Written answers
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Public Expenditure Policy
Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Civil Service HR Analytics Hub, or any cross-departmental working group, maintains or plans to establish a longitudinal dataset linking State-funded higher education graduates with subsequent public sector employment and emigration data, to better understand return on investment in education and professional training. [61180/25]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that a deferred reply will be issued to him in respect of this Parliamentary Question, in line with Standing Order 52(1)(b).
Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether consideration has been given to implementing a 'human capital accounting' framework linking education and training investment per profession to subsequent employment, retention, and lifetime tax contribution to inform workforce planning and reduce talent leakage in critical sectors such as health and education. [61181/25]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that a deferred reply will be issued to him in respect of this Parliamentary Question, in line with Standing Order 52(1)(b).
Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has modelled the return on investment of public education spending by tracking tax receipts of graduates over time; and if not, if such an analysis will be undertaken across Departments using Revenue and CSO microdata. [61184/25]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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It is the responsibility of the line Departments to conduct analytical work to evaluate the outcomes and the Value For Money of the policies under their remit. This Department is not aware of the recent publication of any modelling in relation to the return on investment of public education spending, particularly by tracking tax receipts of graduates over time.
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