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Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): State Pensions (6 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Chair for allowing me in. I want to speak on this subject. I welcome what has been said, and I hope it means foster carers will be eligible for pensions after this. It needs to happen as soon as possible. I met a group of foster carers in County Mayo on Monday, and what they told me was quite shocking, particularly with regard to foster carers looking after children with...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): State Pensions (6 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I think the key to all of this is that the Departments interlink and work together to look at these families in a holistic manner. Some of the foster parents I have spoken to are being forced to go back to work, because there are gaps in their payments that will not ensure them a pension in the future. If it can be brought together in a holistic manner, that would be good.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Poverty Impact Assessment (6 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the actions she will take to address the alarming increase in the number of retired people at risk of poverty as in the public service performance report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33174/23]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Poverty Impact Assessment (6 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This is my real question. The public service performance report made for stark reading. It shows an alarming rise in the number of retired people at risk of poverty in 2022. It is deeply concerning that one in five retired people is now at risk of poverty. What new actions is the Minister taking to address this alarming increase in the number of older and retired people at risk of poverty?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (6 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the regulations of the new defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33172/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any additional emergency accommodation has been put in place in Mayo since the lifting of the eviction ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33173/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (6 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 28 June 2028, whether the Pension Authority is categorised as a non-commercial State agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (6 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 28 June 2028, whether the Office of Public Works is categorised as a non-commercial State agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33398/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Taoiseach is not answering the questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32508/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I again welcome Aaron. Yesterday, the Government finally published the defective concrete block scheme. Despite a clear promise the updated scheme would open by the end of 2022, it has taken the Government a full year to get the scheme up and running. I am still reviewing the details of the regulations but I am concerned it will still leave many people behind. Changes to the scheme will...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. McGann for his statement. I apologise that he was kept waiting for so long. In the future-proofing document, the Department stated, "In 2019, the Government established the National Reserve Fund; the objective was to provide sufficient funds to mobilise counter-cyclical fiscal support in the event of a severe economic downturn." Does the National Reserve Fund face any...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What I am trying to get at is whether, in the event of an economic slowdown and a drop in tax revenue, this €6 billion could be used to fund Government spending to avoid budget cuts or borrowing from the international markets. Or does it have to be for-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We could find ourselves in a situation where we have €6 billion or more in a fund but would not be able to access it as an alternative we would have to borrow or-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Any changes to that would have to be done by legislation.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It would, yes. The future-proofing document states there are numerous examples of advanced countries establishing sovereign wealth funds to build a fiscal buffer. Are there any international examples of states establishing reserve funds or other forms of fiscal buffers that are stored in the debt issued by the same state?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am trying to get at how they are stored.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Just in other countries, are there are examples of how the sovereign wealth funds are stored?