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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: A few people have gone over so we will not quibble about that.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I want to bring in a couple of members who have supplementary questions. I have a question for Dr. Doorley before I call Deputy O'Donnell. She said something interesting regarding the working family payment, as mentioned by Deputy Mairéad Farrell. I am interested in child benefit in the context of the few welfare payments that reach everybody and have a particular impact. We have...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Dr. Doorley.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I ask Mr. Barnes to answer succinctly. We have to change over.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I know other members have supplementary questions but we have to move to our second session, which is with the Nevin Economic Research Institute, NERI, and IBEC. I apologise to those members who did not get to contribute. I hope they can raise their issues in the next session. I thank the witnesses for attending for what has been an in-depth discussion.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I welcome Dr. Tom McDonnell and Mr. Paul Goldrick-Kelly from the Nevin Economic Research Institute, NERI, and Mr. Fergal O'Brien and Ms Hazel Ahern-Flynn from IBEC. Before we begin, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the House as regards references witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of witnesses who are...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I will now open the floor to members, following our usual rota. Deputy Durkan is first and he has ten minutes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Deputy Durkan, in the three minutes left, would you like to get a response from our guests?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Would Mr. O'Brien like to come in on any of those issues?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I will ask you to answer quickly. While we all want to hear about this PhD, I must get to the next speaker. Mr. Goldrick-Kelly may go ahead.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Would liquefied natural gas, LNG, be one?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Quite rightly, too.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: He will be leaving everyone on tenterhooks for the publication of this PhD. No pressure, now. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Is the Deputy finished?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: We will have a second round and I am sure the Deputy will have more questions. I call Deputy Patricia Ryan.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I will allow members to ask supplementary questions. However, before that, I will ask a few questions. I was taken with a particular paragraph in Dr. McDonnell’s opening statement regarding how the State planned to cut taxes for middle and higher income earners. In this and the previous session, we talked much about inflation. The reality is that, as he said, our finances are not...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I feel like I want Dr. McDonnell to say that again.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Just to be clear, measures such as creating a new tax band would effectively cut taxes for a certain group.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I apologise for interrupting. I will stop Dr. McDonnell there. A previous contributor said that the increase in interest rates might lead to a kind of suppression of house prices. However, if we were to cut income taxes, that could cancel that out.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Is that at the lower end of the market? Is that starter homes, the higher end or across the board?