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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Can Mr. Thomson send us the figures for capital and staffing on what is required to kick-start the programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The witnesses are welcome. I thank them for coming in. I agree that we have to have the Secretary General of the Department of Health before us to answer for both what that Department is doing and for the position the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform took in 2018. We should aim to do that soon because this is so fundamental to everything else in the health service. The Chair...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I take it that is an Irish public project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: So that genetic material is not sold off.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will waive the 23% VAT rate on antigen tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3332/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: This question has been overtaken by events. I welcome the announcement last Saturday by the Minister that he intends to waive the 23% VAT on antigen tests. I would like more detail on that from the Minister in respect of the timeline for the legislation. I note he has introduced it on an administrative basis. For what length of time does he expect the waiver to be in place?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister expect to legislate in a stand-alone Bill or is he waiting for another finance Bill of some description?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Provision (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue raising measures he is considering to ensure sustainable funding of public services, following the Parliamentary Budget Office and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council calculation that an extra €7 billion per year is needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3331/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Provision (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I join with others in congratulating the Minister on his new role. I wish him well and look forward to working with him. I also extend best wishes to the Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, in her promotion. I hope she has a fruitful career in the Department of Finance. My question relates to choices that were made at budget time whereby a very substantial tax package benefited...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Provision (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to ask the Minister about the repercussions of that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Provision (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: At the time of the budget, the Parliamentary Budget Office in the Oireachtas and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council both calculated that an additional €7 billion per year is needed to meet inflationary costs and allow public services just to stand still. They calculated that the bottom line with regard to the budget was that just €2.2 billion was allocated for that purpose....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Provision (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is fine except the Minister's partners in Government have signalled a direction of travel with regard to further tax cuts and the substantial costs those will entail. Does the Minister accept the figure from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Parliamentary Budget Office that the Government needs €7 billion in the current year for public services to stand still? What does the...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome what can only be described as long overdue legislation, which we in the Social Democrats are happy to support. This is an area very much in need of reform and tighter regulation. It is by no means a new issue. The first of four rounds of public consultation took place as far back as 2007. The first iteration of this Bill was published in 2009. It is frankly unacceptable that it...

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I have heard what the Minister said. There are a number of forms we are required to fill out after an election. With regard to the election expenses statements from 2016 and 2020, is it the case that the Minister has amended both of those documents to include additional expenditure?

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Is there a corresponding correction that needs to be made in relation to the donation statements, which of course would have been filled in the best part of a year after the election? Surely if the Minister is saying that he must change the election expenses declaration in relation to his expenses in his election campaign, surely that also requires a donation statement correction for both...

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Not the corporate donations. It is the donations in kind.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What about the other aspects-----

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: -----in terms of the people who were employed?

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I made the point last week that what the Minister is doing and the explanation he is providing for these various figures sounds very much like reverse engineering to suit the rules. That is not the case in relation to donations that, as I have already said, are goods and services that have commercial value, which must be declared donations. The Minister seems to be suggesting these were not...