Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
2300. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37304/21]
View answerSocial Impact Assessment (SIA) 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 the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform (including Equality Budgeting), Finance, Employment Affairs and Social Protection and externally by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
A Social Impact Assessment on specialist disability services for people with intellectual disabilities was carried out jointly by IGEES (Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service) staff in the Department of Health and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The paper was published in January 2020 and is available at: igees.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Intellectual-Disabilities-SIA.pdf
Other IGEES Social Impact Assessments can be found at: igees.gov.ie/publications/economic-analysis/social-impact-assessment/
