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- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: There is no privacy around the former Attorney General because she was appointed. Therefore, will the Tánaiste clarify when and in what form she applied for or expressed an interest in the position? There are no confidentiality issues there. She got the job.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: Please, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. It is a very simple question.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: I asked when she applied.
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: What is the procedure when a judge applies?
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: They never applied. That is the whole point.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: I was at the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach with Deputy Doherty. I have one question on the point about corporation tax receipts. In a scenario where corporation tax receipts continue to rise, is it the view of the council that it would be unwise of Government to make spending decisions and build up long-term permanent spending commitments on the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: If there is a change of Government policy, we may not see such a paper.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: Is the summer economic statement due next week?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: When the breach of fiscal rules happened, the Government was saved on the expenditure side by the AIB transaction of preference shares, but there was a categoric breach because the reduction in the structural balance did not meet the minimum 0.6% reduction. In the figures for 2017, there is a projected breach of both measures, the structural balance reduction and the expenditure ceiling.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: Is it the case that there is no sanction for what one might call a modest breach?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: There has been a breach and there are more projected, but not of a magnitude that would bring an automatic sanction or punitive consequences.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: I know the council reported on the fiscal space issue, but I think for next year €600 million is factored in for the reconciliation of gross to net and the issue of demographics. What is the council's position on the appropriateness of that figure and its adequacy?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: They are the carry-over effects.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: Projecting well into the future, are the long-term forecasts of demographics and the consequences for public services, old age pension, public service pensions and so on appropriate?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: Mr. Coffey referred to budget 2018 which in net terms is coming down to €500 million or so, minus the cost of a public sector pay deal and so on.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: The net fiscal space before the carry-forwards come into play is €1.2 billion as per the last publication we have in the budget. Is there likely to be movement in that? What variables are being examined? Is there movement in the undergrowth that we should be aware of?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: Is the formula non-discretionary and matter of fact or are there elements that are the subject of debate or negotiation?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: It is a formula.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: The council has not done an estimate of what it is likely to be.
- Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Michael McGrath: The House sets its own business.