{"id":319,"date":"2011-11-02T10:13:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T10:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/government-figures-dont-add-up-crowe\/"},"modified":"2011-11-02T10:13:13","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T10:13:13","slug":"government-figures-dont-add-up-crowe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/government-figures-dont-add-up-crowe\/","title":{"rendered":"Government figures don\u2019t add up \u2013 Crowe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government figures don\u2019t add up \u2013 Crowe<\/p>\n<p>Dublin South West Sinn F\u00e9in TD Se\u00e1n Crowe has described as \u2018deeply embarrassing and a cause for concern\u2019 yesterday\u2019s announcement that the general government debt is \u20ac3.6bn lower than originally estimated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">Deputy Crowe said:<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\u201cYesterday\u2019s news that the government debt is \u20ac3.6bn lower than originally estimated is deeply embarrassing for the government and the officials involved in this miscalculation.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\u201cThe explanation that an \u2018accounting error\u2019 of this size went unnoticed for so long is truly shocking.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\u201cYet despite the fact their figures didn\u2019t add up, the government were very slow to respond to the news.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\u201cClearly, on the basis of this information, the government no longer needs to cut \u20ac3.6 billion in the budget to meet next year\u2019s 8.6% deficit target that has been set by the EU\/IMF.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\u201cI am calling on the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to make a statement on the matter explaining how, if at all, this week\u2019s news changes his government\u2019s approach to December\u2019s budget.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div>The\u00a0Government\u00a0should also consider using\u00a0some of\u00a0this additional windfall for a jobs stimulus package that would help alleviate the difficulties facing\u00a0tens of thousands of famiilies and individuals across the state.&#8221; CR\u00cdOCH<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government figures don\u2019t add up \u2013 Crowe Dublin South West Sinn F\u00e9in TD Se\u00e1n Crowe has described as \u2018deeply embarrassing and a cause for concern\u2019 yesterday\u2019s announcement that the general government debt is \u20ac3.6bn lower than originally estimated. Deputy Crowe said: \u201cYesterday\u2019s news that the government debt is \u20ac3.6bn lower than originally estimated is deeply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}