Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 July 2021
405. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the details of the social impact assessments carried out by her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit since 1 January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37290/21]
View answerA Social Impact Assessment is an analytical framework that is designed to examine the demographic profile of public services users, and how they are impacted by budgetary policy decisions.
The framework complements existing budgetary impact assessment exercises conducted by various Government Departments and externally by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) as well as the annual Spending Review programme on which my Department leads and collaborates with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for areas relating to the primary and post primary schools sector. Details of the spending review programme are available online at https://www.gov.ie/en/policy-information/7dc2b1-spending-review/.
A list of the Social Impact Assessments carried out across Government Department is available atwww.gov.ie/en/policy-information/615fe5-social-impact-assessment-framework/ also on the gov.ie website.
