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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr. Conroy for that. It was mentioned that the tax base has narrowed. There can be a lot of conversation about that. This might be a policy question but I will ask it regardless. Does IFAC believe there is scope to increase taxes on institutional property funds, given that these funds already benefit from a whole host of uncosted tax expenditures? Who wants to jump first?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That is a good diplomatic answer. Uncosted tax expenditures in general probably need to looked at. I will come back in for my second round.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I want to talk about public procurement, which I have an interest in. It is madness how little information we have on the spend. We are talking about a yearly spend of €22 billion and we do not have information on it. This was one of the first things I noticed when I was first elected to the Dáil. I find it crazy that the level of data on and oversight of the spend is really...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Fair enough. The issue is the lack of data. I had a Bill in the Dáil last week and it will be voted on tomorrow night but has been pushed down for two years. It is about the whole concept of having the data at least. It not necessarily saying that everything is going to be an overspend or anything like that. It is about the fact that if we are spending that amount of money in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports in place for victims of domestic violence to access emergency accommodation in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35820/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fishing Industry (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of man-hours devoted to preparing the draft the inland fisheries (modernisation and consolidation) Bill by his officials since 2013; if the draft Bill has been subjected to an appropriate assessment under the EU Habitats Directive in addition to a regulatory impact analysis; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Departmental officials support the conservation of invasive pike (esox lucius) under the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006; if the species is discovered in Lough Inagh, County Galway and Lough Melvin County Leitrim both of which are special areas of conservation protected under the EU Habitats Directive;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fishing Industry (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the inland fisheries division of his Department will be a viable entity into the future considering how dysfunctional inland fisheries policies are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35540/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fishing Industry (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Inland Fisheries Ireland in conjunction with his Departmental officials are continuing to prepare retrospective appropriate assessment screenings under the EU Habitats Directive for the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fishing Industry (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the internal review of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 will form part of the Western Lakes Management Plan or be treated separately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35542/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Inquiries (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the change in name of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that public bodies are compliant with their obligations for disclosing procurement information, in light of the Information Commissioner's ruling (details supplied), if he will be reminding this body of their obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35741/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of any supports and grants for people of limited means or with disabilities to fix damaged driveways in instances where these fall outside the council’s roads and footpaths remediation works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is the long-term policy of his Department to reclassify further water bodies within Lough Corrib SAC as heavily modified water bodies (HMWBs) under the EU Water Framework Directive in a deliberate manner to undermine the integrity of the SAC for the commercial development of the lake and its tributaries; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline Uisce Éireann’s current borrowing limits; its total borrowings; the source of these borrowings, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35725/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timelines for the processing of a peace commissioner applications for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35529/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 750. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 24 June 2025, if she will clarify that “human application” does not mean the application of such organs/tissue to commercially driven research, and the definition used in the Bill refers to ‘extracorporeal applications’ which could include commercial driven research on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for societies at third level institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35708/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (1 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 901. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the sale of a property (details supplied) the price received for the sale of this asset and the terms and conditions of the contract have yet to be publicly disclosed; his views on whether the details of the sale should still be a matter of confidentiality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35208/25]

Transparency and Social Value in Public Procurement Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: First, I will mention the survey results. The Minister of State mentioned that she dealt with the Dublin local authorities. I cannot remember - I would not say it in this House anyway - exactly who responded in what way but there was a very clear lack of understanding. I am happy to meet with the Minister of State and share my results in a way that shows her how little information is out...