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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I am aware that there are other concerns. If we do not have the budget to deliver the houses, we cannot even begin to tackle the other issues. I have a question on the unspent money to support those fleeing the war in Ukraine. What is the council's view in respect of using any of that money on one-off measures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Mr. Barnes touched on climate change. I have had a few meetings over the past few days where the talk was about the actual cost and what kind of figures we are talking about in order to genuinely tackle climate change. When we go outside and the weather is the way it is at the moment, it reminds us of the fact that the past ten years have been the hottest for thousands of years. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Does Mr. Barnes think any revised fiscal rules would need to reflect the level of spending that would be needed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: If the world burns, we will not have any. We will not be worrying about budgets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Out of interest, why does Mr. Barnes think that would be too crude?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I will finish on this point. I have a bit of an obscure question I hope the council can assist me with. I have asked a number of people and I cannot get an answer to it. Do any of the witnesses know much about the price regulation as it applies to network charges, that is, the retail price index minus X that there is in Britain. If they do not, that is okay. I am trying everyone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: The last time they looked at the revenue cap was 2020, but the whole basis of this is it is usually reviewed every five years. It was done in 2020. I am trying to figure out, because things have changed, whether it is going to be looked at. I will have to continue my quest for another day. I thank the council very much for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I have done that as well.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister said it is not a political game and I agree with him but to be honest, much of the time when I hear Government Deputies shouting about the housing crisis, I really think they think it is some kind of political game. The reality is that the housing crisis is as a result of political choices. That is why we are where we are. There is no denying that. It is because of political...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will find out if funding for overnight care will be provided to them. [37587/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the model that is used in relation to the price regulation of network charges that the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities employs is the RPI minus X formula, is similar to that used in Britain. [37613/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the setting of the X factor as part of the price regulation formula is comprised of estimated operational costs, capital expenditure and finance costs over a five-year period; and if he will identify any other costs associated with the regulation of energy networks. [37614/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the X factor does not change once this has been established until the five-year revenue cap period has changed in relation to the price regulation of network charges that the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities employs; and the five-year revenue cap that is set. [37615/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current revenue cap that has been set for the transmission network; the period that it applies to; and the associated costs that comprise the X factor calculation. [37616/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Summer Economic Statement (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that there has been no change in the expenditure forecast in relation to budgetary decisions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source that the funds for additional inflation-related costs are drawn from in the Inflation Cooperation Framework; the amount that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37157/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the area from which the additional capital expenditure arising from the Inflation Co-operation Framework will be drawn in relation to the Summer Economic Statement Table 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if capital cover over will be used to cover the additional costs in relation to the additional capital expenditure incurred from the establishment of the Inflation Cooperation Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2023 (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the annual priority reserve of €51 million in 2023 will not be used as a resource for overspends in Budget 2023 given that it is stated in page 44 of the National Development Plan that the reserve is not intended as a resource to meet any potential overspends or cost inflation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated first-year and full-year cost of bringing all public service workers up to the living wage of €12.17 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37617/22]