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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a water conservation grant has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a water conservation grant has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (8 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied) regarding playground development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43761/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the circumstances of teachers being probated and if these teachers can carry their probationary period over two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44071/15]

Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What about the flood barrier in Clontarf?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Did we hear anything more back from University College Dublin about its procurement rules?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome Mr. Moran and his officials. Mr. Moran must be in an invidious position in that he must be the first Secretary General of the Department of Finance in a generation to be reprimanded for bringing in €2 billion more than the Department anticipated. That is a tough one for the Secretary General today and my sympathy is with him. Obviously, it is a bad day all round for some...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: No, but Mr. Moran will-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Let us call it ill informed or ignorant commentary, so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: One of the criticisms that has been levelled against the Department and the Revenue Commissioners by some people in this House, and even people with dual roles, is that Ireland is a soft touch. It is suggested that companies can come into Ireland and create employment but avoid paying tax, albeit through legitimate methods of negotiation or whatnot with the Revenue Commissioners. From the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is cyclical.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: So the suggestion that there is some sort of a wink and a nod and that the Revenue Commissioners are flying blind and when they get this kind of money it is kind of wink and nudge - that is really just a puff of smoke, is it not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to come back to something Mr. Moran said about the multinational sector. He said it was capital-intensive. As someone who has worked in a pharmaceutical company, I agree with that. When it is as intensively based in capital as it is, is it not fair to say there is room for further employment to be created there? Just because we have not seen massive growth in jobs in the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Given that the multinational sector is not homogenous, is it not fair to say that any comparison between the multinational sector and the construction of houses is just ridiculous?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: While the figure of approximately 15% of the tax take happens to coincide with a similar figure for stamp duty and capital gains tax at the height of the boom, is drawing a comparison between the two of them not just ridiculous?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: On the forecast that was done, Mr. McCarthy referred to the letter he received from the chairman of the Revenue Commissioners, Mr. Cody. I return to his previous point about the patent cliff a few years ago. Is there anything similar to the patent cliff on the horizon? Is there anything of that nature out there that the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Finance or IDA Ireland are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: On the flip side, is Mr. McCarthy aware of anything for the next 12 months or so that might result in those receipts growing even further in the future or does he believe they have plateaued?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to go back to a previous point Mr. McCarthy made about the growth rate in the SME sector. How does the multinational sector compare to the SME sector?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does that tie in to the growth in VAT receipts, which is up by about €1 billion? Is there a correlation with VAT?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is there anything in particular driving those VAT receipts?