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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely not. These are questions that need to be answered. I am asking the Minister whether he will facilitate a questions and answers session or if it will be a statement again.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Sometimes we need to learn from our mistakes in a lot of different ways. The Minister will have learned from this week that a questions and answers session in the Dáil is what is needed. I would have thought this, as the Minister's first time taking questions in the Dáil as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, would be the perfect opportunity for that. I will read out some...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I have 35 seconds left, a Chathaoirligh.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I have 35 seconds. Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Did Michael Stone pay people to put up posters for the Minister in the 2020 general election?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I do not think that at the start-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister failed to respond yesterday. There are questions that need to be asked.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: My time is up. It is the Minister's turn.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: My time is up.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I have been clear regarding what I believe needs to be discussed today because we did not get answers to the questions yesterday. A Chathaoirligh, the-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I am not asking you to change the Order Paper. I am asking the Minister to answer the questions he should have answered yesterday. He really needs to do a questions and answers session next week and not just give further statements.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he will take to ensure fewer cost overruns in major public works contracts going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2280/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: My question relates to cost overruns, which have been an issue for some time. What will the Minister do in his new role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure there are no cost overruns of major public works?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister's predecessor, Deputy Michael McGrath, prior to him becoming the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, stated that when it came to capital projects there was a clear pattern of projects costing more than the agreed contract price. He said that we need to know why so many projects end up costing taxpayers far more than planned. The Minister knows that when it comes to cost...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I will bring forward legislation this year on the matter. I hope we can work constructively on that. That legislation is designed to bring greater transparency and social value to public procurement. The Government's own recent White Paper on industrial policy stated that it wants to use public procurement in a strategic way. We will not be able to use the system in a strategic way unless...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes available for rural roads that flood regularly and become impassable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2353/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the powers granted to the Standards in Public Office Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail his plans to reform ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2278/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the report of the Review of Ireland’s Statutory Framework for Standards in Public Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2277/23]

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The reason we are here is not because we oppose investment in the forest sector, which is badly needed, but because of the type of investment. The State through Coillte should not be incentivising or underwriting investments for vulture funds at the expense of family farm incomes or viability. There are also legitimate concerns that investment by such vulture funds will inflate the cost of...