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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: They said it was €500 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: There was a small question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important for people to realise it is not just about giving taxes back. Within the fiscal council one can spend on public services and actually raise income to expend.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Government Deputies were here last week complaining that they could not get a bypass put around Mallow. They said Europe was stopping the bypass around Mallow but it is because of the Government's policy.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (16 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual number of direct jobs in Industrial Development Agency Ireland foreign-owned client firms, created between 2000 and 2014. [23267/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (16 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration has not issued a call for proposals for integration work, as it had stated was its intention (details supplied). [23120/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (16 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration will issue a call for proposals for integration work, as was committed to in February 2015 year during his meeting with the Cultúr Migrants Centre; the lower and upper limits of funds to be made available; if he will indicate who may apply for funding; and the length of time the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (16 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report by the contractors administration services regarding the Carrickpherish, Waterford school building public works contract has been forwarded to her Department and to the National Employment Rights Authority; and the action that has been taken. [23560/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (16 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of audits the Contractors Administration Services has conducted since its appointment; the names and locations of the publically funded school building projects where irregularities have been uncovered; if a report has been forwarded to National Employment Rights Authority on each occasion; if a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an tOllamh McHale as ucht an cur i láthair. Professor McHale mentioned financial sanctions. What are the financial sanctions within the EU framework?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: That is a significant fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The last time Professor McHale was here, we discussed the issue of stimulus. The State still has major infrastructural gaps within housing, broadband and a lot of the infrastructure a competitive economy needs. Professor McHale mentioned that there was still space at that moment in time for the Government to be involved in capital investment in these, and for stimulus. In other words,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a week since this report was published. Has the council had any deep conversations with the Government? What has been its engagement with the Government so far on the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: With regards the criticisms the council has made, what would be required to satisfy it? What would the Government need to do to satisfy the council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: If the Government were to reduce its plans to give tax back in the next budget, would that bring it within the framework?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Given the Government's expansion is approximately twice what Professor McHale thinks it should be, does he think the Government is anti-cyclical or pro-cyclical?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It seemed to me that if one took out the tax breaks to those on upper incomes, what was left in the spring economic statement with regard spending and public expenditure was really only going to take account of the growth in demographics. The per capitaspend on that side would actually be static or slightly falling. Is that Professor McHale's assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the interesting points is that it is forecast that GDP will grow by approximately 17.5% by 2020, while Government consumption is to increase by only approximately 5.7%. Is it the stability programme update, SPU, plan that we will have this continuing downward pressure on Government consumption?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: In political terms, it seems like a plan for small government. That is perhaps not an issue on which Professor McHale might touch. Deputies Pearse Doherty and Michael McGrath have previously mentioned the issue that Opposition parties would have an opportunity to put their budget proposals to some kind of unit to have them costed in advance of an election, or even annually, in order that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Would IFAC have the facility or the competence to perform this role, now or in the future?