Results 141-160 of 1,974 for speaker:Arthur Spring
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: We were asked for a further €600 million in budgetary cuts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: With a couple more of my colleagues, I was adamant that the council was not in touch with the political atmosphere-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: -----and, in particular, the economic nuances in what was happening on the ground.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: More than a lot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: Is the professor confident that the growth achieved is due to an economy not driven by credit and construction as much as it was in the past? I am sure he is familiar with the projected growth rates in tourism and agri-business and aware of our ability to export more high value-added products, resulting in the creation of jobs and net migration. Is he comfortable with the view that we have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: What growth rates would be viewed as normal and sustainable in terms of the framework about which the professor spoke? What are the predicted growth rates?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: The European average is projected to be around 2.2%. The projected growth rate within the fiscal framework is in the region of just over 2%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: Ireland is an outlier in terms of how the framework was envisaged to work at the beginning. Perhaps some of the professor's colleagues wish to comment. I think he said the framework broadly worked for Ireland. An awful lot of what is going on in the country is unique. Ireland has the highest growth rates in Europe. How does this blend into the framework? The professor talked about...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: Does Dr. Kearney want to give us the benefit of her knowledge?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: As there is no fire, it is all water.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: Yes. Does the framework work when one looks at the model constructed on day one?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: Is it of paramount importance?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: Does Dr. Kearney think that has been done in a manageable form to date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: Given what has been projected, does Professor McHale believe we will miss the targets set for next year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: Would we as a result have a higher percentage figure in terms of expenditure than all other countries in Europe?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: There is no need to explain. Does the council believe the level of flexibility within the framework is appropriate for a country that is not exactly living within the European average figure? To use the council's terminology, Is the framework flexible enough to be compliant?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: We would all like to see the debt figure lower to give people hope. We also all want the economy to grow, services to expand and people to have more disposable income. The country can borrow money cheaply at a rate which is a long way from the figure of 14.5% in 2011 when we were headed towards default and we can achieve growth rates of over 4.5%. In that instance, would it make economic...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: That is very interesting, particularly in a phase where we are trying to catch up on our capital expenditure. I do not know if it worth Professor McHale's while doing a bit of modelling around that and reporting back to headquarters in Brussels to let them know that it is not working for us as well as we would like it to work. I thank Professor McHale for engaging with us. He knows about...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: As possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (9 Jun 2015)
Arthur Spring: 564. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to allocate additional gardaí from the selection of qualified Garda recruits to Tralee town in County Kerry in view of the reasons submitted in correspondence (details supplied). [21911/15]