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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (22 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I nominate Deputy Jim O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Ms Grace spoke about a lack of accountability. We have heard about this from her and from others and about the how, with culture, that lack of accountability can come from top level civil servants or chief executives. What would Ms Grace recommend to rectify this? I understand Mr. Brennan's point about culture and I will return to him on that. I agree that we need to change the culture...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I commend my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, on bringing forward this Bill here. I also acknowledge the Government is not opposing it. We have a very significant affordability issue. This is something we are all aware of and sometimes, you feel as though you are repeating yourself, but things are not changing in this regard. In the past few days, the Central Statistics Office, CSO,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (21 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on and response to recent reports that companies have continued to avail of the single malt despite the Competent Authority Agreement being enacted; and if he or his officials have been in contact with the Revenue Commissioners or the Maltese authorities since the agreement was put in place. [44877/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Centres (21 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated qualifying expenditure against which capital allowances have been claimed with respect to data centres and the estimated revenue foregone as a result since 2014; if his Department will undertake an analysis of the use of capital allowances with respect to data centres in the context of the State’s climate action objectives and energy...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that business accounts can be used for the purposes of calculating average turnover when an intergenerational transfer of a family business has taken place under the terms of the Covid restrictions support scheme 2019; the reason 2019 business accounts cannot be used when a non-family transfer of a business has taken place; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (21 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 610. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a projected timeframe in which the backlog of primary medical certificates will be cleared and applications from 2021 will start to be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44837/21]

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Caithfidh mé a rá go bhfuil mé sásta go bhfuil an Bille seo á phlé. Is rud fíorthábhachtach é go bhfuilimid ag plé leis an mBille seo atá ag déileáil le pleanáil amach ón gcósta. Dúradh liom agus chuala mé an Teachta Ó Cuív ag rá, agus b’fhéidir go ndúirt an Leas-Cheann...

Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na Teachtaí a labhair ar an rún seo. We know from the conversations and speeches tonight and from long before this evening that this regime is in crisis. This is not new. Transparency campaigners have been saying this for a long time. All of us here who have tried to get information through the FOI regime will understand the frustration of those...

Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises the importance of a well-functioning Freedom of Information (FOI) regime in establishing trust and transparency in public life; notes, with concern: — the recent admissions that the Tánaiste and the Minister for Foreign Affairs have both deleted relevant material from their mobile phones; and — that public confidence in...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá sé sin ceart go leor, a Cheann Comhairle, agus gabhaim buíochas leis. Since this Government began its life, we have seen the complete erosion of public confidence in political life. It is undeniable at this point that we have a crisis in how this Government does business. Public standards and ethics are on the floor. We previously had a clear attempt to breach the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Galway city has been plagued by vacant and derelict sites for many years now. I am happy to see the demolition of the Corrib Great Southern Hotel is now finally happening, 15 years after its closure and many years after it was added to the derelict sites register. The reality, however, is that it is a much deeper issue in that we are still being plagued by vacant sites and derelict sites....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (9 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons whose driver theory tests have been postponed at short notice on multiple occasions; if a person (details supplied) will be assured that the test will not be postponed again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a plan in place to address the backlog of housing adaptation grant, housing aid for older persons grant and mobility aids grant applications that have accumulated while pandemic restrictions have limited local authorities' ability to process them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42848/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (9 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 971. To ask the Minister for Health the location a copy of the rules and regulations applicable to higher specialist training in public health medicine can be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (9 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will share the new report in relation to the recent review of the cost benefit analysis of the Deep Water Quay project for Ros an Mhíl harbour; the timeline for the next steps to advance the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Special Areas of Conservation (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a bye law on the Lough Corrib special area of conservation 000297 uses the term, managed primarily for the benefit of salmonids, given the addition of the words primarily managed is a dilution of the SAC and may impact on the integrity of the SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39760/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks are entitled to refuse a mortgage to a person whose employer is availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if not, the avenue that is open to employees who are being refused on such a basis. [39101/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1705. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering the Sláintecare commitment to invest in 32 community specialist hubs for older persons and persons living with chronic disease; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34282/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1693. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering the Sláintecare commitment to establishing a statutory homecare scheme; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34281/21]