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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: My point refers to the immediate effect that such a policy change might have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: It would be a displacement effect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: That is accepted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: Before Ms Ward comes back in, I understand where Mr. Mooney is coming from. My response is that if it is a guiding principle in housing policy and it does not displace people, then all it can do is state the obvious. This is not the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government but the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs. While many of us have a great deal of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Mooney and appreciate him clarifying it. That makes it much simpler.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: I thank Ms Ward. That is very helpful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: The State has an horrific record, specifically the local authorities in not spending the money they have been given. It is inexcusable and I have been saying it in my 15 years in politics. The delegates have proposed this education support package for discussion. It is possibly one of the most significant things because it would be immediate and have a very obvious benefit. Deputy...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: On behalf of the committee, I thank the delegates for their presentations and dealing with members’ questions comprehensively. It was proposed that two letters be sent. Is it agreed that they be drafted and sent in due course? Agreed.
- Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: Is the Bill opposed?
- Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
- Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (Resumed) (27 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: I first acknowledge Deputy O'Dowd's remark about the large car parking facility in Lissenhall, Swords, near the Malahide Estuary in my constituency. The car park is compliments of the work of very forward-looking councillors some 15 years ago, namely, Councillors Alan Farrell, Darragh O'Brien, Leo Varadkar and Clare Daly, who all supported the zoning of that plan. I thank Deputy O'Dowd for...
- Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)
Alan Farrell: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Alan Farrell: I thank the officials for coming in and I will start by complimenting them. That is probably not a surprise but I wish to compliment the officials on the centenary celebrations of the Oireachtas because they have been exceptionally well performed or pulled off or whatever one calls it. In particular, the Dáil 100 events were well managed and some of the finances for this were expended...
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Alan Farrell: One of the things from which Members and their staff have benefited is the upgrade from Lotus Notes email to Outlook. I cannot remember for how long Lotus Notes was used in the House of the Oireachtas. It was a very clunky system.
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Alan Farrell: A long-serving member of staff in my office is also a long-serving member of the political system. On some mornings, it took an hour before the computer started up and one could get into it. The upgrade was desperately needed. On personnel and payroll, I wish to specifically address overpayments. It is a problem across all Departments and I am sure it is commonplace elsewhere also....
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Alan Farrell: It is a point of principle.
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Alan Farrell: On personnel of a different type, secretarial allowances and overspends relating to assistants for non-office holders of the Dáil and Seanad, there are significant sums involved and I am somewhat confused about it. I would have thought that overtime would be fairly consistent in respect of those employment categories. By looking back at previous years, one could probably extrapolate...
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Alan Farrell: Indeed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Alan Farrell: I see. It is specific to that two hour agreement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Alan Farrell: That is fair enough. I will tread carefully on the next issue.