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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I will leave it at that because I am conscious of the time and that we have other witnesses coming in later. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as ucht teacht os comhair an choiste inniu. I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I am very much aware of the support that the organisations represented give to so many people. I want to recognise that. The witnesses and many of us know the real impact that the issue has on so many people. My first question is for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is a really important point and it leads on to my next question. I was dealing with a woman who received a letter from one of those funds. It was a really bad time in her life. The letter told her basically that she needed to vacate the house in ten days or something. It was only that her daughter contacted me and I was able to contact the Irish Mortgage Holders Association which was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely. That is a really powerful message. When I have people come into me about these kinds of things, they usually have not told anybody. I always say, and have said it here before, that if people on the street just spoke to the neighbours and all told each other what is going on in their lives they would realise they are a lot less alone. People often feel ashamed because they do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: What is meant by "transitional"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: So there are 26 extra ones. There are 17 at the moment and 26 extra ones coming on stream?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Special Areas of Conservation (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Inland Fisheries Ireland published the 2021 Lough Melvin Water Framework Directive Fish Survey Report on 23 February 2023, which highlighted the first anthropogenic existence of invasive roach in this SAC lake, if he, and his Department support the conservation of invasive roach in Lough Melvin SAC under the current...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the contact details for the newly established Online Safety Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12143/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (9 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the ongoing construction of the Ros a'Mhíl deep water quay, if he has considered increasing the spec of the deck capacity to 30 tonnes / m2 and the extension of the berth pocket by 30 metres at the north end of the pier, in order to future proof the development; the process and procedures that are in place to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: May I ask a question that is probably a stupid question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Some people could think - not that I think this - that more firms coming on stream will make others more competitive. That may be the theory, but what negative impact will it have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: They are separate entities, legally, or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That would be interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Wow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is a question I had. The witnesses are on the front line. They see the impact. Will they touch on the physical and mental health impacts they see? We can often talk about numbers, but they do not have that same real-world impact, because people do not realise the numbers are about people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Unfortunately, my colleague, Deputy Doherty, could not be here; he really wanted to be. This is an area he deals with rather than me. I am spokesperson on public expenditure and he is spokesperson on finance. It is an area in which he has had a massive interest for a long period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: He should be concerned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Maybe I would be concerned if I were him. What is the key legislation that is needed? Mr. Joyce mentioned the courts. What are the key aspects that need to be discussed? Ultimately, Mr. Joyce is here because we are the ones who can put the legislation together. Maybe it will be a combination of the Cathaoirleach and I championing joint legislation; that would be funny. Will Mr. Joyce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: In that sense, will councils sit down and plan out rent arrears? Councils do a totally different thing but that is something I would do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: So do I.