Dáil Éireann allocates a certain amount of time each week during which Deputies may ask Members of the Government questions relating to public affairs connected with their Departments or matters of administration for which they are officially responsible. Questions relating to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council can be viewed at the links below.

Parliamentary Questions 2015

23/06/2015 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the role of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council in providing commentary and advice to the Government; his plans to address the specific issues raised by the council in its recent assessment of the spring economic statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24577/15]

16/06/2015 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to make a detailed response to the findings in the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s latest report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23089/15]

16/06/2015 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he agrees with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the plan in the Stability Programme Update 2015 is not in line with the requirements of the domestic budgetary rule or the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact, on a forward-looking basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23090/15]

16/06/2015 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he agrees with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the budgetary projections in the stability programme update 2015 do not present a full picture of the likely costs of demographic ageing and cost pressures in delivering existing programmes, as well as not taking into account explicit Government commitments to reduce taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23091/15]

16/06/2015 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he agrees with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that post-2016, the medium-term projections for expenditure and tax revenue in the stability programme update 2015 do not fully meet the requirements of a medium-term fiscal plan, as envisaged in the Government’s budgetary framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23091/15]

11/06/2015 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the finding of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the Stability Programme Update 2015 sets out a plan that lowers the budget deficit by just 0.3% of gross domestic product in 2016, thus falling short of requirements on a forward-looking basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

11/06/2015 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if projections for the deficit for 2017 and subsequent years in the Spring Economic Statement and the Stability Programme Update 2015 are based on anticipated neutral budgets post-2016, or if they incorporate promised tax and expenditure measures of up to €1.5 billion per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22922/15]

11/06/2015 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the projected deficit in 2016, 2017 and 2018 on a no-policy-change basis and, separately, based on policies envisaged by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22926/15]

11/06/2015 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the finding of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the Spring Economic Statement and the Stability Programme Update 2015 incorporate a further adjustment for tax buoyancy that goes against the letter and spirit of the expenditure benchmark rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22923/15]

11/06/2015 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s claim that the Stability Programme Update 2015 does not present a full picture of the likely costs of demographic ageing and cost pressures in delivering existing programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22924/15]

01/04/2015 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on negotiations regarding the expenditure benchmark and the application of European Union budgetary rules with his European Union colleagues; the aims of these discussions; and when he expects an outcome. [13307/15]

04/02/2015 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the budgetary process would benefit from the creation of a specific body to provide independent costings of alternative budgets from Opposition parties and if he sees an existing body such as the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council taking on such a role. [4654/15]

25/02/2015 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance the total number of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, State bodies, semi-State bodies and of State agencies under the aegis of his Department on the State’s payroll; the total cost to the State from the payout to these non-executive directors including fees, travel and other expenditure; his plans to reduce the number of these chairpersons or directors. [12607/15]

03/02/2015 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46772/14]

PQs answered in 2014

PQs answered in 2013

PQs answered in 2012

PQs answered in 2011