Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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253. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings his Department has held with the ESRI in the past 12 months; and the topic of these meetings. [62518/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Officials from my Department have held meetings with researchers from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) 50 times in the past year. Many of these meetings relate to the work of the Department of Finance/ESRI Joint Research Programme, which is jointly funded by my Department and the Revenue Commissioners. This programme, which will continue for its eighth year in 2022, involves ongoing research collaboration across all three Institutions in the policy areas of banking, taxation and the economy.

The topics of the meetings between my Department and the ESRI are set out below.