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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary No. 289 of 23 March 2023, assuming a person who is working a full-time job in a four-day week has surpassed the three-day waiting period to qualify for illness benefit, if there are guidelines in place to ensure that any calculations made to the payment of their benefit are on the basis of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (18 Apr 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 898. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work her Department has done on extending free travel eligibility to persons who suffer with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the teacher allocation for a school (details supplied) did not account for the fact that it had a higher ratio than the teacher-pupil ratio of one classroom teacher to every 23 pupils; if schools which have a higher ratio are required to go through the appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15991/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the closing of the hydro pool in Galway University Hospital; the steps being taken to reopen the pool; and when it will reopen. [15913/23]

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Hear, hear.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Hear, hear.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: They will be homeless. That is not a slogan; it is a fact.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: What is the safety net?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (29 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will support the conservation of invasive pike in Lough Melvin SAC under the current conservation of pike bye-law No. 809 of 2006 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15652/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that no dentist in Galway now accepts medical cards; and if he will outline what steps he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15600/23]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Of all the terrible housing decisions that this Government and previous Governments have made over the past decade, I truly believe that this one will be judged the harshest because the Minister agrees and admits that thousands of people who are now served with notices to quit are absolutely terrified that over the next period they will end up homeless. The Minister even admits that we will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an expected timeline for the submission made to his Department by Galway City Council requesting sanction for the recruitment of general operatives in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views in relation to the proposal by the Fair Post Primary Redeployment for Teachers group that a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers be established, whereby an online portal for teachers seeking voluntary redeployment could allow for a direct swap facility for those seeking to reverse their locations; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Meals-on-Wheels Services (28 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if supports will be provided to the operators of the Tuam meals on wheels service, County Galway to prevent its closure at the end of the March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15284/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the establishment of a secondary school on Inishbofin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12008/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are guidelines set out for granting illness benefit to workers whose full-time work schedule is based on a four-day week, for example, if the worker is sick four days of the week, if they should get the full week’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14466/23]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: We have had sight of the proposed reform of the EU fiscal rules and governance framework. The Government had not prioritised this but the Joint Committee on Finance attempted to engage with the process of reform. The new proposals will take time to work their way through different stages at EU level before they become law but, having now seen them, it seems to be a case of the new rules...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Unfortunately, I have another engagement in a few moments and will need to leave. We raised the issue of the site value tax when dealing with the Commission on Taxation. That tax is long overdue. I live in Galway. There are places in Galway where it is badly needed, not only as a revenue raiser - obviously, that can be important as well - but also as a way to change behaviour when it...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I apologise, but I need to nip out. I will be back for the second session.

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Bill will, of course, make the required changes that were identified as a response to the cost-of-living crisis. My colleague, Deputy Doherty, has mentioned this. We had heard time and time again that things could not be done but we kept raising them. I welcome that we are having this discussion. The Bill also includes provisions to amend the TBESS. I will speak to these issues as...