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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: They are certainly three external significant risks we face. There are additional things internally that are of concern to me such as ensuring I do all I can to make sure prices and wages continue to grow at a moderate level and try to make progress on the issue of how we can deliver more homes and better schools without it generating inflationary pressures within the economy. More...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: I recognise as a significant problem that we have to get families out of bed-and-breakfast accommodation and we have to get to a point where we are delivering affordable homes for people and building more homes. At the same time, as the Deputy said, we are already experiencing the so-called capacity constraints in some parts of our economy. That is code for not being able to get people to...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Boyd Barrett made a point on additional expenditure. It is not that I am for any reason against additional expenditure. I have overseen expenditure move ahead over the past two years as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. My key point is that if we have expenditure that goes beyond a certain level, then we must have additional taxation plans to be able to pay for it. Of...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes, it will.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: It is 0.9%.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes, it is.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: No, we did not.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: The European Commission was of the view that we delivered our MTO objective.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: It is to deliver the MTO. The European Commission was of the view that we delivered it despite that deviation.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: -----and the Commission was of the view that we delivered our MTO.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: If our structural deficit was not to improve, my view is that the European Commission would view that as a breach of the fiscal rules. It would say we are not meeting our MTO and not improving our structural deficit.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: I have explained the extenuating circumstances to Deputy Pearse Doherty. There was a shift in a single quarter.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: That is correct.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes, we would.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes, that is the case.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: The Commission would be of the view that we are increasing borrowing in our economy at a time that we should not.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: I am clear that if we were at a point where we increased borrowing and our structural deficit was to disimprove-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)
Paschal Donohoe: Let me finish.