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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Does the ESRI have estimates?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Possibly. I just wondered if the ESRI had specific-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: It would be a specific pension fund.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: We discussed the 9% VAT rate earlier. Obviously, we would have a reasonable estimate of what that costs us. Does Professor Barrett see any merit in a proposal to remove that, go back to the earlier rate and hypothecate the money for the south west, the west, the north west and the midlands - the territories outside the mid-east? Does Professor Barrett see any merit in that type of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: More of a regional tax.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: To follow Deputy Chambers's points, will the recent increases in corporation tax be a feature we can count on as a committee in advising the framing of next year's budget? Is the witness confident the corporation tax levels will be maintained and possibly increase?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: We have always had the interest in asking that the tax rate would be paid and we could count on that contribution from the business sector. There have been recent revelations but they do not take away from the fact that this has always been an ambition of many people in this House. The witness is really saying we cannot count on recent gains in corporation tax so therefore there could be a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The letter of the Governor of the Central Bank to the Minister for Finance is a pretty depressing document. It seems to be imposing straitjackets on us that are not there at present but that he wants us to embrace. I write to the Governor occasionally about the mortgage rules and I wonder about the impact of those lending rules on the construction industry or the young families in private...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I submitted something to Governor Lane. He never answers, by the way.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: He never answers anything himself.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Yes. He does not answer Deputies. He gets one of the witnesses to answer us.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I am sure Dr. Fagan will agree that it is an area in which the Central Bank could directly make an impact in terms of construction and alleviating the ongoing desperate shortage of homes in this country.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: In terms of the point the Governor made about the debt, it is thanks to the revision and so forth that we are coming under 80% again. Is he advocating that we have a debt to GDP ratio like the one we had before the crash? Would it be 25%? What is he talking about? Is 60% the rule? We are heading back - and Deputy Barrett made the point - after a colossal effort being made by the people...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: There was also the fact the Central Bank did not do its job. When one looks back on it, that was part of the issue. I wish to ask a final question that constituents often put to us. GDP has been spoken about a lot since I have come in here. We are now at €245 billion or whatever it is for 2015, with a plus 26%. Dr. Fagan's predicted growth of 4% or 4.7% for 2016 and more than...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Analysis of Economic Forecasts: Central Bank of Ireland (6 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: We are up there now.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (21 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential care here, indicating the units and numbers and the private service providers and numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22970/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: UN Committees (21 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress she is making with the recommendations in the UN committee's report on the rights of the child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22969/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (21 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 392. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the flood risk management plans for the Wad, Santry, Moyne and other rivers and streams of Dublin Bay North to be available for public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23757/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 427. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance which can be offered to persons (details supplied) in respect of funding for their relative for a placement in a nursing home. [23812/16]