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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht teacht os comhair an choiste. Is dócha go n-aontódh muid ar fad leis an méid a dúirt sí ag tús a píosa cainte ansin maidir leis an scoil i mBaile Átha Cliath. Táimid ar fad ag smaoineamh ar na daltaí, na tuismitheoirí, agus iad siúd atá ag obair ann freisin ar ndóigh. I will...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: May I just ask, though, if it is the case that there are more exemptions for Irish language than others, say French or German, as a second language?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Of course, yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: That is good.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Definitely.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I might come in on that because I feel particularly passionately about that. If anything, we are going backwards on this and that is clear from the figures. I was lucky enough to go to an Irish-language school. That is the only reason I can speak Irish. At the time, I was the only person in the school who did not speak English or Irish at home. I spoke German at home. I came from a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on BusConnects Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he had any discussions with the National Transport Authority to increase the number of agents selling the student Leap card, to ensure every county has at least one provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51990/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 16 November 23, and in relation to the record number of 182 exemptions which were provided in October, how many of these did he liaise with the Department of Transport on; what countries were granted these exemptions; if his Department keeps records on the destination of these aircraft (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 470. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the catchment areas for consultant psychiatrists in the Galway area; if an individual can be seen by these services outside of their catchment area; and to outline the options available to individuals who do not have a consultant psychiatrist in their catchment area. [52898/23]

Renters: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: There are but the next speaker should be here in time. It has been said that there are only two certainties in life, death and taxes, but perhaps rising Irish rents should be included in that old maxim because here we are again. Whether it is the latest Daft report, CSO statistics, the census or, as in this case, RTB data, we are talking about rents rising again and again. At exactly this...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Tomorrow will mark exactly two months since most of the world's attention became focused on Israel and Palestine, but the conflict has been going on for much longer than that. Today, we saw that the visa of the UN humanitarian co-ordinator was revoked simply because she made the following statement: Nowhere is safe in Gaza and there is nowhere left to go. The conditions required to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (5 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí plé ar na rátaí pá a thuilleann mná tí faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. [53572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta (5 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard é an t-eolas is déanaí maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [53381/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) has been refused SNA support despite the recommendations of their teacher; if this decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for the avoidance of doubt could she provide the full list of payments which will receive the Christmas bonus along with the respective dates of disbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53234/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the Christmas bonus, if she is aware of any concerns that the large number of different categories for social welfare payments, and the requirement for a specific type of payment to be listed amongst those eligible for the bonus, could result in some people unintendedly not receiving this payment; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 October 2023, if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of apprentices currently waiting for off-the-job training at levels 2, 4 and 6, in the months of October and November 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53214/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (6 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that Irish neutrality is being upheld (details supplied), considering the recent training of Ukrainian soldiers at Kilworth army camp in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54142/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: It is becoming increasingly difficult for many young people to see a future in Ireland. For many of the young people who have left, housing becomes the greatest barrier for those who want to return. We have seen it with rising rents and the unaffordability of housing. Today, Galwegians will have heard something that confirmed what they already knew: house prices in Galway are simply...