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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: I thank Mr. Davitt. That is quite interesting. I have to say I agree with much of what he has said. What the witnesses said and what SIPO said in 2016 on the issue of switching sides is important. The perception of a revolving door can serve to undermine public trust in the impartiality of public bodies. It is quite an interesting concept. The whole concept of a revolving door does...

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 quite interesting. I thank Mr. Devitt for commenting on that. My third question is on one of the perceived weaknesses of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 in that it applies to persons, for example, a special adviser lobbying his or her former colleagues. If somebody is a special adviser in one Department, he or she cannot lobby officials, let us say, in that Department. We all...

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: I am sorry; I still have questions.

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: Okay. I thank Ms Cassidy. One of the banes of my existence is probably in relation to the lobbying register itself. One thing I felt was absent from this Bill but that could be incorporated was some better connection to the lobbying register. I have often found the information one gets in the lobbying register to be too limited to be really meaningful. We often know the names of those...

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: I thank Ms Cassidy. I understand it is more difficult for Mr. Devitt to comment on what he thinks will be included but it would be helpful if he could.

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: It would be very interesting even for students to see how things work.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: This year marks the 25th anniversary of the murder of the crusading South African journalist, Henry Nxumalo, a man whose pioneering reporting helped to document the horrors of apartheid South Africa. Nobody was ever held accountable for his death. It is obvious why Mr. Nxumalo was murdered. It is equally obvious why another apartheid regime, Israel, last week murdered the brilliant Al...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Scéimeanna Tuaithe (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit maidir leis an gceist a fhreagairt. Dhíreoinn ar rud eile atá ag cur as dó seo agus ar na deacrachtaí faoi leith atá ag na hoileáin, is iad sin na costais riaracháin freisin. Má táimid ag iarraidh go n-úsáideann daoine LEADER agus gur féidir le daoine cur isteach air, teastaíonn an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Scéimeanna Tuaithe (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as an cheist seo a thógáil. Táimid ag iarraidh ceist LEADER ar na hoileáin a ardú leis. Bhíodh sé á thaifeadadh i ngrúpaí do na hoileáin ar fad ach athraíodh é seo roinnt blianta ó shin nuair a socraíodh é a dháileadh ag aon ghrúpa amháin in aghaidh an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the multiple flight operations application issued by his Department is being used illegally at Shannon by a company (details supplied) to transport howitzer guns with ammunition on board an aircraft through Shannon Airport on 7 and 8 May 2022. [25300/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the programme of compulsory purchase orders to bring vacant units to the market for sale, which is provided for in Housing For All; the number properties in Galway city and county that will be brought into residential use through this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1185 of 26 April 2022, if he has updated information in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25250/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht os comhair an choiste. A number of my questions have been asked, which is unfortunately the way sometimes when you are late to ask questions in a committee meeting. I have two key questions that follow on from questions that have been raised. First, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan spoke about accounts that are inactive and then become dormant....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: The other question I had was on overdrafts. I understand that the follow-up from that was that the entities that would be looking to pursue those outstanding moneys would be new ones with different banking licences. Is it the case, therefore, that under no circumstances would those moneys be transferred to debt collectors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Ms Howard and I understand what she is saying about other accounts and so on. For absolute full clarity, say, somebody does not engage or whatever, and does not have a different account, I take it that will not go to some kind of debt-collecting agency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Of course, I understand that is Ulster Bank's priority. The point is that is obviously an issue of concern if Ulster Bank is selling that on. How long will it be before Ulster Bank sells those non-performing loans?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We would hope that is a situation where nobody falls under this circumstance and Ms Howard is correct to use the committee to put out that plea to people to engage. If there is a situation, as Ms Howard is saying, by next year, does she know when next year? Will it be a full 12 months from when the bank is fully closed? Will it be before that? What form would the sell-off of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I fully understand that. As a finance committee, we need to look at the issues that could arise. Obviously, it would be in everyone's interest that that does not happen but it will be a matter of concern for us if it is a situation where some do not. It can be a situation realistically that there will be at least one person affected by this, if we are to be frank and honest about that. ...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tuairimí an Aosa Óg: Plé (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na daltaí as teacht os comhair an choiste. Níl mé mar bhaill den choiste seo ach bhí mé ag iarraidh teacht le héisteacht leo. Bhí na Teachtaí Ó Snodaigh agus Daly ag rá liom go raibh siad iontach níos luaithe ach bhí mé ag coiste eile. Bhí cúpla pointe thar a bheith suimiúil ansin....

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Twelve years ago, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General identified some of the key risks posed by this deal. A chapter of its report was called “Protecting the State's property interest” and identified several alarming details These included the existence of "a fixed charge over the entire St Vincent's Hospital site" and "a floating charge over all of the...