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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will open the floor to members and our first speaker is Deputy Durkan.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Deputy Doherty is well over time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will open the session to another round of two to three minute slots if Members would like to indicate an interest in contributing. In the meantime, I will ask some questions of my own. On corporation tax data and the impact of regulatory changes we may see in the next few years, we saw an effective doubling in corporation tax receipts between 2015 and 2020, when they increased from...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will stay on the issue of data and analysis and ask a more contextual question about how we devise budgets in this country. Mr. Barnes mentioned that we do not have up-to-date figures on the implementation of Sláintecare. There is certainly huge frustration that people cannot have sight of the capacity review for the health service because that will obviously have major budget...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: One of the key messages from the IFAC report is that a large-scale untargeted stimulus would not necessarily be needed if the economy recovers as strongly as anticipated. What would the IFAC consider a targeted stimulus?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witness and the Deputy. We have reached the end of the session. All that remains for me to say is that the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has published quite a significant report. The committee will discuss it at its private meeting. Personally, I would be interested in a formal response from the Department on the concerns the council has raised in its report, which I think...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Today, the committee will engage with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, regarding the fiscal assessment report. I welcome our witnesses from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Mr. Sebastian Barnes, chairperson, Dr. Adele Bergin, Mr. Alessandro Giustiniani, Ms Dawn Holland and Professor Michael McMahon, council members, and Dr. Eddie Casey, chief economist and head of secretariat. ...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it fair to say that as we navigate changes in the regulatory environment, such as BEPS, our inability to differentiate between phantom FDI and FDI that delivers jobs in Ireland will become an issue? As Mr. Barnes said, it may be that even if revenue goes, the jobs will stay, but does that impact on our ability to navigate those regulatory changes because we simply do not understand what...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: The Department does not take any ownership of this.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (15 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bridge the funding gaps between two CIÉ group pension schemes, the regular wages scheme and the salaried employees or 1951 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (15 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 439. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the final report as part of the Phoenix Park transport and mobility options study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31129/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Priorities (15 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 679. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the State's national commitments at the forthcoming Generation Equality Forum will include policy and funding commitments on the establishment of the State-funded contraception scheme, including an allocation in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31960/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (15 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 674. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the election of Syria as a new member of the World Health Organisation executive board given the current nature and purported crimes of the Syrian regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make provision in the context of Covid-19 for online learning in exceptional cases of children living with vulnerable family members as recommended by the Ombudsman for Children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available under the school transport scheme in the academic year 2020-2021; and the share of capacity under the scheme operated by Bus Éireann. [31347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the school transport scheme for hygiene measures in the academic year 2020-2021; the amount allocated to and drawn down by Bus Éireann; the amount allocated to and drawn down by private operators; her plans for excess funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (15 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 938. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress being made in relation to the provision of part-time and wrap-around childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (15 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 1224. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide grants to local authorities for the provision of library services to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31893/21]

Impact of Covid-19 on People with Disabilities within the Education and Health Sectors: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I am going to speak about a particular group this evening, namely, that comprising children with visual impairment. I lived the experience over the last 15 months with my own eight year old. Other Deputies have mentioned the AsIAm report. One could pick any group and speak to its specific needs, or indeed any child, because every child is unique and will have experienced the pandemic in a...