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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: That was my point and I thank the Minister for responding to it. I will throw out a couple of examples and then move to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. I do not have many examples of these in my constituency but there is one complex run on a district heating basis. The fuel provider is purchasing the energy. The electricity bill for December 2020 and January 2021 was...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: I have two final questions for both Ministers. One is for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. There are some groups which are more vulnerable than others. I am thinking of community groups and schemes, where the grants and subventions that they get from Government are being eaten up. I am thinking of block grants. The Taoiseach mentioned heating bills for schools, so the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (14 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if advice will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) with respect to RSA vehicle testing. [44994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (14 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage that the post-primary school project is at for a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44992/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45031/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (14 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: 659. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that funding for community groups and youth centres and so on, will be increased to reflect the significant impacts that inflation and energy costs have been having on these centres and services in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45018/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: I welcome our guests. I have what might seem like an unusual point in context of the two opening statements. One of the issues from socialising the impact of what is happening is the remoteness of a war in Europe, and neither the ESRI or IFAC mentioned that in their opening statements. In terms of the Government doing its job, what we have seen, as some have said, is the weaponising of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: Good.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: I am not doing it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: Mr. Barnes knows where I am coming from.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: That solution was the rainy day fund.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: I just want to repeat where I was coming from on corporation tax. I have been consistent on this and on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's role for six years. I hope there are not too many constituents watching this discussion. I suppose I am playing devil's advocate but committee members are here to interrogate certain issues. The Government has already expended €6 billion,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: I welcome our guests. I will set my timer for ten minutes again. If one is around for long enough, one finds that history repeats itself. I worked in Albert Reynolds's Government in 1992 when we had the devaluation and there was precisely what Mr. O'Brien just spoke about, that is, assistance for industry. The devaluation happened and we had interest rates of 15% and 16%, which makes...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: I thank Mr. O'Brien for bringing that proposal to our attention. I am taken by it as I am sure are the Chair and other members. If we have time before the budget, I am sure we will look at it. The reduction in the investment by foreign investment funds and pension funds in property in Ireland is a good thing. The witnesses do not deal with constituents. This is not the forum to discuss...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: In what areas?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: Could they with assistance?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: I thank Mr. O'Brien. I turn now to the witnesses from NERI. I have less time than I thought I would. Several points were made by the organisation's representatives. I disagree with one or two, including the assumption that higher-income households have generally built up significant savings. Is there evidence for that? What is a higher-income household now? Can they put a figure on it?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: I have been harping on about apprenticeships since 2014. We are almost at, or at, full employment. There is an issue. The organisations represented here can play a role in the schools in this regard. We are still hung up on university education and we have left apprenticeships behind. The UK is way ahead of us. It set up a commission several years ago and its ambition was that every...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: Will Dr. O'Donnell put a figure on the State pension increase?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (7 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: That is what the ESRI has said.