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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to their disability allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of modern methods of construction apprentices hired in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1547. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual first-year and full year cost of implementing the Workplace Relations Commission agreement for all section 39 workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29693/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1821. To ask the Minister for Health the way that those who worked for private healthcare agencies during the Covid-19 pandemic and have since changed employers can apply for the Covid 19 bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30470/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1901. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of carers that will receive the pandemic special payment; the date they are scheduled to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30688/22]

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an nGrúpa Réigiúnach as an rún seo a chur as comhair na Dála. It is very welcome we are having this discussion because we all know the benefit of these grants. I have to say in particular that I often come across the big difference the housing aid for older people grant makes in people's lives. In many cases it involves small simple...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the next stages in the process of bringing the new National Maternity Hospital to completion along with the key dates; when a business case will be brought before the relevant Committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas; when it is expected to go to tender; the proposed date for construction to commence; the deadline for completion; and if he will make a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I, too, was trying to use the Internet but it was not working. I thank the witnesses for coming in. Although I have meetings with them online, as someone who was elected just before Covid, I think this is my first time seeing them in person. It is nice to meet them in person. I have a few questions prepared but I am also interested in some things that arose during the discussion. I am...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: As soon as we mention anything about wages increasing, the immediate argument for shutting it down is that it will drive inflation. Is that shutting down such increases fully or partially?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We were talking about the report today about climate targets and there was mention of the projects in the national development plan, NDP, being delivered. We have seen the initiation of the inflation co-operation framework but these are huge amounts of money and we do not know how inflation is going to go over the next while, as we mentioned. Does the council have any concerns about the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I hope we will see them delivered. The report references the topic of the day, which is the rise in energy prices we are all talking about. Is there a prediction now that the energy crisis will lead to permanently elevated costs compared with the pre-Covid price trajectory? I only have two minutes left in my slot so what is the assessment of the witnesses of such a view? Do they expect...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That cements a floor on the price of carbon.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It is so much fun.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an Dr. Stewart as teacht os comhair an choiste seo. I thank Dr. Stewart for coming before the committee. I know this is something he has been focused on for quite some time. It really came into the spotlight in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There was then a lot of talk of financial and economic sanctions and, as a result, the spotlight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Dr. Stewart. His research was widely covered in the media four years ago and a former deputy governor spoke about the significant risks he had identified and went on to say the Central Bank needs to be appropriately staffed and have teeth to monitor such opaque activities. One thing that has come out of all the decisions we have had so far is the opaque nature of this. On the back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Dr. Stewart. The IFSC appears to have a long-standing relationship with the Russian economy. I am aware Dr. Stewart's research detailed the period of 2005-17 but in the 1990s the use of Irish-registered non-resident companies by those from Russia attracted much adverse comment in the international media and even in Dáil debates. Here the IFSC seems to focus as a conduit for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Dr. Stewart. It is quite interesting to note the IMF in a 2019 paper found 60% of all FDI into Russia is made by empty brass-plate holding companies, which are the type of companies Dr. Stewart's own study examined. Do we have any idea what proportion of that 60% would be comprised of investment from the IFSC? As a broader point, and one very relevant to us, do FDI statistics need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Obviously they are difficult questions to answer and it is good in a sense the spotlight has been put on this whole issue now. This is something that has gone into all sorts of media and there has been more of a focus on it. I ask about the lack of transparency around the ownership of certain types of company structures operating in the IFSC. This State introduced its register of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, it appears that way. I understand what Dr. Stewart means about this not just being an issue for the IFSC but as the finance committee of the Oireachtas that is where our focus needs to be. It is about what we can do to make things as transparent as possible. Dr. Stewart has highlighted the role of corporate service providers in providing the know-your-client function but presumably...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: There were revelations in the Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, the Luxembourg leaks and the Cum-Ex trading scandal, as there were in Dr. Stewart's own research. There appear to be well-paid professional networks acting, in some senses, as enablers. While fines can sometimes be imposed, we rarely see any kind of criminal sanction. Do we need harsher penalties for those who are willing to...