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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Ministers are held accountable by the Dáil. They are selected by the Dáil and they can be deselected by it. The concept of responsibility implies a direct personal involvement in a decision or an action with accompanying credit or blame. The Carltona doctrine then allows many actions to be taken in the name of the Minister, some of which I imagine they may be completely unaware...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is what the crux comes down to because even despite the delegation, there still is that level of responsibility on the part of the Minister as well. We discussed the idea that there could be a need for clarification and that things could be looked at to make matters a bit clearer. Has there ever been consideration given to amending the Ministers and Secretaries Act and the Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: What about the ones that they do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: The Secretary General said that level 1 is a verbal warning, level 2 is a written warning and level 3 is a final written warning. Do all of those warnings relate to the deferral of the increments, etc?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, that would be great.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 155. To ask the Taoiseach the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form. [51264/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51253/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was informed that the proposed cycle path from Whitestrand to the Barna Road, Galway, would remove a section of public road space from the Salthill diving board to the Barna Road before approving funding of the engineering design works. [51916/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51266/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly whereby 18-year-old students in some instances cannot qualify for the 50% fare reduction due to their being too young to apply for the young adult card for those aged 19 to 23 years, meaning that they have to purchase a full adult ticket; if his Department has made contact with the private...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51255/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51261/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of all special advisors working in her Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51265/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 325. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of all individuals and entities who obtained funding from Screen Ireland under the Covid-19 production fund; and the monetary amount which they received and the date of payment in tabular form. [51999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of current Screen Ireland board members who are directors or shareholders in companies that have received finance, grants or other financial supports from the state agency. [52000/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51259/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide 50% flexibility to homeless HAP in Galway city, as is provided for in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the proposed development of affordable housing by the Land Development Agency, Sandy Road, Galway; if the land is owned by the Land Development Agency; the level of funding that has been committed to the Land Development Agency to enable the project to proceed; when the planning permission will be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the proposed development of affordable housing by the Land Development Agency, Dyke Road, Galway; if the land is owned by the Land Development Agency; the level of funding that has been committed to the Land Development Agency to enable the project to proceed; when the planning permission will be sought...