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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: I ask Dr. Lawless to focus on her recommendations.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: I want to focus on the recommendations. That is the net point.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: I would like Dr. Lawless to outline her recommendations in regard to housing. Is it for a rainy day fund as opposed to economic infrastructure, given that economic infrastructure includes housing? Which is she selecting? She seems to be going only for the rainy day fund.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: I welcome Professor Barrett's comment on the ESRI's proposal, which has been widely reported today, to raise the pension age to 70. Doing the latter would be little short of catastrophic. Socially and economically, many people who will rely on the State pension would not be in a position to sustain work until they are 70. Some would, but the vast majority would not. In terms of the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: A cornerstone of people providing for their old age in Ireland is that they are in a position to buy houses and, by and large, pay off their mortgages before they retire. The property, in turn, becomes a valuable asset to be used if they require care or to be passed on to their families, in whole or in part. I agree with Deputy Martin Heydon's equal emphasis on affordable housing, on which I...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: May I say-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: A builder can construct 20, 30 or 50 houses and get credit flows. However, a builder might be renovating rooms, etc., above shops in cities and derelict areas of towns. A builder doing five, ten, 20 or 40 apartments will need to have a credit supply for the complete development. That person cannot sell one apartment and plan on the next year completing the next three or the next 20. That...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Is there a way to address that?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the call by organisations (details supplied) for the establishment of a Brexit adjustment fund for businesses adversely affected by the United Kingdom leaving the customs union; the measures her Department proposes to meet this demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38032/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Manufacturing Sector (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in securing a replacement manufacturing industry for a site (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37420/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37985/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff deployed full time in her Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38001/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Industry (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by her Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the way in which she monitors construction inflation; the mechanisms her Department employs to establish this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38017/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps her Department is taking to assist retailers to deal with the impact in the fall in value of sterling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38613/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure consumers benefit from the fall in the value of sterling in Irish branches of UK retailers to mitigate a potential increase in cross border shopping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38616/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt Servicing (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to take advantage of the current historically low interest rates to redeem national debt taken out at the height of the debt crisis and to replace it with new borrowing at a lower rate to make a saving for the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38624/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are investigations being conducted by the Revenue Commissioners or his Department regarding the possible erection of customs posts between Ireland and the United Kingdom in the event of a so-called hard Brexit in March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38033/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Consultations (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the drafting, completion and publication of the report investigating bogus self employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38036/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Consultations (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance when the results of the consultation process into the impact of bogus self employment arrangements will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38049/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37992/17]