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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 11, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57194/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inland Fisheries (21 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) operates a hatchery near Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway under licence from his Department, if IFI notified him of its imminent closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57333/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Three years ago, I raised the story of a couple who had been scammed of €4,000 they had saved in their Revolut account for their wedding. They had huge issues at the time in trying to contact anyone beyond a bot about this scam. After raising this issue, I was flooded with people contacting me saying they too were hit by such scams and could not contact the company. Today, I was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: To be honest, and I get this all the time, sometimes I think the Tánaiste forgets that he is the Tánaiste and has been in government since 2011. We now have a situation whereby people are struggling more and more. Why? It is a direct result of the policies and budgets the Government continues to implement. The Tánaiste said during the general election that the Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: People are really worried about their electricity bills. On Monday, the SSE Airtricity price hike is going to kick in. That is hundreds of thousands of households that are going to be hit with a big jump in their bill. That comes, obviously, after the hikes we have seen from three other companies since the budget was announced last week - a budget in which the Government made a terrible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (16 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the work his Department is carrying out to assist independent students who have become estranged from their families after the age of 18 years, to prove their independence in order that they can access SUSI; if he plans to revise the rules regarding eligibility to be classed as an independent student for SUSI purposes;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (16 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the national student accommodation strategy, which was due to be updated in 2024, and if he could provide a date for publication of an updated strategy. [55763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Issues (16 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the absence of updated language planning guidelines; and the timeline for the publication of the draft Gaeltacht planning guidelines. [55823/25]

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá leithscéalta faighte againn ó na Seanadóirí Conor Murphy, Joe O'Reilly agus Cathal Byrne. I advise members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate where they are not adhering to this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Thank you, Senator. We might let the others in. I thank the Senator for taking the Chair while we were all gone for a vote. Next is an Teachta Burke and then an Teachta O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Mr. Ryan was indicating, a Theachta, just to let you know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I ask Ms Lo Bue Oddo to turn on her camera.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Will the Deputy indicate exactly who the question is for?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay. I see there is an indication-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Does Deputy Doherty want to begin with the Commission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We will begin with the Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Does Mr. Knauer want to respond to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agaibh as teacht os comhair an choiste inniu. At the start we had to be a bit more haphazard than usual because we had to run out for votes. I am really concerned around these two COM proposals that came before our committee. I am even more concerned after having this committee meeting today. I am extremely concerned with Mr. Knauer's response to what Deputy O'Calllaghan...