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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (10 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received their disadvantaged area payment or their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47371/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (9 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of contract, outsourced staff currently employed at the Central Bank of Ireland; the roles these contract staff perform; the daily salary for each role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46751/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Gross National Income (9 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland’s gross national income for the past three years if redomiciled public limited companies would have been excluded; and the amount by which Ireland’s contribution to the EU budget would have been reduced if these redomiciled public limited companies were excluded from the GNI figures for these years. [46758/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I am supposed to be in the Dáil speaking about the Water Services Bill and had better go. The expenditure stuff must be teased out a great deal more. The delegates have flagged this issue on two occasions. The last point I want to make is that in its next report I encourage the council to go further on the expenditure ceiling. The report looks at how we have broken it this year,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry, but I have to leave at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I revert to some of the questions I asked earlier. To return to the issue of contract manufacturing, there is annualised growth of 2.5%, but this is based on six month figures. Has the council projected to where it will be at the end of the year? What component will contract manufacturing make up in the 4.7% growth rate anticipated this year? That is the way we calculate growth rates, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: But at about 2.2%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I have another question. Professor McHale will be aware that the CSO refused or clamped down on the Government's attempt to take the €250 million equity investment in Irish Water off the Government's balance sheet. It is back on the Government's balance sheet because it claimed Irish Water had been established on 1 October 2014. The council did not raise any concern about this. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: None of us will know probably until March next year. When the Minister toyed with the idea of tax relief, when questioned in the Dáil he mentioned that if the tax relief was to be given at source, it would fail. That is because it would be seen as a Government subsidy to Irish Water, but if it were to be clawed back, it is likely it would not be seen by EUROSTAT as a Government...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The previous speaker talked in glowing terms about how water infrastructure in the North of Ireland was interconnected, modern and efficient. He did not mention that over the course of three years €1 billion was invested in that, and he also omitted to say that a Sinn Féin Minister oversaw that process, and that that Sinn Féin Minister stopped water charges from being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the members of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. I had not intended to ask this particular question but, given that Professor McHale raised the matter to which it refers, I will do so now. He referred to the fact that on several occasions over recent months the question has been raised as to whether the Council feels its advice is being ignored. He also referred to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with Professor McHale on that matter and I commend the council on the reports and analyses it produces. I do not always agree with the council's recommendations, particularly in light of certain factors relating to the impact that those recommendations could have on people's lives. However, there is no doubt that the council has provided a wealth of information which has informed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine. Sometimes it is unfair to simplify matters when discussing this issue. However, the current opinion is that the council is being critical of or, indeed, whingeing about the fact that the Government is not listening to its recommendations. However, Professor McHale has indicated his opinion to the effect that the Government is not ignoring those recommendations and that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Do I only have one minute left?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Time flies when one is having fun. The council plays a key role in the context of public information and education. Will Professor McHale explain whether the growth of 2.5% in GDP in contract manufacturing is real growth? When we talk about figures, in terms of the economy having grown by 4%, and say we must all be doing well, we must realise some of it may not be real growth. There has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the Disabled Drivers and Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994, SI 353 of 1994, with a view to allowing upper limb amputees avail of the scheme. [46604/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Rate (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the rate at which the local property tax is levied or to amend the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46692/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider the requirement that 50% of farmers on a commonage must agree to sign up to a management plan to participate in the GLAS scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this requirement is posing an unnecessary hurdle for farmers, preventing many from joining the scheme; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason for the delay in processing a payment under the single farm payment and disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46684/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the reason for the delay in processing the remainder of a payment under the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46685/14]