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Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: The comments by the Minister, Deputy Noonan, about boom and bust cycles ring hollow because his party and the Labour Party subscribed to every ingredient of what he described as boom and bust politics.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: I note the following sentence from the statement by the Minister, Deputy Howlin, "It became fashionable for a while to decry this country and its potential." I could play the Minister a few tracks from a CD dating from five or six years ago which would include familiar voices from his own benches. We need a fair and broad based recovery. Towns and villages across this country are dying but...

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: The stability programme update is released quietly every year and sent off to the European Commission after a token meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service. As it happens, in the final year of this Government's term it decided to make it a set piece event in the Dáil in order to put the economy centre stage on the political agenda and to create a distraction...

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: People will discover today that there is no substance to that spin. It is more about raw politics than economic management.

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: The employment situation has improved significantly. The number of people out of work is falling and the number of people with jobs is increasing. We warmly welcome that but there is no room for complacency when 350,000 people are still on the live register, as well as 86,000 on activation programmes. While I do not seek to demean activation programmes and their role as a stepping stone to...

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: The self-employed expected some indication from the Government that there would be a change in the way they are treated. Successive Governments discriminated against them in the taxation system and in their failure to provide a safety net through the Department of Social Protection. The Government had an opportunity to deal with that issue today. As the employment situation recovers, we...

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: This spring statement is a classic example of a Government over-promising and under-delivering. Built up as some kind of mini-budget, it has ended up as just another PR exercise from a Government that is quickly running out of road. At the end of all this, people who have been hearing about the spring statement for months will be left scratching their heads wondering what it was all about....

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: We accept and very much welcome that a recovery is under way. It raises fundamental questions for us as a people. What kind of recovery do we want? Do we want a fair and inclusive recovery across the economy? Do we want to bridge the divide between urban and rural? Do we want to bridge the growing divide between those who have and those who certainly have not and have lost most under the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications for social protection recipients of the single euro payments area euro payments clearing and settlement system being closed on 1 May 2015; if arrangements are being made to ensure that persons receive their entitlements on the due date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16379/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Remuneration (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications for serving and retired public servants, under the aegis of her Department, of the single euro payments area payments clearing and settlement system being closed on 1 May 2015; if arrangements are being made to ensure that persons receive their entitlements on the due date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17197/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of each transaction engaged in by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation since the nationalisation of the former Anglo Irish Bank, and prior to the appointment of a special liquidator for the corporation, that his Department officials expressed some concern about; if he will provide this information in aggregate or summary form;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the €375 billion guaranteed under the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008, by covered institution, including showing the details for covered subsidiaries separately, as set out in the Nyberg report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16690/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if his decision to initiate the special liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in 2013 was influenced by any concerns he had regarding the operation of the corporation, including its governance, or concerns relating to any specific transactions the corporation was involved in; if he will specify any such concerns; the action he took on foot...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Remuneration (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for serving and retired public servants, under the aegis of his Department, of the single euro payments area payments clearing and settlement system being closed on 1 May 2015; if arrangements are being made to ensure that persons receive their entitlements on the due date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17193/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Remuneration (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the implications for serving and retired public servants under the aegis of his Department of the single euro payments area payments clearing and settlement system being closed on 1 May 2015; if arrangements are being made to ensure that persons receive their entitlements on the due date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Remuneration (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications for serving and retired public servants under the aegis of his Department of the single euro payments area payments clearing and settlement system being closed on 1 May 2015; if arrangements are being made to ensure that persons receive their entitlements on the due date; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Remuneration (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the implications for serving and retired public servants under the aegis of his Department of the single euro payments area payments clearing and settlement system being closed on 1 May 2015; if arrangements are being made to ensure that persons receive their entitlements on the due date; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 333. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has plans to extend and improve the services available at a certain facility for elderly persons (details supplied) in County Cork; if he is aware that it is currently only open three days per week and there is a waiting list for persons seeking access to the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16791/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Remuneration (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 342. To ask the Minister for Health the implications for serving and retired public servants under the aegis of his Department of the single euro payments area payments clearing and settlement system being closed on 1 May 2015; if arrangements are being made to ensure that persons receive their entitlements on the due date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17195/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Remuneration (28 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications for serving and retired public servants under the aegis of his Department of the single euro payments area payments clearing and settlement system being closed on 1 May 2015; if arrangements are being made to ensure that persons receive their entitlements on the due date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....