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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (22 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Elliot Review, given the civil action that has been taken against an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57307/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if agency workers in the HSE will still be able to receive the pandemic bonus payment if their employer does not apply for the funding for it; the way that workers can apply to receive the payment under those circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 758. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to include lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome in the long-term illness scheme; the reason that these conditions have been excluded up until this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58119/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 759. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the reimbursement of internationalised normalised ratio test strips and machines for persons who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58120/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (22 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is collaborating with other Departments with regard to the remit of the fishery harbour centres given their potential to service the offshore renewable energy industry without diminishing their core function as fishery harbours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 805. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of all of the supports that are available to the community and voluntary sector to deal with rising operational costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57395/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (17 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can confirm that his Department, and by extension, the State is on track to achieve their legal obligations by the final European Union deadline of 2027 given Ireland's failure in 2015 to honour its legal obligations under the European Union Water Framework Directive by attaining good qualitative and quantitative...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (17 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can confirm that Ireland's legal obligations under the EU Habitats Directive will be met regarding the presence and proliferation of non-native fish species, as defined under the EU Water Framework Directive, in Lough Corrib SAC, given his Department's introduction of the European Union Habitats (Lough Corrib Special...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I have only just arrived as things started quickly. I have nothing against section 6. I was just wondering if the Minister could advise on this matter. It is something I received an email on. I would be interested in hearing a bit more detail on the vouchers and the transaction sums. I could be wrong on this but it is my understanding that the difficulty with the EU regulation is that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I will do that. As I said, it was something I could see from both sides and it was not clear.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I want to comment on the naval tax part of section 10. It is my understanding that this only applies to the days at sea and there are concerns with ships being tied up and understaffing, when those who are available to go out to sea cannot do so. Has any consideration ever been given to changing the number of days? I will just ask that question initially. Will the Minister also explain how...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: How does the Minister feel this development ties into any kind of wider reforms? This is coming up this year and it will come up in other years. Does the Minister believe it is a kind of a holding measure or that it is something that is, or could be, more permanent?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: As we are all aware, renters are under extreme pressure at the moment. We all know from our clinics and from talking to people on the street or our friends and family members the stress and strain that renters feel at the moment. There is a lot of talk of the housing crisis in Dublin, where it is horrendous, but it is equally horrendous in Galway. My experience tells that people are facing...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I am going to say the following not only because I am sitting across from the Minister and we are in different political parties, one of which is in government and the other is not. I was elected for the first time in 2014, which is eight years ago. To be perfectly honest, I have never seen the housing crisis in Galway as bad as it is now. There was a time when housing was coming on stream...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: There are a few interesting points here. As the Minister is aware, I have a particular affinity with Berlin. I have a number of cousins who had hoped to move to Ireland in the coming months with their young families. They contacted me to say that they must not have been looking at the rental market correctly because they just could not find anything in Galway that they could afford in any...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It was just a question. My understanding is that the provisions on the buy-back of KEEP shares relate to SMEs but I have some queries about this. The issue of share buy-back has been the subject of much discussion in recent years. Some of the discussion is to the effect that it can boost the share price in the short run but could reduce future investment, boosting artificially the earnings...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fair enough. I thought it would be different because it was SMEs but I was interested in hearing the analysis of it so I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Vacant Properties (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 8 February 2022, if he will confirm whether any of the properties in Galway outlined therein are still currently vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56577/22]