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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Government Procurement (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the public procurement system, and to better align it with strategic goals and ethical considerations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15893/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Government Procurement (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I am a big believer in looking at how we use our public procurement system. When I was on Galway City Council, we ensured that there were ways to employ, through social clauses and so forth, people across Galway. There are so many real positives we can use through our public procurement system. Given everything that is going on in the world at the moment, I am of the view that they can be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Government Procurement (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. I welcome the fact that the Government is having that consultation. It is welcome that we are all thinking more about this issue, whether in the context of SMEs, social enterprises, as the Minister of State outlined, councils and so on. The EU has long been calling on member states to use the public procurement system in a more strategic...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Government Procurement (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That is okay.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Government Procurement (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That is really good. I am delighted to hear the Minister of State talking about data collection. I did a survey a few years ago asking different public bodies about their use of social clauses. One body responded by saying that it paid the minimum wage. Obviously, that is not a social clause; it is the law. You have to do that. I wish to flag another thing, which comes on the back of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I will be seeking a briefing on the review of the NDP and where it stands. The Minister mentioned housing, which is one of the basic infrastructures needed across Galway, Connemara and the State. I have to ask the Minister, because this was a hugely important issue during the general election campaign, about this number of 40,000 homes. The Deputy was Minister for Finance at the time. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: This was information that the Minister had. It was information that the Central Bank was pointing to housing outputs for 2024 similar to or slightly below the previous year. Does the Minister genuinely believe that people can have faith in the delivery of the NDP or of what the Government is saying about housing now when, during the general election campaign, two days after the information...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I am asking you.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Disappointed is not good enough for people.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Does the Minister think people can believe that?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: But they are not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Are they going to sleep on buses?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Does the Minister think people can have faith in that?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the national development plan, his plans for additional investment in infrastructure in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15892/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister knows Galway, the west and Connemara. He has seen the impact Storm Éowyn continues to have in certain parts of Connemara and across Mayo. It is very clear from the impact of this storm and Storm Darragh that we seriously need investment in basic infrastructure throughout the west of Ireland. The need in this regard is particularly acute in certain parts of Connemara and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Council (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the Arts Council spending on the failed IT project, when his Department was first made aware of the problems with the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (3 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to better tackle the waste of public money and improve value for money in public spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15894/25]

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: When we look across our cities we see fantastic work is being done by youth workers and we really need to support them. A few weeks ago I met representatives of Galway City Partnership to discuss their work in the Headford Road area of Galway centred around Ballinfoyle, which draws in community members from neighbouring estates in the city as well as areas just outside the city such as...

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We need to examine that project and make sure we put it on a sustainable funding model.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: All EU citizens and their family members have the right to move and reside freely within the EU. This fundamental right is established in EU treaty law and the decision to expel an EU citizen is the highest form of restriction on freedom of movement. Two Irish citizens, Shane O'Brien and Roberta Murray, have been issued with deportation orders because of their values. Neither of these...