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Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: They are being used to identify those leaks.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: That is all nonsense and not true.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: It has been capital taxes, opposed by a socialist party.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: That is not true. There is growth in agriculture and tourism.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Off you go.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: That is not true.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: That is €2.5 billion less.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: We are looking at €4 billion now.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: It is a fact. Does the Deputy believe we are not in a better position now than we have been?

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: That is not true.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Is anyone checking the Deputy's facts?

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: We are hiring 920 additional mainstream teachers, 480 resource teachers and 365 special needs assistants.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: As well as being more efficient and productive, the new public service must be more responsive to the needs of service users and more strategic, focusing on longer-term outcomes.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: This will involve, Mattie, harnessing the potential of digitalisation and data.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: It will also involve the use of alternative models of service delivery to better meet the needs of users. I will explain that later to the Deputy.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Earlier today, the Government agreed to my proposal to enter into discussions with the trade unions on the issue of public service pay. The pay reductions are governed by financial emergency legislation that requires me to carry out an annual review of the status of that emergency. As the economy continues to improve, the prospect of legal challenges to the financial emergency increases....

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: We have come a long way since the depths of our economic and fiscal crisis - a crisis that was supported and cheer-led by some of the more vocal people opposite. The clear evidence presented today proves that fact. Our task now is to map the next phase of our nation’s journey. This will be a country that creates good jobs with secure incomes, that provides well run public services,...

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Our investment in research and development is also bearing fruit, with an increase in the number of Enterprise Ireland-assisted companies involved in this area and an increase in the number of patents from the commercialisation of publicly funded research. All of these initiatives are aimed at providing real opportunities for those in need of work and allowing those who were forced to leave...

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Including these additional allocations, general Government expenditure, excluding debt interest, is forecast now at just 32% of GDP or 37.5% of GNP. As a proportion of the overall economy, Government spending is back now to roughly the size it was in 2001. Post-2016, the no-policy-change position outlined in the documentation before the Members is an annual increase of €300...

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The purpose of this spring statement is to set out our present economic and fiscal situation and to generate discussion about our nation's economic priorities over the medium term, not only from the Members of this House, but indeed from the broader Irish community. As the Minister for Finance has outlined, we are looking forward to having between €1.2 billion and €1.5 billion...