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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister must be concerned about the skills situation, especially for those over the age of 50. I will move on as I do now want to eat into other Members' time. I want to ask about the proposals in President Joe Biden's tax plan. The Minister replied to Deputy Doherty's queries on the matter. We have had a long period during which Ireland's corporation tax has been described as the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: There must be concerns that President Biden's plans will have a massive impact. We have long neglected investment in infrastructure, housing and research and development, which should be a key pillar of a successful economic model. Our research and development expenditure as a percentage of GDP is consistently below the EU average. We have had several years of underinvestment in...

Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am sharing time with Deputies Carthy, Munster and Ó Laoghaire. I feel under a bit of pressure because I do not think I will be able to top the previous contribution. I ask Deputies not to judge me. I commend the Rural Independent Group on bringing forward the motion and allowing us to have this debate. It is really important, as is the issue of development on a regionally...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies Data (1 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a list of section 56 and 59 organisations will be provided; the number of employees in each which have not received pay restoration in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (1 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to progress the deepwater quay project at Ros a Mhíl Harbour since the publication on 4 September 2020 of the final quay wall peer review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17782/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Deputy Doherty will be here in a minute. He thought Question Time was recommencing at 7 p.m.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: My colleague has just arrived.

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: That is correct. Táim fíor-shásta an deis seo a bheith agam faoi dheireadh. Bhí muid ceaptha an t-ábhar seo a phlé le roinnt seachtainí anuas agus táim an-sásta go bhfuil an deis agam inniu é a phlé, éisteacht leis na daoine eile a bheidh ag labhairt faoin gceist seo agus plé a dhéanamh ar an gcomhaontú agus ar an...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: It has been reported in recent weeks that Ireland's share of the EU's pandemic recovery and resilience fund may be reduced by somewhere in the region of €321 million as a result of GDP figures over-inflating the health of the Irish economy. Unfortunately, this comes as no surprise to me and many others. I have been highlighting the inappropriateness of GDP as a measure of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected grant allocations under the resilience and recovery facility in nominal and percentage terms in the periods 2021-22 and 2023, respectively; if the expected allocation has been reduced from the previously committed total of €1,273; if so, the reasons for the reductions; his views on the reasons; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had engagement with the Central Bank regarding unregulated loan notes issued by a company (details supplied) between 2012 and 2019 and administered by another company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17185/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [16601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [16590/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 207. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the spend for his Department on public procurement disaggregated by spend on goods, services and capital works in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [17958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [16591/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the spend for his Department on public procurement disaggregated by spend on goods, services and capital works in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [17959/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [16603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Funding (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 330. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland’s allocation of the EU recovery and resilience fund is to be reduced in view of better than expected GDP figures; if so, the total reduction in funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16736/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 327. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [16592/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in each of the years from 2017 to 2020. [16598/21]