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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Bringing people together-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: We will not know how many people would want to take part-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: It is just my voice.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Leas-Chathaoirleach means the Taoiseach's voice.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Am I allowed to continue?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Are we not allowed to?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is funny, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. Bringing this forward and allowing people from different communities to come together is important. I genuinely believe that conversation is happening. I am in the North quite a bit. I really believe the conversation on the constitutional future is happening regardless of what politicians might be saying. I personally think people from different...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I commend the Rural Independent Group for bringing this forward. Often when we talk about cash and those people who access cash, we talk about older people. Personally, I far prefer to use cash because it is a far easier way to know how much you are spending, where your money is going etc. A lot of speakers before me have already detailed the impact that not having access to or being...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That was a very interesting opening statement. On private health insurance, what is the annual cost to the Exchequer of the related tax reliefs? From the perspective of equity, are those reliefs fair? How quickly could they be unwound in the context of the roll-out of Sláintecare?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: How fast could that wind-down be done in the context of the roll-out of Sláintecare? What is TASC’s vision of that or is it too difficult to compute given that it depends on how quickly Sláintecare is implemented?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fair.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Can Dr. Goffe explain that with an example?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Dr. Goffe is referring to removing it without Sláintecare implementation.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: There would be additional suffering, I suppose. I read a recent OECD report that showed the State had the lowest number of consultant specialists in the EU per head of population. The EU average was 2.45 per 1,000 population but this State falls well below that with just 1.44 per 1,000 population. Why is that and what could be done to bring us more in line with the EU average? If Dr....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fair.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: There is also the issue of housing. Chapters 13 and 15 of the commission’s report concern the need to move to a low-carbon economy and address the area of public health in general. I have a question on an area that links those two areas. It has supposedly been a Government priority since 2018 and there is almost universal agreement on it, not only by industry but also the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I will leave it at that because I am conscious of the time and that we have other witnesses coming in later. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as ucht teacht os comhair an choiste inniu. I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I am very much aware of the support that the organisations represented give to so many people. I want to recognise that. The witnesses and many of us know the real impact that the issue has on so many people. My first question is for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is a really important point and it leads on to my next question. I was dealing with a woman who received a letter from one of those funds. It was a really bad time in her life. The letter told her basically that she needed to vacate the house in ten days or something. It was only that her daughter contacted me and I was able to contact the Irish Mortgage Holders Association which was...