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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: First, this is an amazing document. There is so much information in it. Many of the questions we would have arising from it relates to information to be given by the Departments but this is an extremely useful document to have. I commend the officials on their work on it. My first question relates to the way the work on the report is done. There is such an amount of information in it and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Then the unit collated it. They asked the questions, which makes sense. Those three people had to ensure, on foot of all that information having been received, the report was published. As those of us who have done such work, we know it can be difficult to get back information that has been sought. It is significant to see all this work come together. It is useful to have this report and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: One can see that from this document. Many instinctive questions we would have would be for other Department but that it is a job for another day. Not to add to the officials' work, the queries we would naturally have on foot of the report relate to additional reporting that will be put into it. One of the questions I would raise with the Minister is on the large capital projects. There...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Brilliant. Thank you, Mr. Hearne. The other question I have relates to something I came across when I was a councillor. The spending on agency staff can be quite high. Could that be incorporated in some way? I will not name organisations, but sometimes in the past you would see huge spending on agency staff in a particular place and you would know there were people struggling to get...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr Kinnane for that. My final question is on housing and new social builds versus acquisitions. Could that be documented separately? I am from Galway and I would know when there were acquisitions or new social builds. It is very important for us to have that information as well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Brilliant. Those are my key questions. Something that stuck out as I opened a page was income supports for children. I am not asking the witnesses to comment but it states that the percentage of children from birth to 17 years of age at risk of poverty has increased from 15.3% in 2019 to 15.9% in 2020. I note the percentage of children from birth to 17 years of age in consistent poverty...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We should take that up with the Department of Finance next time it is here.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Are there any further questions? No. Go raibh míle maith agaibh as ucht teacht os comhair an choiste. Bhí sé an-suimiúil. We will meet the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council to discuss its fiscal assessment report at the next public committee meeting.

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It seems at this stage the Government is completely tone-deaf when it comes to the crisis in the rental sector. I and, I believe, many people were shocked when they saw nothing was done in the budget for renters. I am equally shocked nothing has been done for renters since. We have a completely crazy situation in Galway city where there are in excess of 1,500 Airbnb properties to rent but...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: George Orwell famously said that in times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. I was reminded of this when I saw the cold-blooded murder of Shireen Abu Akleh. The European Union said in a statement that it strongly condemns the killing, occurring as it did just days after world press freedom day. This was an absolute travesty. It reminds me of another...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 17 May 2022, the name of the granting authority for the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the specific reference number of the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the name of the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regulatory Bodies (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that case files are allocated to board members of an Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the death of a journalist (details supplied); the measures that he will take at the levels of the European Union and United Nations to highlight the ongoing abuse of human rights in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 294. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will recruit more staff to deal with the influx of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has been engaging in the dispute between Galway coach station and private coach operators that use the station; the work that has been undertaken by his Department to resolve the dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all members of An Bord Pleanála and the name of each prescribed body they were nominated by in tabular form. [25524/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of processing the backlog of applications to the foreign birth registry; when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25446/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na finnéithe as ucht teacht os comhair an coiste. I thank our guests for attending this meeting to make their presentations and answer questions. Obviously, it takes a large portion of time out of their day and it is very helpful to us that they have made their time available. My first question relates to section 22. I am looking at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is very interesting. I thank Ms Cassidy. I ask Mr. Devitt to comment on this. What are his views and concerns about section 22?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Of course.