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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2022 to 2026 of restoring the PAYE tax credit as it applied to the contributory pension for dependents that was changed as part of Finance Act 2013, in tabular form. [34547/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date by which the updated capital ceilings, as per the review of the National Development Plan 2018-2027, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34545/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to date of the institutional child abuse redress scheme; and the contributions to the scheme disaggregated by religious order and amounts still owing, in tabular form. [34539/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been a rule change regarding the use of the herd number to qualify for the rural social scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34953/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pandemic unemployment payment will be considered as an eligible payment for the special rate of a SUSI grant given that those who applied for jobseekers benefit and allowance in March 2020 were awarded the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34732/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be reconsidered for the special rate of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cybersecurity Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the additional security measures put in place by the HSE following the cyberattacks in 2017; the IT companies used to carry out this work; the date the work commenced and was completed; and the cost of this work in tabular form. [27014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that was spent in 2016 on improvements to Canower Pier, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34740/21]

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister states that the Bill will bridge the affordability gap for first-time buyers and contends that it will help the squeezed middle, but the whole thing has become something of a squeezed muddle. "Affordability" has become a word that, in many instances, no longer means "affordable". In Galway, there have been no affordable builds for many years. People will hear the word...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Affordable housing is badly needed in Galway city. Residents in the Mervue area have raised concerns that the build-to-rent nature of the proposed development at Crown Square will result in sky-high rents that ordinary working people, including the children of locals, many of whom want to continue to live and raise families in the Mervue area, will be unable to afford. Build-to-rent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the planning regulations for wind turbines regarding the setback distances from houses are under review given the considerable increase in the height of the turbines and the length of rotor blades in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34000/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The committee will be engaging with representatives from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, and Dr. Collins to discuss tax expenditures as part of the committee's pre-budget 2022 scrutiny. I welcome Dr. Micheál Collins, assistant professor, school of social policy, social work and social justice, UCD; Dr. Barra Roantree, economist and research officer, and Dr. Theano...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Dr. Roantree notes that it would be beneficial to have some review, evaluation and reporting of tax expenditures. Personally, I have an interest in tax gap analysis. There is much value in carrying out such analysis on different tax heads. In a nutshell, the tax gap measures the difference between what is collected, the effective rate and what would be collected if everything that was owed...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am interested in also hearing Dr. Collins's views on tax gap analysis. He mentioned the hidden role of the State and using the taxation system to encourage and support certain activities among individuals and corporations via tax expenditures, an issue I am interested in. Anybody who has studied economics will have heard of the invisible hand of the market, but it is often mentioned to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Dr. Collins, your screen has frozen.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: We have some additional time. Deputy Boyd Barrett has his hand raised in anticipation. I might ask for people to indicate online. Deputy Durkan has also indicated by raising his hand physically rather than online. I will take him second. Deputy Boyd Barrett, you make take the additional five minutes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am conscious we have only a few minutes left before we reach the two-hour time limit, which we have to adhere to because of public health advice. I will ask briefly about the special assignee relief programme, SARP, the recent review and the justification given by Indecon to extend it. Will the witnesses briefly outline their views on that? Then we will make sure we finish by 11.30 a.m.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim míle buíochas le Dr. Collins as sin. I thank Dr. Collins, Dr. Roantree and Dr. Kakoulidou for their attendance and for their assistance to the committee. We had a very interesting discussion. The committee will meet in private session on Wednesday, 30 June, at 3 p.m. The committee's next meeting in public session will be at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 1 July 2021, when we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Under the new climate Bill, Ireland will need to reduce its emissions by approximately 7% per annum. We have been told that capital expenditure is set to increase significantly in the coming years. I expect a sizeable chunk of that will be for green capital infrastructure. I would be interested to see a clear roadmap for how capital investment will be used to reach our targets. I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: My colleague spoke to the incoming leader of the DUP yesterday evening and Sinn Féin will continue to work in partnership with the DUP and the other parties in the Assembly. As Sinn Féin and others have consistently stated, this work includes delivering on existing agreements. Labhair mo chuid comhghleacaithe le ceannaire nua an DUP tráthnóna inné. Leanfaidh Sinn...