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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: The time is up, but is the point that the QE in which Europe is engaged involves very much a trickle-down effect rather than a spontaneous creation of demand and inflation for the consumer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: I will allow Deputies five minutes more for questions during this session as we need to conclude this session at 5 p.m.. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: Perhaps Dr. Kinsella would expand on that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: To be fair to everybody else, I must ask the Deputy to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: Dr. Kinsella referred to the fact that relative to Greece, the Irish economy had multiple engines and an ability to drive itself out of austerity. Perhaps he would expand on the reason Greece is in such a precarious position? In addition, did Greece get a write-down, or was it the banks, to the tune of approximately €100 billion in 2012? Why has that not had the catapult effect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: As members must vote again, would Dr. Kinsella mind if we move on to Mr. O'Brien? As we must conclude he has two or three minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: I thank all the witnesses for making themselves available to the committee today, for their insight and for their contribution to today's meeting. The discussion had been very useful. The meeting will suspend until after the vote, that is, until 5 p.m.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Training (7 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who wishes to enrol in an adaptation course, in order to be considered eligible for a position as a registered child's nurse with the Health Service Executive. [27224/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (2 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: 49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for time limiting the invalidity pension and shortening the duration of illness benefit. [26786/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: The sentiment of this debate is such that one would say there was abject property among lone parent families. I do not believe there is anybody in this House who would want to see children subject to abject poverty where we could do anything about it. We are coming to the end of a period of austerity and moving towards an era of prosperity, to which we all aspire. Two things with which I...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: We saved the country €30 billion.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Arthur Spring: Deputy Adams's great idea was to send them home, and their money with them.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (23 Jun 2015)

Arthur Spring: 190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum balance an applicant for an exceptional needs payment may have in savings in order that the person's application will be considered. [24959/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (23 Jun 2015)

Arthur Spring: 478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of discretionary medical cards issued on medical grounds; the number of reviews issued by the Health Service Executive for each month since January 2013 to date in 2015 [24993/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (16 Jun 2015)

Arthur Spring: 382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a value added tax refund will be issued to farmers whose income does not reach the value added tax registration threshold in relation to the purchase of mobile farm equipment, as required by the work plan associated with a farm safety grant. [23923/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (16 Jun 2015)

Arthur Spring: 662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who took part in the trial of the drug fampridine; the benefits the clinical trial results demonstrated; and if the full extent of the benefits were considered in the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. [23940/15]

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

Arthur Spring: How does the council think the economy is performing right now?

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

Arthur Spring: Why does Professor McHale think that?

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

Arthur Spring: Does the professor think the economy has performed better than the council projected in 2011? When he first came before us in 2011, did he think we would be at the point we are at now?

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

Arthur Spring: I remember that the council asked us to go further in making cuts in 2013.