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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: I call Deputy Creed. As this is the second round, I suggest approximately five or six minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: There can be only one answer of one figure when Professor McHale is answering that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: The Deputy has asked all her questions, which is helpful. Professor McHale has seven or eight minutes to answer them. I will indicate when he has about one minute remaining.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: Deputy O'Donnell is using up his time and not asking all of his allotted questions. He needs to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: The Deputy should conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: Does the Deputy have a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: I think there was a comment on "Prime Time" and the response was that it would be within the endorsable range.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: It will not be too long before the ranges have to be published, but the witnesses have a view on that at the moment. I call Deputy Sean Fleming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: I have some brief questions to kick off the discussion before I bring in my colleagues. This is the first time the council has engaged in the endorsement process. I note from the timelines that there was some engagement between the council and the Department about the consumption estimates. Given that this is the first time, does the council have any suggestions or proposals to further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: Thank you. We will commence in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: I welcome the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council members to our meeting, Professor John McHale, chairman, and Professor Alan Barrett, Mr. Sebastian Barnes, Dr. Donal Donovan and Dr. Róisín O'Sullivan, council members. I also welcome Mr. Diarmaid Smyth, chief economist, Mr. John Howlin and Ms Rachel Joyce. We will begin with opening remarks by Professor McHale and committee members will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (3 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to remove the cash-post office payment option with regard to the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51518/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a supplementary allowance to allow certain persons on State old age pension to receive an allowance to cover the cost of telephone line where they have installed a personal pendant alarm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51519/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: 241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount Cork City Council received from his Department in relation to the housing adaption grant scheme for older people and people with a disability in 2013; the amount that will be available to Cork City Council in the 2014 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51416/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the land aggregations scheme, it provides that a local authority, may transfer residential land, on which there are outstanding Housing Finance Agency loans due for redemption; in relation to Cork City Council, where this scheme is at, the land that has been transferred; the cost that has been incurred by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (3 Dec 2013)

Dara Murphy: 411. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to either reduce or increase the level of cash savings with regard to the eligibility for an over-70's medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51513/13]

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Dara Murphy: I am pleased we have a Deputy from Fianna Fáil in the House because the debate on how best to clean up the mess this country is in has had an absence of the people who caused it in the first place. The motion from the Technical Group is remarkably naive and simplistic. I would be surprised if they all agree ideologically. Some of the references are plainly untruthful. The cost of...

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Dara Murphy: That is right. Greece is paying at over 8%. It went to 44% some years ago.

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Dara Murphy: One point mentioned several times by the Minister of State related to reputation. The reality is that our reputation has given rise to the increase in confidence internationally to invest our country. That investment has given rise to job creation, with the unemployment rate now gone below 13%.

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Dara Murphy: The Government is now creating almost 6,000 jobs per month. In a way it is welcome that we have an ideological debate between a mature and sensible negotiated approach, that is, what we have from the current Government, and the type of simplistic socialist approach, which seeks to pretend the problem will go away, seeks not to negotiate with our partners and burn the people who have given us...