Results 761-780 of 1,046,270 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:James O'Connor OR speaker:Pearse Doherty)
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: How come two different and separate Departments had their opening statements delivered late, both of which landed two minutes after the start of the meeting?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Is there an explanation?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: We can launch in.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Ministers to the meeting. As it is Deputy Chamber's first appearance as Minister for Finance, I wish him good luck in his role. The Minister stated, "With increased expenditure, we remain on track to run healthy budgetary surpluses over the medium term". What are those surpluses, beyond 2025?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister know what the budgetary surpluses over the medium term are? He just referred to those in his opening statement. Does he know what they are beyond 2025?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I am not asking when they will be set out. Does Deputy Chambers, as Minister for Finance, know what the budgetary surpluses are for the years beyond 2025? This is the first time a summer economic statement has ever, to my knowledge, been published without the surpluses, the general Government balance, having been indicated in the summer economic statement. Does the Minister have that...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: First, as I am sure the Minister is aware, as we have raised this issue with the Department in the past, this is simply not acceptable. We are going into an election cycle and Opposition parties have to prepare alternative budgets. This is the first time the general Government balance has not been set out in a summer economic statement. As the Minister stated they are set out in the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The projections-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Is the general Government balance outlined in the stability programme update for next year the same as the one in the summer economic statement, SES? Is it the same?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Sorry, the Minister published the summer economic statement and stated in the text what the surplus will be for next year. Is it the same as the SPU that was published in the spring?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Deputy Pearse Doherty: Is that the same figure that was published in the SPU?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: No, it was significantly different, by billions of euro. Would that be correct?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, €2 billion. Therefore none of us on this side of the House know what the surpluses will be in 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, which should be provided. It was provided last year, the year before and right back to 2019 and the years before that. We cannot go into a manifesto process, which all of the parties are doing and which the Minister's Department has opened up the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister of Finance stated there will be a healthy budget surplus over the medium term. The original question is, does the Minister for Finance know what the budget surplus will be, based on the summer economic statement and the expenditure plans he outlined? Does he know what the budget surplus will be for 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029? Does he have an indication of that?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I am not asking that question. Does Deputy Chambers, as Minister for Finance, have that information?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I am not asking the Minister when it will be set out.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Is the Minister seriously telling me the Department of Finance does not know what our budget surplus is estimated to be in 2026, 2027 and 2028? Is the Minister seriously telling me that?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: It is simply not acceptable. The Department published these figures in spring for three years and now they are completely and utterly missing. It is not acceptable and I say that in the strongest terms. This goes to the core issue of fairness in terms of democracy and allowing Opposition parties to be best equipped to put forward their platforms. If this happened anywhere else, there...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: It is available.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I want to understand what we will be saving, with respect Chair.