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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered introducing financial supports for small agricultural contracting businesses given that many do not qualify for funding schemes for farmers and are struggling to afford the cost of updating equipment to comply with environmental standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4009/21]

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Níl lucht iascaireachta na tíre seo sásta faoin droim láimhe atá tugtha dóibh arís eile. Chuir mé fáilte mhór roimh an gcinneadh Ros a' Mhíl a ainmniú mar cheann de na calafoirt ina mbeidh cead ag báid ó na Sé Chontae agus ón mBreatain teacht isteach ann agus iasc a thabhairt i dtír. Ní raibh ciall...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Last week, we found out that the Secretary General of the Department of Health is set to receive a pay increase of €81,000. In that same week, recipients of the PUP, who are on €350 per week, received their first tax bill. There are varying accounts as to how the decision was reached to provide for this increase and I would like the Tánaiste to outline the timeline of the...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Ba mhaith liom ar dtús an chrógacht agus an misneach atá léirithe ag na daoine a tháinig slán ó na hinstitiúidí seo agus a dteaghlaigh a mholadh. Ar an aistear fada, crua seo acu ar thóir na fírinne, roinn siad scéalta thar a bheith pearsanta agus trámach linn a bheidh greanta i mo chuimhne go ceann i bhfad. Thar aon ní...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of those employed in the private sector by domestic sector and the multinational sector by average productivity of workers in these sectors in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the years for which the earliest and latest such data is available in tabular form. [2605/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the private sector broken down by domestic sector and the multinational sector by average wage levels for these sectors adjusted for inflation in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the years for which the earliest and latest such data is available in tabular form. [2606/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the foreign direct investment, FDI, multinational sector from 1990 to 2020 or the years for which the earliest and latest such data is available by services and manufacturing within that sector; and the percentage that each constitutes of total FDI multinational employment and the private sector in tabular form. [2607/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Enterprise Data (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the value of gross FDI inflows from 1990 to 2020, by manufacturing and services; and the percentage of these inflows that is classed as pass-through FDI in each of these years in tabular form. [2608/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the impact of Covid-19-induced economic disruption on both the domestic and multinational sectors; and his views on whether domestic sector and employment within it will be disproportionately impacted by the economic dynamics of the crisis. [2609/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the all-Ireland strategic rail review will commence; when he expects to receive the findings of the review; when he will be in a position to make a decision on the future of the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of the new public service stability agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2285/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Circulars (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the process by which circulars introduced by his Department since 2011 without statutory instruments and without having being laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas have legal validity in view of the provisions of section 4 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011, which requires for the governance of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 449. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to differences in the pay and conditions for contact tracing staff located in centres in Galway relative to those centres based in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, particularly in relation in the working of 12-hour shifts three days in a row, the difference in pay between clinical and non-clinical contact tracers, various breaches...

Covid-19 (Higher Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Le bliain anuas, is minic go raibh mic léinn ó Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, agus Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, i dteagmháil liom agus iad trína chéile mar gheall ar bhrú airgid, ar fhadhbanna lóistín agus ar an mbrú meabhairshláinte atá orthu de bharr na paindéime seo. Tá a fhios againn ar fad gur buille...

Covid-19 (Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I want to raise with the Minister the issue of children with severe to profound intellectual disabilities who attend Rosedale School. The children in question have lost everything. They have nothing. Their worlds have shrunk. One mother described to me how her daughter’s world has shrunk to a bubble in her head. While I welcome the announcement by the Minister, parents have told...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Question Heading for question(s) 79,87,88,90,91 (14 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the new secretary general of the Department of Health will be paid an annual salary of €292,000, significantly in excess of the top scale of Secretary General I (PPC) of €211,742; the reason this derogation from the rules was sought;and if there are comparable roles within the public service paying...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (13 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 749. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that a number of oxygen generators purchased by University Hospital Galway in 2020 in response to the Covid-19 crisis have proven deficient and are not currently in use; if this matter is being investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1448/21]

Appropriation Bill 2020: Second and Subsequent Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá mé ag roinnt mo chuid ama le mo chomhghleacaí, an Teachta Ó Dochartaigh. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis an Aire. Tuigim gur Bille fíorthábhachtach é seo chun a chinntiú gur féidir le Ranna Rialtais airgead a chaitheamh ag tús mhí Eanáir agus nach dteastófar Vótaí breise chun é...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas le mo chomhghleacaí, an Teachta Eoin Ó Broin, as ucht an Bille fíorthábhachtach seo a chur os comhair na Dála. Homelessness and the threat of homelessness is undoubtedly the main issue that I deal with every day in my constituency office. I am sure we have all met people who have received a notice to quit and are unable to find alternative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Dec 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the €50 million scheme that grants €250 to Irish and EU higher-level students studying in Ireland who have been impacted by Covid-19 which excludes Irish students studying in other EU jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40234/20]