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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: 269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a case (details supplied);and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for admission to the Cardiology Department, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. [14321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (21 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will a report on his recent visit to New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (21 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further supports Ireland will be providing for Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13637/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: 548. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon, Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [10943/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: Apologies have been received from Deputy Boyd Barrett. All those present in the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. I propose that we go into private session in order to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: A vote has been called in the Dáil. We will suspend until it has been completed.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: I apologise to our guests for the delay. A vote was called. The necessity to attend in the House for votes can disrupt our meetings. I welcome Ms Marie Donnelly and Professor John FitzGerald from the Climate Change Advisory Council and Dr. Kelly de Bruin and Dr. Niall Farrell from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss chapters 13 and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: I thank Dr. de Bruin and invite Ms Donnelly to give her opening statement.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: I thank Ms Donnelly. We will now open to the floor to the members.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: I am very much in favour of more timber buildings and at a higher scale.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: I advise the Deputy that some of our witnesses might not be-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: Yes, informally. I call Deputy Durkan.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: I am sorry, Deputy. I will allow Ms Donnelly to contribute.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: Would Deputy Durkan like to respond?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: I am afraid I am going to cut Deputy Durkan off. He has had his last point two or three times now.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: I think they still outnumber us.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: I will hand over to the witnesses. There is a lot in that to go through. I do not know who is brave enough to take it on.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: On fossil fuel subsidies, it is significant that such a low percentage of fossil fuel subsidies tend to be direct taxes. It is mostly indirect taxes. How is tax expenditure factored into those subsidies? We have spent some time in this committee looking at the oversight on tax expenditures, and we have come to the conclusion that the oversight is lacking. There is about €7 billion...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: Will the witness give me an example of what indirect taxes we are talking about when were talking about fossil fuel subsidies?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Barry Cowen: My question ends on the issue of oversight and the Government's understanding of the impacts of those decisions. Do the witnesses think the Government is conducting regular reviews of the efficacy of those decisions? For example, we have looked at tax expenditures in detail and have come to the conclusion the Government is not looking regularly at the impacts. We look at it regarding the...