Results 241-260 of 5,551 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the list of capital projects, by her Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5 million and which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30824/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5million, which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30823/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 394. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 395. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide, the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5million, which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30939/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, given that in recent years large shoals of bream (an invasive cyprinid fish) have dominated the Maam River mouth and Hen’s Castle region of Lough Corrib SAC, it is departmental policy to continue conserving this fish in a SAC under the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law (No. 806)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, given that in the past three years local stakeholders including the Ballindiff Bay Angling Club have noted an exponential growth of tench (an invasive cyprinid fish) in the Ballindiff Bay area of Lough Corrib SAC due to a recent anthropogenic introduction, it is departmental policy to continue conserving this fish in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government , if the inland fisheries Division has implemented any policies to mitigate against the risk of river barrier removal becoming a catalyst for the anthropogenic spread of invasive freshwater fish species such as carp, chub, dace, roach and pike throughout the state, given that his Department is a key stakeholder in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the intention of his Department to continue protecting and conserving invasive freshwater fish species in Lough Corrib SAC under the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. 809 of 2006, considering that Invasive Species Awareness...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are two Principal Officers working within the Inland Fisheries Division of the Department, with one Principal Officer dealing solely with legacy issues regarding fisheries legislation and the legality of inland fisheries bye-laws in Special Areas of Conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, given that on Tuesday, 20 May this year, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) closed the Galway Salmon Weir Fishery until further notice due to high water temperatures, IFI provided any evidence that Atlantic salmon were resident in the weir at the time of closure considering that IFI operates under the aegis of his...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 395. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will review its agreement with the Department of Education to label all home tutors as employees of the parents and not employees of the Department of Education in light of the Supreme Court decision in Karshan. [29318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the Karshan Supreme Court ruling, her Department will review its agreement with Revenue to label all home tutors as self-employed for tax purposes when the 'reality of the situation' is that home tutors are paid directly by her Department through the PAYE system and can only be legally adjudged to be employees of her...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government is it is the intention of his Department to reclassify the Lough Corrib Catchment as a Heavily Modified Water Body (HMWB) under the EU Water Framework Directive in an attempt to undermine its status as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) under the EU Habitats Directive as well as a means to validate the presence of invasive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing Agency will be provided with additional resources in 2026 via Budget 2026, in order that it can commence the work of regulating the owners' management companies sector, as promised in the Programme for Government. [29670/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 832. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to increasing the income threshold for cost rental housing outside of Dublin, in particular taking into consideration the number of dependents that are in a household; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30045/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 888. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on plans to abolish the carer’s allowance means test; and when this change is expected to be implemented. [29245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will review its agreement with the Department of Education to label all home tutors as self-employed and not employees of the Department of Education in light of the Supreme Court decision in Karshan. [29319/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Programme for Government (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1022. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the regulations which were drafted in February 2022 for dealing with apartment service charges and sinking funds will be put in place; and if will be before the end of 2025. [29669/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1088. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that the Cong Salmon Hatchery run by Inland Fisheries Ireland in county Galway is not located within a special area of conservation, the reason the licence for its operation is to be subject to an initial appropriate assessment screening under the EU Habitats Directive when the current licence is renewed in 2027; and if he...