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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of real GDP in constant prices, dividends, interest, rents and so on broken by all expenditure components, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4431/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNI in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4432/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of real GNI in constant prices for the latest year for which data is available in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4433/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered making amendments to the public sector sick pay scheme or occupational injury and illness schemes in relation to long Covid; if so, if a cost estimate or range of estimates will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4420/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered introducing financial supports for small agricultural contracting businesses given that many do not qualify for funding schemes for farmers and are struggling to afford the cost of updating equipment to comply with environmental standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4009/21]

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. He will find that, on Galway City Council, it is actually Fianna Fáil councillors who voted against certain public housing being built. I am glad that he wants to hear constructive solutions. I will get straight into them. A report released on Monday by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland stated that the construction cost of two-bedroom...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (28 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNP by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending GFCF in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (28 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of real GNP in constant prices for the latest year for which data is available by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending GFCF in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4795/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (28 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNP by all income components, that is, dividends, interest, rents in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (28 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of real GNP in constant prices, that is, dividends, interest, rents and so on by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4797/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Circulars (28 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 20 January 2021, his views on whether section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 is the statutory provision which transferred the powers under section 17 of the 1956 Act to the Minister and which also transferred the powers relating to superannuation of members...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Circulars (28 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 20 January 2021, if he has exercised the powers relating to superannuation of members of staff of public service bodies under section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 by way of administrative act including by the issue of or revocation of circulars; if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (28 Jan 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date by which the parent's leave and benefit announced in the budget will be introduced. [4976/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: In the correspondence we have received as a committee, we do not see any explanation as to where the astronomical increase of €81,000 comes from. Where was this figure plucked from? Where are the calculations to show why an increase of €81,000 was chosen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: There is one reality for some and then there is a totally different reality for others. I did look at the minutes of the meeting but it did not give exact calculations on how the €81,000 was agreed on. It just seems that €292,000 was seen as a nice, round number. The Minister mentioned in his opening statement that he feels the figure of €292,000 is commensurate with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister has not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister has said there is a determination to resolve the issue. There are reports. Nurses who went on strike and are now on the front line of the pandemic got a Public Service Pay Commission. However, when it comes to top civil servants there is an increase of €81,000 and there does not seem to be any clarity. The Minister has given us no clarity as to how that figure was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Why was the increase €81,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Who did the Minister speak to in his Department? Did he speak to the Secretary General about it? Did he heed the warnings he got from people in his Department that the increase could have a knock-on effect on others in terms of pay scales? What risk analysis did he carry out?

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I commend my colleague, Deputy Kerrane, on bringing this motion to the floor of the Dáil. It is a reasonable motion with practical solutions that would dramatically improve the lives of many. Fuel poverty means that people literally do not have the ability to afford to heat their homes for them and their families. Families choose between putting food on the table, heating their homes...