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Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Seirbhísí Fuíolluisce Poiblí sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (15 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Tuigim. Is é an rud a rinne mise agus mé óg nuair a bhí mé ar an mbunscoil ná go mbéinn ag dul amach go Cill Chiaráin. Bhí mé ar scoil ansin chuile shamhradh ar feadh coicíse nó rud éigin mar sin. Mhothaigh sé domsa ar nós go raibh mé ag caitheamh míonna ann. Nuair atá tú óg, chíonn...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide (21 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Ó Cathasaigh as an ábhar seo a ardú. Tá rud amháin a chaithfidh mé a rá. Nuair atá mise ag déileáil leis na hoileáin agus cúrsaí tithíochta sna hoileáin, tá sé dochreidte cé chomh dona is atá sé faoi láthair, ach go háirithe i dtéarmaí...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Seirbhísí Oileán (21 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh aon athrú le déanamh ar na cuaillí ag na Pointí Grianghrafadóireachta ar Shlí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin i mbliana; an athrófar an cuaille ‘Inis Mór’ go 'Árainn'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8619/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Seirbhísí Oileán (21 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Is dócha go bhfuil an cheist seo soiléir ón méad atá inti. An bhfuil plean ann na comharthaí a athrú ó "Inis Mór" go "Árainn"?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Seirbhísí Oileán (21 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: B’é an cheist ná an bhfuil an t-athrú sin chun tarlú i mbliana, fiú ar roinnt de na comharthaí. Tuigim an méid a tharla agus a raibh ráite ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga. Caithimid cuimhneamh go bhfuil go leor staire ag baint le logainmneacha agus go bhfuil tábhacht ollmhór ag baint leo. Sin an fáth gur ardaíodh an cheist...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Seirbhísí Oileán (21 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Beidh an obair ar bun i mbliana mar sin agus is rud maith é sin. Is féidir fáilte a chur roimhe sin. Mar a dúirt mé, tá tábhacht stairiúla ag baint le logainmneacha. Tá sé suimiúil do thurasóirí fiú é sin a thuiscint agus an t-eolas sin a bheith acu. Freisin, do dhaoine sa cheantar, léiríonn sé go...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Seirbhísí Oileán (21 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Iontach. Beidh sé ar ais i mbliana.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I welcome from the Nevin Economic Research Institute, Dr. Tom McDonnell, Mr. Ciarán Nugent and Mr. Chris Smart; and from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Dr. Laura Bambrick and Mr. Ger Gibbons. I thank them for coming back. I apologise for what happened with the session some weeks ago. We had a number of clashes, some of which have repeated today but thankfully some have not. We...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I invite Mr. Ger Gibbons to make his opening statement.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Would the witnesses like to make any comments on those points?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe. I am next but we have to make sure that if there is a vote in the Dáil we will be able to attend it. I had prepared questions, but then I was listening to the conversation and now I have a variety of different questions. I will start with what happened yesterday and the conversation around social welfare because a lot of the time the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: It is a fair point. Our clinics were mentioned earlier. The deprivation we see in our clinics is absolutely horrendous. People come into our clinics and tell us things they would not tell a friend or neighbour. We see deprivation at first hand. We do not live through it, however, and maybe that is part of the issue too. I am acutely aware that it is not just a matter of figures and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: In an ideal world, someone might suggest to the delegates that there should be a change of Government, but I would not suggest anything to them. If something were to change overnight and the payments could be benchmarked, how long would it take the people to get out of deprivation? Surely it is not just a matter of getting €400 to €500 suddenly. I would imagine that the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is what I mean. There are so many definitions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Out of interest, I want to ask the delegates about their view on a job guarantee scheme. Is that question a bit broad? I have other questions that I have prepared but this matter arises from the conversation. Having listened to what Deputy Michael Healy-Ray said about the fuel allowance, we went into a fuel allowance conversation. On the few points made, I actually agree that retrofitting...