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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (10 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications for competitiveness of Irish business of continually rising energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42730/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (10 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate a tax matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42836/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (10 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if there were any outstanding tax issues within the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time of liquidation; if the special liquidators have become aware of any issues in relation to tax since their appointment; if the liquidators have engaged with the Revenue Commissioners regarding outstanding tax issues and or made a disclosure or settlement to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (10 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the transport grant support available in respect of special needs children of pre-school age attending early intervention units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (10 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a review is underway regarding the unfair and inequitable shared ownership scheme for previous purchasers of affordable and non-affordable homes; if the rental equity held by local authorities on these homes has been amended to reflect the dramatic changes in market values over recent years; if it is proposed to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies Numbers (9 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the reduction in the number of State boards and agencies; the savings that will be achieved from this in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42486/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Using Mr. McCarthy's definition, he does not have a mandate to answer the question. However, he has the information at his disposal and the competence to tell us what adjustment is required to have a deficit of 5.1% next year, but he cannot tell us. Essentially, he is not allowed to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: However, Mr. McCarthy is saying nominal GDP next year is forecast to come in at a figure of €170.3 billion. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Therefore, a deficit figure of 5.1% would give a general government deficit cash balance of about €8.7 billion. In April the SPU forecast that the general government deficit would be about €7.5 billion, but that was to be expressed as a percentage of a greater nominal GDP balance and would have given a deficit of 4.3% of GDP. Mr. McCarthy is prepared to give us as much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Mr. McCarthy can sense the frustration from our point of view, although I can only speak for myself. The presentation is entitled, Economic Outlook Underpinning Budget 2014. We are having this discussion in the context of the budget which will be announced next week and Mr. McCarthy is giving us all of the detailed assumptions underpinning his budgetary model, but he is not prepared to tell...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: There is an adjustment of €3.1 billion, of which €2 billion is on the spending side and €1.1 billion on the tax side. The SPU worked its way through what that meant for the fiscal position. I do not understand how Mr. McCarthy cannot put this in the context of the updated macro-economic projections that he has made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Mr. McCarthy is saying the growth rate is projected at 0.2% of GDP. At the time of the last budget, it was 1.5% which was downgraded to 1.3% in the SPU. Mr. McCarthy is now saying it is more or less going to be flat, give or take 0.2%, which is difficult to break down further. For next year, the figure has gone from 2.4% in the SPU to 1.8%. Looking at the numbers, people will be surprised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: That includes the figure for goods going down by 4% and that for services increasing by 2.7%. On the flip side, the trend in the employment measure is certainly more positive. To whom does all of this go with a view to finalising what will be announced next week? Who else is involved within the Department? Who else is adding variables to Mr. McCarthy's model if he does not have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Mr. McCarthy and his colleagues and I thank them for the presentation. As Mr. McCarthy acknowledged, there is a lot to take in, but I will try to cut to the core point, which is what all this means for the budget. I know the witnesses will not talk about the choices the Government has or any related budgetary issue, which is perfectly understandable, but they can tell us, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: Okay. The witnesses have provided pages and pages of graphs, which are interesting, but they have not provided table 8 in the SPU from the previous April or the updated projections on the fiscal side. That is something that could be provided, based on static conditions, the assumption being the would be a €3.1 adjustment which we now know is not going to happen. On the basis of that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide detail of the anti-bullying initiative he announced last month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42242/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Forms (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for P60s to be sent to a person (details supplied) in County Cork for each of the years 2005 to 2011, inclusive. [42358/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Construction (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any construction projects currently under way in Cork city and county under the aegis of the National Assets Management Agency; if he will confirm the procurement process that applies when NAMA is appointing a contractor to undertake construction work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42372/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites here where the National Assets Management Agency is, directly or indirectly through the debtor or the participating institution, providing security on a 24-hour basis; the estimated annual cost of providing security on sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42406/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McGrath: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any contact with Permanent TSB or employee representatives regarding the closure of the bank's defined benefit pension scheme; the current position on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42409/13]