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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am interested in credit unions and there were some very interesting contributions on the area. It is a stark visual when the witnesses say the moneylender is going back into the community despite all the different work done being done to try to get people to move towards credit unions. It is clear this is not just about regulation but people's thinking or outlook. Are there any kinds of...

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Mar a dúirt an tAire Stáit, is Bille sách teicniúil é seo ach is Bille fíorthábhachtach é agus mar gheall air sin, beidh muid ag tacú leis. Beidh sé ag dul chuig na coistí agus ba bhreá liom dá mbreathnódh muid níos gaire ar pháirt 3 agus páirt 9. Tá na páirteanna sin fíorthábhachtach...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Quarrying Sector (11 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the requirements placed on local councils to ensure that the stone and sand and other similar materials that the council or subcontractor on council projects purchases is sourced from properly licensed quarries. [7640/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (10 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grounds on which an unlimited company can apply for an exemption from having to file financial statements with the Companies Registration Office under the Companies (Accounting) Act 2017. [7258/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (10 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions and appropriateness of companies with unlimited status from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (10 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions and appropriateness of companies registered in jurisdictions that are listed on the EU's blacklist from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (10 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the appropriateness of companies using anonymous trustee ownership structures from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7247/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (10 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the appropriateness of companies that use a bearer share ownership structure from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7248/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (10 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions and appropriateness of companies that use transfer price transactions from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7249/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: What if the move is on a permanent basis?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: If it turns out that it is a lateral movement on a permanent basis, will the Government adhere to the PSSA guidelines?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am asking about the lateral movement rule because it may end up being a lateral move. If I was a Secretary General and I applied for and was appointed to the post, would the move stick with the PSSA rules and not attract a salary increase?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Lastly, will the Minister confirm that there will be no salary increases for any other Secretary General if such a position were to become available in a different Department?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: There will not be any increases.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I will keep my question extremely brief because of the time pressure. The State previously declared a climate emergency and we know there is a huge job of work to be done in relation to that. It is clear that semi-State companies will be key to investing in a just, green transition. Would the Ministers support amending the state aid rules for semi-State companies when it comes to investing...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus leis na hAirí as teacht os comhair an chruinnithe seo. We know that the Government is planning to ratify CETA. As the Ministers are aware, it provides for the investor court system, which is a legal mechanism that will allow large corporations to sue the State for massive sums of money. This has the potential to have a significant...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am absolutely astonished, given our 20-year liability, that a risk assessment has not been done. Perhaps it is something that should be considered. The Minister mentioned performance budgeting in his opening statement and referred to the need to manage public sector pay. The Public Service Stability Agreement, PSSA, rules on lateral movements within the public service stipulate that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: So it will go against that aspect of the PSSA.

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Mar is eol don Aire, tá muidne i Sinn Féin tar éis tacú le fanacht agus dul chun cinn an EWSS go dtí an 31 Márta. Tuigimid cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an scéim seo i gcomhair na ndaoine atá ag brath ar an airgead seo. Ar ndóigh, an rud atá mé féin chun caint faoi ná na daoine sin atá ag iarraidh...

Finance Act 2004 (section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: This is a technical motion and it relates to capital carry-over from one year to the next. Sinn Féin will be supporting it. This year it represents money included in the 2020 voted allocation that has been unspent. Since the 2004 Act we have a facility to carry over unspent capital expenditure. Section 91 of the Act specified that the provisions would be up to a maximum of 10% of the...