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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: Good. I am not sure if Deputy Conway Walsh put this question to the Minister of State. She asked about the statistics on men and women in the country. This may not have been carried out every year, but certainly on a rolling three- or four-year basis and it seems to have stopped. I am talking about Senator Higgins.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: Is the Minister of State saying it is every two years?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: Is the basket of goods an itemised basket of groceries?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: Therefore, we can make a comparison of a particular grocery item this year and over the last number of years as the price changed and so on.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: It gets to that level.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: Good. My final question is on the Civil Service renewal action plan. The Minister of State said the CSO's work also supports the Civil Service renewal action plan. What are those plans?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: I make the point that not everyone is connected digitally. It is a huge issue for everybody, but particularly older people. We have already had issues with bank closures and access to cash through ATMs. I would not say it is deliberate but it is isolating people in terms of forms from Departments and older people trying to get on with their lives. There needs to be a recognition that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: Yes, they would prefer the stroke of a pen. When dealing with community and society the Government needs to understand that. I would hope that will be reflected in the work of the CSO and in the Minister of State's work in Europe and with other Departments. Decisions by the banks to close branches and take away cash machines showed that there is a clear misunderstanding of the demands of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: I commend the work the Minister of State is doing. We constantly need to change and be aware of everything.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: There is a big change in society. The Minister of State witnessed it on her visit to Kilkenny. I was impressed by what she had to say in her interactions with local communities down there. The delivery of online services in areas such as mental health, addiction and all of that is a huge change which needs to be reflected in some way to inform the likes of the HSE and the Department of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has considered the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2024: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: As such, it is only the digital end of it. I presume there is a Civil Service renewal plan across all Departments - at least there should be - and that feeds into it.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (27 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for a refund of VAT relative to the purchase of a milk tank under TAMS 2, which was rejected by the Revenue Commissioners, will be examined again and paid in full to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8832/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance (details supplied) will be considered in far greater detail on appeal, and if an oral hearing will be considered. [8909/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (27 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the further review agreed to by her Department has been completed in relation to a domiciliary care allowance application in the name of a person (details supplied), and if so, if the application was approved. [9210/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment which is long overdue under the suckler carbon efficiency scheme will be paid immediately to a person (details supplied). [8948/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 600. To ask the Minister for Health further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide a comprehensive update on the need for an immediate appointment with CAMHS for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9213/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (22 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain why the Revenue Commissioners have issued tax rebates directly to taxrebate.ie in the names of individuals who clearly had not asked the company to act on their behalf; if the claims aired publicly will be investigated; the number of individuals affected, and value of the rebates issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a one-parent family payment will continue to be paid to a person (details supplied). [8428/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a milk tank under TAMS 2, which was submitted in 2022, will be paid in full, including VAT, to a person (details supplied). [8469/24]