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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (6 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the survey results of the Office of Government Procurement client satisfaction survey from 2018 and 2020 will be provided. [23436/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (5 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 21. To ask the Taoiseach the full cost to date of the IBRC Commission; and the expenditure incurred in respect of legal fees by recipient law firms. [20513/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Unit (5 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 112. To ask the Taoiseach if consideration has been given to the funding of a joint project between the CSO and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency to have a more standardised approach (details supplied). [22929/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Paindéim (5 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 565. To ask the Minister for Health cén fáth nach bhfuil daoine in ann clárú i nGaeilge le haghaidh vacsaíní Covid-19. [22820/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, which is the principal Act, placed national climate policy on a statutory footing for the first time in Ireland. This was a significant step. One of the main criticisms of it was a lack of specific emissions targets. The draft amendment Bill of 2020 was a step forward in this regard in that it tried to set out a legal framework by...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: There is a myth in this country, namely, that there is free access to education and that anyone can go to third level education, get a degree and even, apparently, get a well-paid job. All of that, unfortunately, is simply a myth. The issue much of the time is that universities rely on financing from students, whether international or EU, to fund their activities because they are not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I apologise, as I was at another committee and I hope that I do not revisit questions that have been asked. I am sure the Chair will not be slow in telling me if I do. I wish to ask about a matter discussed by the Committee of Public Accounts recently, that being bogus self-employment. Our PRSI is low by EU standards. It will be examined by the newly established Commission on Taxation...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: There was news today that Germany and Italy had stated they would be behind President Biden's proposals on a 21% corporate tax rate. Will that have an impact? What is the Minister's view?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: In recent months, two major banks have announced that they will pull out of the State. We have discussed our crisis in credit provision. We are all aware of the importance of credit in fuelling the engine of the economy. Having two major fuel sources leave will have an impact. There have also been discussions - I am not sure whether it was at this committee or the Joint Committee on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister held an interesting tax seminar last week. At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach last week, we had a discussion on Biden's proposal for a global minimum corporation tax rate, an issue on which the OECD has launched a base erosion and profit shifting, BEPS, process. In a recent RTÉ interview, the Minister stated:...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Taoiseach as teacht os comhair an choiste seo. I understand from his response to Deputy Tóibín on the increase in salary for the new Secretary General of the Department of Health that he has the same view as his colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, that is, that the new pay increase is commensurate with the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: On the back of that, it is interesting to note that the new Secretary General heading the Department of Health will be on a higher salary than the Taoiseach. Does the Taoiseach believe, therefore, that the scale of responsibility of the new head of the Department of Health is actually greater than that of the Taoiseach?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: It is an interesting point. I am sure that many people, when they look at the salary scale, would have a view on this. We need to admit there was a lot of outrage over the increase. When people note that the Taoiseach is on a lower salary than the new head of the Department of Health, they will be quite astonished. The Taoiseach made an interesting point on attracting people into the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith ag an Taoiseach. To be clear, I am not raising this to score political points, and I am not saying the Taoiseach was suggesting I was. I fundamentally believe the decision was wrong and rooted in inequality. I want to move on to the issue of the shared island unit. With regard to the recent disturbances, how much of the funding for the shared island unit will be targeted...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have one more question on this issue and a final question on another matter. Will the Taoiseach confirm if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister about the disturbances in the North?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá ceist amháin eile agam a bhí luaite ag cúpla ball eile i leith na n-íocaíochtaí i gcomhair na paindéime. Tá sé ráite le roinnt laethanta anuas go mb'fhéidir go mbeidh siad sin á ngearradh ag an Rialtas. An bhfuil an Taoiseach in ann a rá linn go soiléir anois nach bhfuil cinneadh mar sin déanta? Tá a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith ag an Taoiseach.

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have written to the Aire a number of times on an anomaly in the CRSS and I have raised it in this Chamber. What I will say today is not something new but something of which he will be very much aware. My colleague, Deputy O'Reilly, mentioned it as well. Under the current scheme businesses without a fixed premises are not able to qualify. The Minister indicates the scheme is targeted...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (22 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department requires pension funds to disclose investments in fossil fuel and extractive companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20924/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (21 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: An increase of €81,000 is a huge amount of money. We have heard all of these things, such as that this increase is commensurate with the scale of responsibility. How many people never see a salary of €81,000, let alone an increase of €81,000 to €292,000? The issue here and what really angered people is that it was so brazen. An increase of €81,000 is...