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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is the impact of the base effect relatively stable throughout various sectors or is it oversized in some sectors and undersized in others?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: We have talked a little about how we hope or expect, or how the models suggest, that this level of inflation will be relatively transitory. Is it likely that the ECB will increase rates in the coming months or year? What mechanisms does our Central Bank have to control or mitigate the rate of inflation?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I do not see any hands raised among the members on the call so I will finish with a question that the witnesses might possibly hate because it is rather open-ended. What policies do they, as experts in the field, think the Government should consider due to the increased level of inflation we are seeing?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Thank you. I am glad I asked that annoying question now. On behalf of the committee, I thank Dr. Doorley, Dr. Farrell and Dr. McQuinn for their attendance and for their contributions. It was a very interesting session and I thank them for their time today. Next week the committee will hold its third public meeting to discuss inflation and will engage with officials from the Central Bank.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the State Examinations Commission plans to conduct an investigation into the reason a higher proportion of lower grades were awarded to students sitting the leaving certificate politics and society examination, particularly at ordinary level compared to other subjects such as history, geography and business; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources made available by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment for leaving certificate politics and society students and teachers following the addition of 17 key thinkers to the ordinary level syllabus in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56764/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State Examination Commission’s plans to publish a more detailed marking scheme for the leaving certificate politics and society examination paper; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56765/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to update the relationships and sexuality education teaching resource material; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57254/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure a new station at Cabra, Dublin 7 is completed in parallel with the DART+ South West Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56923/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Strategies (23 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in relation to implementing the recommendations of the Financial Inclusion Strategy; if he will provide a list of other reports issued by the Financial Inclusion Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56891/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (23 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that employers availing of the new tax credit for the digital gaming sector announced in Budget 2022 are asked to provide at a minimum the living wage to their employees and to accept the Workplace Relations Commission codes of practice as a condition for the tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57442/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (23 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review the local connection rule in relation to homeless services and its implementation by local authorities in view of the particular challenges faced by the Roma community in finding suitable housing in the State and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57094/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the last dates for submitting a strategic housing development planning application to An Board Pleanála given differences between media reports and the press release by his Department (details supplied). [57422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to offer students sitting the leaving certificate in 2022 the option to sit a written exam or get an accredited grade from the State Examinations Commission or both given the disruption to their studies over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the dates of the administration of the first dose Covid-19 vaccines to CHO 4 mental health service administration and management staff in the Model Business Park, Cork; the number of staff at this location vaccinated to date; and the grades of staff. [57497/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the dates of the scheduled administration of the first dose Covid-19 vaccines to long-stay patients aged 65 years plus to long-stay patients under 65 years of age and to acute patients in St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, County Cork, respectively; and the dates of the scheduled administration of the first dose Covid-19 vaccines to nursing staff of St....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (25 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if progress has been made in relation to the establishment of a pensions auto-enrolment system, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (25 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the expansion of the school meals programmes, both the urban schools meals scheme and the school meals local projects scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58192/21]