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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 20/X20 Bus Éireann service will be reinstated; if not, if a similar service connecting the eastern part of County Galway will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33039/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the bus network in Galway city will be expanded to service the upper Ballymoneen Road or the Letteragh Road, given the development in those two areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33040/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (22 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has plans to amend the guidance that comes from his Department in relation to PeoplePoint (NSSO) for those working in State agencies and have medical disabilities whose absences due to medical appointments are reported as sick leave, which may impact on their career progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Performance Report: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Vice Chair. I want to add my voice to what the Vice Chair said. It it an absolutely excellent report. I also sit on the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and it was discussed there but I think it is excellent and I thank Ms O'Loughlin for coming in front of the committee. The whole report was a very important initiative in its own right in improving how we match spending inputs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Performance Report: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is very interesting. Another thing that caught my attention was in the slides received earlier. One of the core principles at the heart of performance budgeting is that it can provide greater transparency and accountability and improvements in these areas and can help to bring better management of public funds, essentially greater value for money. The revised national development...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Performance Report: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr. Hearne. Unfortunately, I must attend another meeting.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Is í an cheist a cuireadh i ndáiríre ná cén uair a bheidh sé seo ar fad déanta. Tuigim na deacrachtaí a bhí ag an Roinn maidir leis an athbhreithniú ach is dócha go bhfuil go leor daoine amuigh ansin a cheapann go bhfuil a fhios acu céard ba chóir go mbeadh ag teacht amach as an athbhreithniú sin agus a chreideann go...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá sé sin go hiontach. Ní raibh sé iomlán soiléir sa chéad fhreagra a thug sé. Tá sé sin go maith. Sílim go mbeidh muintir na Gaeltachta sásta a chloisteáil go bhfuil amlíne de chineál éigin ann. Tá ceist amháin agam ionas go dtuigfidh mé i gceart é. Dúirt an tAire Stáit sa...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [32450/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Ba mhaith liom iarraidh ar an Aire Stáit cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le toghcháin Údarás na Gaeltachta.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Australia's new Prime Minister, Mr. Anthony Albanese, has rightly expressed genuine concern for Mr. Julian Assange. He is on the record on several occasions saying that he does not see what purpose is served by the ongoing pursuit of Mr. Assange and, most importantly, that enough is enough. On Friday, in response to the British Home Secretary's decision to approve Mr. Assange's extradition,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I remember when we clapped in this Chamber for our front-line workers. That recognition was important but it is not sufficient. We know that the pay talks recently broke down and the unions are up for the negotiation. The Taoiseach said that he is also up for those negotiations. Will he commit to concluding an agreement with the unions that recognises the important work done by nurses,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the failings highlighted in the most recent report from an Coimisinéir Teanga; the way that her Department will be addressing these failings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the size of each allocation and any corresponding capital carryover in relation to the capital allocation for flood defences in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 198. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the work her Department is undertaking to develop and implement further actions to support the positive portrayal and representation of LGBTI+ identities in broadcast media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32036/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of her Department providing the option to include non-binary as a gender option under the Gender Recognition Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work her Department is doing to introduce legislation to enable those under 18 years of age to obtain a gender recognition certificate with parental approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32034/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his negotiations for a new public service stability agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31505/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his Department’s guidance for public service employers during Covid-19 in relation to special leave with pay for Covid-19; if there are further plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (16 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the RAPTOR protocol is being fully implemented in terms of testing for secondary poisoning from rodenticides; the number of raptors that have been tested for poison in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 as part of this protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31514/22]