Results 461-480 of 804 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for the presentation so far. I will make a general observation on the consistent noting of a material level of non-compliance. When I looked into the detail on some of the ETBs specifically, I started to understand why, for some of the goods and services, it might not be possible to get a contract. Does Mr. McCarthy have an overall opinion on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: That was not noted in the opinion, and I raise some hesitancy about such a small financial figure, given the context we had in 2022 and 2023. If it is pertinent I am happy to support it, but at the same time we could end up getting into very specific detail if it was not flagged by the Comptroller and Auditor General at this point.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The sum we are talking about is so small. It is just to raise that. It is a small figure.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. McCarthy for the consistent dialogue. A number of supplementary questions arise for me but, from looking at previous Committee of Public Accounts debates, my sense is supplementary questions should be directed to the bodies as opposed to Mr. McCarthy. I am saying that out loud to seek assurances. Is that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Okay. I will hold all my supplementary questions on CHI and the board for next week when we have the opportunity to ask them. I propose we write to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council under No. 41 to seek assurances that the practice regarding that €812,000, whereby assessors were to be treated as contractors, has ceased in the council.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Can we have clarification that correspondence is going to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an additional class (details supplied) in time for the September 2025 intake. [24674/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he has made to date to increase the number of Irish diplomatic staff in the United States since the formation of the Government, including the total number of new staff added to diplomatic missions by location and costs associated with increased number of missions and diplomatic staff. [23770/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to correspondence in respect of driving licence exchanges (details supplied); if he will provide a schedule of jurisdiction that he has developed a licence exchange agreement with and if he has plans to further expand the exchange agreement. [23480/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 468. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his plans for a National Fintech Hub, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [23763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 469. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his plans to broaden the remit of the National Development Finance Agency in the National Treasury Management Agency to provide expert advice for major infrastructure delivery, as required by sponsoring departments or agencies, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [23764/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 489. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy in 2019 to date in 2025; the amount collected under the levy in the same period; the number of persons who are declared non-resident for tax purposes; the number of those who qualified for the domicile levy in 2019 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 529. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the drafting of Enterprise 2035, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [23761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Irish Stock Exchange (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 530. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on plans outlined in the Programme for Government to explore opportunities to enhance the Irish Stock Exchange, as a vital source of equity and growth for indigenous businesses. [23762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 531. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his plans to set up a MMC Innovation Fund, via the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, to directly fund new housing factories, and the expansion of existing factories. [23768/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans to establish a new Towns and Cities Infrastructure Investment Fund, to replace the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund. [23766/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his plans to create a new strategic fund to invest in infrastructure, to acquire land, assemble sites, and de-risk sites in existing towns and cities, to maximise their potential growth. [23767/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of land activation units established in local authorities, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [23769/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 894. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown, by rank, of the number of officers stationed out of Kildare’s ASU base in Newbridge; and the number of unfilled posts at the base. [24175/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (13 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 958. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of waiting lists, to include banded waiting times, in the CDNT in north Kildare for occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics. [23498/25]