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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary schools will continue to receive grant funding to cover the additional financial burden of cleaning and sanitary work during the Covid-19 pandemic in the 2021-2022 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32565/21]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Apologies have been received from Deputy Patricia Ryan. Today, the committee will be engaging with representatives from the OECD and the Think-tank for Action on Social Change, TASC, to discuss the cost of climate action as part of the committee's pre-budget 2022 scrutiny. The witnesses have already joined the meeting. I welcome Dr. Ivana Capozza, senior policy analyst–programme...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Dr. Capozza. I invite Mr. McCabe to make his opening statement.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I will open the discussion to all three speakers. Does Mr. McCabe from TASC wish to respond on the issue of energy?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: The Deputy is out of time, but I allow Dr. Capozza to make a brief response on the issues of front-loading of financing for ebikes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Deputy. The next speaker is Deputy Farrell.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I might allow our witnesses to respond if they would like to do so. The Deputy raised an interesting point about the interaction with our discussion today and our agrifood sector. Would anybody from TASC or the OECD like to respond
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I will allow Deputy Durkan back in.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I must move to the next speaker. We will return in a second round if the Deputy wants to continue the conversation.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Does the Deputy wish to direct his questions to both sets of witnesses or to somebody in particular?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Would Mr. McCabe like to answer that question on behalf of TASC?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Mr. McCabe. I call Deputy Canney.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I will now open up the session to a second round of questions. Those Deputies who would like to ask a second question should please raise their hands. While people are organising themselves, I might ask a question. We have spoken a great deal about expenditure and green investment, but in terms of the cost of climate change, we have not spoken much about fines levied on Ireland for...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Would somebody from the OECD like to speak to Deputy Canney's points, particularly around the interplay of larger countries and smaller economies? That is a particular issue for us.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Dr. Capozza and call Deputy Durkan.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Deputy Durkan. I might let our-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Deputy Durkan. We are coming to the end of the session. I might allow our witnesses to quickly respond to the points made. The Deputy raised some interesting issues around supply chains, as we phase certain products out. Would the OECD or TASC like to comment on any of those issues?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Would the OECD like to add to that?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: We are at the end of our session. I thank Dr. Capozza, Ms Samsonova, and Mr. McCabe for their attendance today, and for their assistance to the committee. I commend them on the submissions we received from both of their groups today. They were full of incredibly important information, so I thank them for that. The committee’s next meeting is in public session at 9.30 a.m. on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Ratification of Optional Protocol: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Many questions have already been answered. I will follow up on two areas. I was delighted to hear Dr. Lynch talk about implementation in terms of making Departments work better together. I want to pick up on the issue around data, which I think is incredibly important. We hear over and over at the health committee about the fact that services and the roll-out of policy are hamstrung...