Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Yes, I am. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has published papers reviewing where we stand on the issue. We think we are doing okay on it. One issue I am aware of, which I fed into the process, is that sometimes we think of demographics in terms of what happens within social protection and we let that guide our thinking, principally about people getting older, but we have to deal with the consequences of having a young population and how we cater for it in the future. The Department of Education and Skills has done a good job on that in school buildings programme and the way we have been able to factor in the hiring of new teachers at primary level.