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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget 2020 and Macroeconomic Issues: Discussion (25 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I thank the delegates for their contributions. I am sorry that our time has been restricted. I thank them for attending.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: Apologies have been received from Deputy Heydon. Today’s meeting is one of a series of pre-budget consultation meetings with selected national stakeholders. The committee is grateful for the submissions it has received to date as part of this process. This evidence will feed into our interim report in July and our final pre-budget report in September. Before we begin, I propose...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I welcome from Social Justice Ireland Dr. Seán Healy, Ms Michelle Murphy and Mr. Eamon Murphy; from the Nevin Economic Research Institute Dr. Tom McDonnell, senior economist, and Ciarán Nugent; and from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Mr. Ger...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I thank Dr. Healy for his opening statement. I invite Dr. Tom McDonnell to make his opening statement.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: Dr. McDonnell need not worry; we will consider them as well.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I thank Dr. McDonnell for his opening statement. I call Deputy Jonathan O'Brien.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I was going to say that this pretty much mirrors our report in terms of recommendations.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy is into her final minute.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy is into her final minute.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I do not take the Deputy's time out of the time I talk, so she still has that minute.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I take the opportunity, which I do regularly, to say that, in order to have fairness to all members, we have a five-minute questioning period. I remind members that any time somebody is answering, that does not come out of the member's five minutes and there is no restriction on the amount of speaking time for members. We return to all members in order that they can ask supplementary...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: We have two full sessions today and the second session was due to start at 3.30 p.m. There are a couple of Deputies indicating a wish to speak in this one. Perhaps we could keep it tight on all sides.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: Deputy Burton has about a minute left and she is more that welcome to use it.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy has gone over time.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I ask the witnesses to give very brief replies to the last two questions. We have two more Deputies to get to.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy was bang on five. I ask the witnesses to be brief in their answers but to please over all the questions there.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I asked the witnesses to be very brief because I want everybody else to come in on this.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I ask Mr. Murphy to be brief and confine himself to one sentence. I will draw this session to a close ten minutes from now.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: Does Dr. McDonnell wish to add anything?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)
Colm Brophy: I miscalculated slightly - there were three Deputies waiting to contribute, not two. Deputy Bailey is up next and will be followed by Deputy Lahart, who will be the final contributor in this session.