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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I will begin our first round of questions with the primary speakers from each party. They have nine minutes for each question and answer session. I will be trying to stick to that, if it is okay with everyone. The first group is Sinn Féin.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I call on Deputy Leddin.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: We have had some very good presentations over the last week from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, and the Parliamentary Budget Office, PBO. One of the themes arising is their concern around oversight and spending. The PBO has said it is struggling to keep up with the announcements of particular budgetary items. A number of groups have raised the issues of oversight and transparency...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: It has been an extraordinary year. When we get towards the end of this, we hope at some stage, does the Department intend to do an overall review of spending in general during the Covid crisis?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: We may have touched on this before, but in our private session with IFAC, we looked at the medium to long term and we discussed the 5% deficit target. We also discussed how countries such as France are looking at a deficit of around 7%. IFAC felt that many of the independent financial advisory groups in other countries were looking at around 8%. In that context, is Ireland pitching its...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: That concludes our pre-budget scrutiny. The committee will be publishing its pre-budget report tomorrow in advance of budget 2021. As there is no further business, that concludes our proceedings for today. Our next private meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, 9 October at 12 p.m.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the proposed road widening of the R605 between Kinsale and Innishannon by Cork County Council; his views on same in view of the shortfalls in local government budgets; if an environmental impact assessment has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30424/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I have two questions regarding service redesign that I will address to Ms Magahy and another on capital funding. One of the things that struck me from the briefing note was in respect of the national clinical lead for trauma services. In 2019, work was done in that area and staff were appointed. Particular work was done in Dublin hospitals regarding their submission to become trauma...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: To follow up, is there a timeline for completion of the implementation in the Dublin area?

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Some of the items I will be focusing on as part of my work in the Committee on Budgetary Oversight are performance metrics, results and transparency. Is it clear what each Department is trying to accomplish with the taxpayers' money and is the Department achieving those goals? In the ten days before the budget, both the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure gave a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the matter of back pay for employees of an airline (details supplied) for the period March 2020 to August 2020 during which they had been prevented from claiming the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31187/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (20 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance if dry cleaning, laundry and tailoring services are included in the recently announced reduction in VAT rates from 13.5% to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31606/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Rights of Way (20 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agreements that have been reached by her Department with an organisation regarding an extension of the right of way at the new site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30947/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31471/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the matter of back pay for employees of an airline (details supplied) for the period March 2020 to August 2020, during which they were prevented from claiming the employment wage subsidy scheme and the short-time work support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31187/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the timeframe beyond the first year of a child’s birth or adoption during which parent’s benefit is paid in order to take into account the parents whose child was born during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31605/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (20 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 550. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the regulations and legislation that apply to cannabis use for medical conditions and palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31610/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (20 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 738. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the regulations and legislation that apply to cannabis use for medical conditions and palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31608/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if employees of public bodies qualify as e-workers for payments of up to €3.20 per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32033/20]