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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am not talking about the next round. I am talking about the €2 million Mr. Watt committed to Trinity College for research purposes. I am asking how he came up with that figure of €2 million. What was that to cover? Any funding application requires detailed proposals and estimates. What was that money supposed to cover?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It would be out of Trinity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Was it the intention to establish a new department within Trinity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Where was it intended that Dr. Holohan would be based?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What is the relevant department that Mr. Watt had in mind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: In what department would the position be located?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What was the intention for the research work? Was it intended that would be public property or the property of the Department, for example? What was the intention around that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Was that agreed with Trinity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: If he was spending €23 million on research, surely Mr. Watt should have ensured it would be the property of the Department of Health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Mr. Watt is going into generalities. It is regrettable we are losing this additional capacity within the health service as a result of the serious mishandling of this within the Department of Health.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What if they do not have children?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Not if you are working and you do not get a medical card.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: No, you do not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: You do not. Check the income limits.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: There are. In-work poverty is a broad issue that needs to be addressed.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the research that has been carried out in his Department on the introduction of refundable tax credits; his views on the benefits of such a policy as a means of ensuring greater equity in the tax system as well as a means of addressing the widespread issue of low pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21016/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: At the outset, I extend my condolences to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, on the passing of his mother. My question relates to the issue of refundable tax credits. At this point in the year, six months out from the budget for which preparation is underway, it is important that we put this issue on the agenda, because we have been talking about it for quite some time and there are many...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: That is quite disappointing because the situation has changed considerably since 2002, the year in which the research the Minister of State mentioned was conducted, in addition to the research from 2009. There is a substantial problem in this country in regard to low pay. Some 22% or 23% of the working population is trying to survive on low pay and there is a significant problem with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State said we have a progressive tax system. Yes, we do but it is becoming less progressive with tax changes. One of the ways that can be equalised is to introduce refundable tax credits. Ministers have been talking about changes to the tax system in recent times. Changes to the tax system and improvements in tax credits do not assist people who do not pay tax, and that is...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome these proposals tonight in so far as they go but the problem, of course, is that they do not go far enough. Given the struggles that so many families are encountering at the moment in relation to energy prices, one has to ask why the Government cannot go any further. Over the last few months the Government has been saying consistently that it could do nothing about VAT but then...