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Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As the Minister said, the purpose of the Appropriation Bill 2023 is to give statutory authority to the amounts voted on by the Dáil during the year from the original Estimates, further Revised Estimates and Supplementary Estimates. The Bill used to be just waved through the Dáil without any debate. It is important that this is no longer the case. This House needs greater scrutiny...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There are 220 homeless children in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. There was one person homeless in 2014. That just demonstrates how the situation has gotten worse under the Minister's watch. Every month the number of homeless people increases on the Minister's watch. Behind these figures are real families and people who desperately need somewhere to live. They are scared that they...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (12 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason registered blind persons are omitted from availing of the primary care certificate; his plans to include blind persons in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54879/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies (12 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide, in tabular form, Ireland’s contribution to the IMF each year in nominal terms and as a percentage of GNP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54882/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Data (12 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of the public sector pay bill which is recouped directly through income tax and USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54591/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Data (12 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a one percent pay increase was introduced across the public sector, what would be the estimated cost; what percentage of that amount would be recouped directly through income tax and USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (12 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what the pathway is for a person (details supplied) to have her path to citizenship overseen in a timely manner so that she is able to access the full range of state services available to seniors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55109/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) on rating changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55815/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their statement and report. I wish to concentrate first on health. The opening statement referred to there being "evidence of poor budgeting on the spending side". Professor McMahon pointed out overruns in health, said they were "obvious before budget day" and that despite this, they "were not catered for sufficiently in the budget". I will ask my questions on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. Running the health service with an in-built deficit on the scale it is now must be considered as well. It is important to note that. What are the practical implications of running the health service with an in-built deficit, rather than having the same amount correctly allocated through the budgetary process? Are there implications for oversight and transparency in that regard? Are...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is okay. It is possible to make an educated guess. Obviously, we see the moratorium on recruitment. That is the major implication facing us. There are others as well, but I take it that is not within the remit of Professor McMahon to answer that question. It is important to state that we do not have a national spending rule; we have a Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil spending rule....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Transparency is a key thing here. We have a responsibility as well as the Committee on Budgetary Oversight to look at this. Every year on budget day we get the 250-page expenditure report. Social Justice Ireland has previously raised the issue of how the information is presented there. In many ways it is a political document. For example, there is a list of measures and costs that have...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is it designed to not find the real information? I know Professor McMahon cannot really say that either. Why can you not compare year on year? Why is it less transparent?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: And all the different aspects. I mean the way it is presented.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Exactly, yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is what I mean.