Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I welcome the witnesses to the committee. I have just a couple of questions with regard to indexation. Perhaps I will start with what happened in budget 2022. Will the witnesses clarify how core social welfare payments were indexed in budget 2022? What methodology was used?