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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (29 Sep 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to publish disaggregated data on the basis of gender, disability, socio-economic background and ethnicity in secondary schools to monitor participation and outcomes of Traveller and Roma students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27201/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (29 Sep 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional ring-fenced educational supports for Traveller pupils; her plans to provide funding to independent Traveller organisations to advocate for Traveller education needs and address educational inequalities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27202/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Sep 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff from mental health services that have been seconded to work in the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime; and the number of community mental health staff that have been seconded to work in the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime. [26700/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (30 Sep 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Land Development Agency transferred from the National Asset Management Agency. [27470/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I saw in the note that it had been sent to other committees but I do think it is an issue for this committee. Some of us have been watching the saga of the Hammond Lane site for a number of decades at this stage so it is worth a bit of scrutiny.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to be clear that if we are speaking about something on which Deputy Verona Murphy would have to give evidence or come before the committee, it might be in public session but it is different if someone is contributing to the conversation. I want to be clear about how it would all work. It is one thing to know what is happening in a room and be watching it because it is in public but...

Winter Plan 2020: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I will make a number of points with respect to the winter plan. First, I welcome the additional funding across a number of areas. The reality is that this must, out of necessity, be a dynamic process as it is responding to a situation that is changing almost daily. However, there are a number of challenges that come with that uncertainty and the need to respond quickly. I draw...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 266. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a number of persons who have had to travel to the UK to access follow-up abortion care after the abortion pills they took failed; his plans to ensure that anyone whose abortion procedure was legally initiated in good faith is able to terminate their pregnancy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/20]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Apologies have been received from Deputies Pearse Doherty and Aindrias Moynihan. Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones as interference will affect sound quality.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe and thank him for making himself available to meet the committee at its first public meeting. The first pre-budget session with the Minister is a welcome opportunity for the committee to discuss budgetary strategy and the important budgetary decisions being made against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and the United Kingdom's exit from...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: My apologies to the Minister. The sound quality is poor. I am going to see if we can rectify the situation.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: In light of the suspension of the meeting, I will not make any introductory remarks. I invite the Minister to make his opening statement.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I advise the Minister that I will have to call the next speaker in a minute.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I call the first speaker for Sinn Féin, Deputy Mairéad Farrell.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I will now move on to the first speaker from Fine Gael, who is Deputy O'Donnell.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister. As we have moved to the Green Party slot, I will now question the Minister. I have a longer question about the pressure of health expenditure on the budget but I will start with a broader question. Is the Minister currently considering measures to ensure Covid-19 expenditure will not be rolled into the base of Government spending going forward leading to significant...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: We have seen that the HSE winter plan outlined significant additional spending over the next six months. I am interested in the view being taken on the pressure that health expenditure will bring to bear on the budget and how we are managing that in a dynamic situation where this could be a long-term pressure on the budget. By the very nature of the sudden onset of Covid-19, we have had to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: To sidestep to a different area, on which we have touched a little already, I am aware that the Minister, with his president of the Eurogroup hat on, is committed to no sudden stop and no policy cliff edge regarding the suspension of the normal application of the EU fiscal rules under the Stability and Growth Pact. The Parliamentary Budget Office made a presentation to this committee this...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: What are the plans in the budget for the carbon tax? How will the fund accrued be spent? If the yield deviates from the expected yield, how will the Minister manage that in budgetary terms?