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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Does the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform ever audit other Departments for whether they are picking the right metric?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Has the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform ever told a Department that its performance indicators are not right?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Can the Department require them to change it?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: No Department is going to set themselves up to fail. Ms O'Loughlin can see why that might be-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Ms O'Loughlin for that. I have one more question.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I would suspect that it is challenging to get Departments to do that when it is not a legislative necessity. I noticed that some countries have a future generations commission that require and make well-being budgeting a mandatory exercise. We can only hope that we could do that some day.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Do we know by which quarter in 2023?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Dr. Moran. I will now ask my final question. When the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, was with us last, we discussed VAT, the greening of VAT, and that the EU has slightly changed its approach and is interested in a way that perhaps it was not before in talking to countries about variations of VAT that would lead to carbon savings. Is any work being done on that? I refer,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: You can trust me that it is a thing.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: It would be good if anyone had any information on this. It does seem that if the EU is open to the discussion, then the Department would have to give somebody that job of finding out what could be done in that regard.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. We have no more questions. That concludes the session. I thank the witnesses for attending tonight. I am aware that this committee can go late. The meeting is now adjourned until Wednesday, 9 November. I thank everyone for their attendance.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide supports for district heating schemes to move to more cost-effective sources of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55395/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (8 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the work of the district heating steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55394/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child and Family Agency (8 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish the Tusla’s first quarter 2022 reduced day outcome report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54786/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the scheme to sponsor a cohort of third year educational psychologist trainees for the current academic year 2022/2023 to the next academic year 2023/2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54809/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish research into the use of a reduced school day conducted under the schools' inspectorate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54787/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (8 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will launch the consultation on the Traveller Education Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54788/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 is likely to be completed; when the review will be published; the stakeholders that were consulted as part of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54884/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 25 October 2022, if her attention has been drawn to the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027 which stresses the importance of recognising Covid-19 as an occupational disease; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 25 of the 27 EU member states...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (8 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 880. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 25 October 2022, the specific allocation in budget 2023 to the budget of the Courts Service for the implementation of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55291/22]