Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the social impact assessment of the budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51951/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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My Department is currently preparing an analysis of the Budget 2014 tax and welfare packages. This Social Impact Assessment will include an analysis of the distributive and poverty impacts of these changes on different family types as well as the impact on at risk of poverty levels. Social impact assessment is an evidence-based methodology which uses a tax/welfare simulation model developed by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) to estimate the likely distributive effects of budgetary measures on income and social inequalities.

I understand that my officials are liaising with the ESRI at present in relation to some technical modelling issues in order to ensure that the analysis captures as many of the main taxation measures announced in the recent Budget as is feasible. I will be examining the analysis when it is finalised and I will publish it in due course.