. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way his Department plans to implement the European Council recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25974/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Today we will have two sessions, the first with the noted economics lecturer from University College Cork, Mr. Seamus Coffey, who has previously appeared before the joint committee. He will talk to us about the EU country-specific recommendations 2015 for Ireland. He will be with us for about 25 minutes and at approximately 2 p.m. the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you, Mr. Coffey. It might be an idea for our committee to write to the other relevant committees that are referenced by the country-specific recommendations, CSRs, to bring to their attention the recommendations. I am not sure if the health committee, for example, debates the CSRs or gets a chance to question the Minister as to whether changes are being made. We might make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind members that the Minister is waiting for us and I ask that comments be kept as brief as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: On that point, Mr. Coffey will be aware that after the Second World War the United States reduced its debt-to-GDP ratio not by paying off debt but by increasing GDP. In 1991 Ireland had a debt to GDP ratio of 90%, and that went down to 35% a decade later, not because we were paying it off at a rapid rate but because we were growing at a rapid rate. I would be interested in Mr. Coffey's view...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Mr. Coffey for coming before the committee today and for answering those questions. He has given us very useful food for thought for our next session with the Minister. He is due to come before us in a couple of minutes to outline the Government’s proposed response to the country-specific recommendations, CSRs. I am sure the debate we have had in the past half hour will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of the committee I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, back to the committee to brief us on a number of issues, not just the proposed response by the Government to the country-specific recommendations, but also to outline his views on where we are at the moment in regard to the Mediterranean crisis and also the Greek situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State. I am aware he has been speaking for more than 20 minutes and while I do not wish to exhaust him, could he give the committee one or two minutes on the current state of play with Greece and where he thinks it might be going?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State. Perhaps colleagues have specific questions, but I will begin with two questions. The first relates to the EMU. The Minister of State said we want to see a greater focus on aggregate economic and fiscal positions within the eurozone and that we need to recognise that while some countries have excessive deficits, some have current account surpluses. One of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Has the Deputy concluded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: The Deputy has already had three minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We have four other speakers, but we need to be out of the room by 3 p.m. I ask the remaining speakers to try to limit their comments to three minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: That was the Minister for defence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I ask the Minister of State to reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: The Minister of State has nine minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Country Specific Recommendations 2015 (Ireland): Discussion (18 Jun 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: That is about it.