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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (13 Feb 2018)

Colm Brophy: 661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to launch a new tenant purchase scheme for long-term social housing tenants; and if carer's allowance will be included as allowable income. [6712/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (7 Feb 2018)

Colm Brophy: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make entering the teaching profession easier for persons who are working full time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6190/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. Interference from mobile phones affects the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I welcome the Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe. He is accompanied by Mr. John Palmer, principal officer of the economic division; and Mr. Eoin Dorgan, principal...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Minister. A number of members have indicated that they wish to ask questions. I will add Deputy Heydon to that list while Deputy Burton is already on that list. We have a list of everybody who would like to ask questions. On foot of the end of this meeting, we will also write to the Minister with committee views as part of this.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: Just to brief the Minister, we have looked at having three areas of questioning per member as a first round and then coming back.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: Deputy, please, allow the Minister reply.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy can come back in during the second round. I want to-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: Deputy Burton will have to make this point very quickly.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: I am sorry Deputy Burton, but no. There is a second round.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy can come back in on other points on housing and so on.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: There will be a second round for anyone who wishes to speak. I have two indications so far, so Deputy Heydon is not last. He need not worry.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: Everybody has had an opportunity to ask some questions at this stage. At least one Deputy has indicated a desire to ask another question. Before I go into a second round, I will ask the Minister a number of questions. The Minister touched on the European view on this matter. It is very early stages. I would have thought our European partners' view would be that budgetary issues are...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: That works in the process of the fund being a rainy day fund to tackle an event like a natural disaster. That is my understanding of where that exemption sits. If we were looking more at a countercyclical version of it to deal with a recessionary situation and the drawdown in that, is there the same scope within the rules to look at that in terms of the borrowing expenditure limits under...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Minister. I have had an indication from Deputy Lahart to the effect that he wants to come back in. He will be followed by Deputy Jonathan O'Brien.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: That is a specific and slightly different area. Will the Minister come back to us with a note on that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy can ask the Minister a question. I cannot stop him from asking the Minister a question. We have areas set out for discussion at this meeting, although, to be fair, we are not just having open questions and answers.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: Deputy Lahart asked me before he left, but if Deputy Jonathan O'Brien has a question directly relating to this, he can go ahead with it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank Deputy O'Brien and I call on Deputy Lahart. I do not know what the Deputy wishes to raise with the Minister but to be fair to both of them I advise him that we have a structure for what we are discussing here today. If a question cannot be answered today I am sure the Minister will come back to the Deputy at some point.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: It includes PPPs and issues relating to the health Estimates area.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Colm Brophy: I am a constituency colleague of Deputy Lahart and as much as that information is relevant and important perhaps the Minister cannot comment on specific projects but he can speak about the situation in the general context of the budget situation.