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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will increase the income threshold for social housing support given the increasing cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29601/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to their disability allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of modern methods of construction apprentices hired in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1547. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual first-year and full year cost of implementing the Workplace Relations Commission agreement for all section 39 workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29693/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1821. To ask the Minister for Health the way that those who worked for private healthcare agencies during the Covid-19 pandemic and have since changed employers can apply for the Covid 19 bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30470/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1901. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of carers that will receive the pandemic special payment; the date they are scheduled to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Priorities (15 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the work that her Department has undertaken to address and minimise violence against members of the LGBT+ community and trans persons in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31197/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Equality Issues (15 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 246. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the measures that her Department has taken to ensure that existing community infrastructure is inclusive and welcoming to LGBTI+ persons; if she will provide a list of pop-up LGBTI+ services that have been created in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31196/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (16 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the RAPTOR protocol is being fully implemented in terms of testing for secondary poisoning from rodenticides; the number of raptors that have been tested for poison in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 as part of this protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31514/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Health and Safety (16 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider organising a public awareness campaign around the dangers of using rodenticides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31515/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an Dr. Stewart as teacht os comhair an choiste seo. I thank Dr. Stewart for coming before the committee. I know this is something he has been focused on for quite some time. It really came into the spotlight in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There was then a lot of talk of financial and economic sanctions and, as a result, the spotlight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Dr. Stewart. His research was widely covered in the media four years ago and a former deputy governor spoke about the significant risks he had identified and went on to say the Central Bank needs to be appropriately staffed and have teeth to monitor such opaque activities. One thing that has come out of all the decisions we have had so far is the opaque nature of this. On the back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Dr. Stewart. The IFSC appears to have a long-standing relationship with the Russian economy. I am aware Dr. Stewart's research detailed the period of 2005-17 but in the 1990s the use of Irish-registered non-resident companies by those from Russia attracted much adverse comment in the international media and even in Dáil debates. Here the IFSC seems to focus as a conduit for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Dr. Stewart. It is quite interesting to note the IMF in a 2019 paper found 60% of all FDI into Russia is made by empty brass-plate holding companies, which are the type of companies Dr. Stewart's own study examined. Do we have any idea what proportion of that 60% would be comprised of investment from the IFSC? As a broader point, and one very relevant to us, do FDI statistics need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Obviously they are difficult questions to answer and it is good in a sense the spotlight has been put on this whole issue now. This is something that has gone into all sorts of media and there has been more of a focus on it. I ask about the lack of transparency around the ownership of certain types of company structures operating in the IFSC. This State introduced its register of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, it appears that way. I understand what Dr. Stewart means about this not just being an issue for the IFSC but as the finance committee of the Oireachtas that is where our focus needs to be. It is about what we can do to make things as transparent as possible. Dr. Stewart has highlighted the role of corporate service providers in providing the know-your-client function but presumably...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: There were revelations in the Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, the Luxembourg leaks and the Cum-Ex trading scandal, as there were in Dr. Stewart's own research. There appear to be well-paid professional networks acting, in some senses, as enablers. While fines can sometimes be imposed, we rarely see any kind of criminal sanction. Do we need harsher penalties for those who are willing to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I noted in Dr. Stewart's opening statement a reference to the fact that section 110 firms may be regarded as tax neutral but can result in large tax losses in countries which receive interest payments. I am aware that one of the issues the domestic tax base erosion and profit shifting, BEPS, process of the OECD was intended to tackle was the risk of double non-taxation. Would it be fair to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I remember when we clapped in this Chamber for our front-line workers. That recognition was important but it is not sufficient. We know that the pay talks recently broke down and the unions are up for the negotiation. The Taoiseach said that he is also up for those negotiations. Will he commit to concluding an agreement with the unions that recognises the important work done by nurses,...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Australia's new Prime Minister, Mr. Anthony Albanese, has rightly expressed genuine concern for Mr. Julian Assange. He is on the record on several occasions saying that he does not see what purpose is served by the ongoing pursuit of Mr. Assange and, most importantly, that enough is enough. On Friday, in response to the British Home Secretary's decision to approve Mr. Assange's extradition,...