Results 661-680 of 1,974 for speaker:Arthur Spring
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: I would not say it has not done anything, but I do not get the feeling that it is doing enough. On a second point, I was speaking to some people who would be somewhat in the know. They say that the world is awash with money trying to find a home, particularly on the bond market. I was taken aback by this and I asked why Greek and Irish bonds were so low. It was in the context of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: That is the Opposition.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: It can.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: It can recommend whatever it wants. The reason it does not do this is because of how reckless it would be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: Is Professor McHale saying that 90% was projected in the markets?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: It was as important for the Commission as it was for everybody else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: I suppose the result of the local elections and European elections was because of the pressure of people's lives. It feeds into the system. It is relative to people's lives. That is the way the system works. The last part of this is the adjustment that the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council purports to be necessary. If one makes an adjustment of €2 billion in cuts and taxes, what...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: Is that 0.5 of GDP or 0.5 of the adjustment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: First, I will play on the subject that has just been brought up. The targets to which the council subscribed both last year and this year are roughly what were put in place by the troika. Last year, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council recommended an adjustment of €3.2 billion and this year, it is talking about €2 billion to €2.1 million. Does this give recognition to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: Are there factors outside of the subjects under discussion here that Professor McHale could envisage having a detrimental effect on the Government's ten-year bonds, were we to not stick with the figure the council and the Commission are proposing? Can Professor McHale foresee anything he can highlight to members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: While there always are risks, are some becoming more prevalent?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (18 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time it takes to process a membership registration application to the Teaching Council. [26194/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Complaints Procedures (17 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: 654. To ask the Minister for Health if a formal complaint lodged by a person against the Health Service Executive is recorded on the complainant's medical records. [25473/14]
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: That is democracy.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: Tell us why Senator MacSharry should be on the inquiry.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (11 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update as to the way the implementation of the national broadband plan has improved the provision of internet connection in Tarbert, County Kerry. [24889/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (10 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: 295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was entitled to a tax free lump sum when finishing work. [24360/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (10 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants who applied for a discretionary medical card since 2012 and who failed to qualify for the means tests by less than €100. [24516/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (10 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: 534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants who applied for a discretionary medical card since 2012 and who failed to qualify for the means tests by more than €100 and less than €300. [24517/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (10 Jun 2014)
Arthur Spring: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants who applied for a discretionary medical card since 2012 and who failed to qualify for the means tests by more that three hundred euros. [24518/14]