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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 211. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18728/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Mayo in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and planned number to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and so on, employed by his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, to oversee construction projects on behalf of public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18723/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and so on, employed by each local authority to perform functions such as overseeing construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18724/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18735/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 347. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18726/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18734/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18733/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 416. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18738/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Macey for his very interesting contribution. I acknowledge that Deputy Lahart had to go. He left his apologies because he was very keen to be here. He has actually given me his questions as well, so Mr. Macey will face two sets of questions. I am new to the committee so I am not sure how long we get for this. Deputy Lahart was making an interesting point about the amount of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Now Deputy Lahart is back.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Obviously, Mr. Macey will agree that we absolutely have to get the design of this tax right.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If we do not do that, we will have all kinds of externalities and unintended consequences. I would like him to elaborate on the class dynamic around this, that is, the people who are most impacted, what substitutes they have and so on.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is an enormous volume of literature on this. One of the practical challenges is that it is unclear what set of foods should be taxed. There is no specific subset of foods that cause obesity, and the risk of taxing a small number of foods that cause obesity is that the consumer may switch to energy-dense items that are untaxed, so there is a complexity around all that as to what foods...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There obviously has to be a combination of subsidies with the taxes. We must also bear in mind, and Mr. Macey's mention of baked beans reminded me of this, the cost of food and the huge food price inflation at the moment. In the context of all that, how do we put a further tax on top of such prices?