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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Financial Services (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I ask that Deputies stay within the time limit.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Data (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I remind Deputies that only one person is to stand in the Chamber at a time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: These are questions, not a debate. Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. Tá d'am caite.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Can we just have one person talking at a time, one person standing at a time and keep to our time? That would be fantastic. Tá dhá cheist le tógail le chéile in ainm an Teachta Emer Currie.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide some details on the work his accelerating infrastructure task force will be undertaking; what we can expect by way of the reports it will produce; and the assurances in place that the recommendations it makes will be acted upon. [27880/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: After those remarks, I must state that it is important the record has been corrected. I would hope that all Members carry our history with them when they make contributions and understand that there are families who can be impacted. It is important for us all to realise the importance of our words. My question relates to the accelerating infrastructure task force. What can we expect by...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: The reason I asked this question is because in recent years various different task forces and expert groups have been set up. We have the construction sector group, for example. I was quite puzzled as to why this new group had to be set up as opposed to its members just being added to the construction sector group. As we know, that expert group was set up to help tackle the housing crisis....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I hope this works, but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. I am worried that the task force will become a place where things are said and reports are written, but that nothing will come from this. Of course, it is important to listen to expert recommendations and bring them together. Some incredibly good reports have been published. In that context, we could fill the House...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform the OPW following the latest report from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27881/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: This relates to the latest Deloitte report into the OPW. Will the Minister of State outline how he plans to reform the organisation and what his future steps will be in that regard? There was huge outcry when people saw the bike shelter and the cost of it at €336,000. You would get an ambulance for that price on Inisheer, which does not have an ambulance.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: There are a number of reasons it is important to raise this. We have been talking about reports that were not acted upon, and I hope it will not be the same in this case. Although Deloitte's report is the latest one, it is not the first report on the OPW. We had damning report in 2014. That was an external London-based firm. Following that, there was a "Prime Time" special, PAC hearings...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: My question is on what actual reform we will see taking place in the OPW. I am sure the Minister of State is against these overspends and I take it he was not in office at the time but it has continued over a number of years and there have been reports over a number of years. What reform will take place in the OPW? Does the Minister of State have confidence it can properly manage its...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the progress that has been made on the National Development Plan review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27885/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We are all waiting to see how the national development plan will proceed. Obviously, all of our areas require a lot of investment in infrastructure. The infrastructural deficit we have, especially across the west, is something I have raised with the Minister quite a number of times. We also need to look at procurement and how it can be used to benefit areas, particularly those more rural...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Will the Minister provide an update on how his Department is coming at this review? Is it that the Department was ready for such a review or did pressure come about as a result of the announcement that there would be a review? Does he think that all the information required will be available when it is needed? It is also welcome that the Minister is saying there will be public...

Flood Relief: Statements (29 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá a fhios agam gur rud é seo atá fíorthábhachtach don Aire Stáit. Fáiltím go bhfuil na hóráidí seo ar siúl inniu. I recognise that this is an issue that is of particular interest to the Minister of State. I thank him for facilitating these statements, which are very welcome. I also recognise that there has been a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in relation to the two new custom made boats/ships purchased by his Department, to clarify what will become of the two older boats they are replacing. [27955/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to confirm the cost of the overhaul of the LÉ Niamh; the number of crew the boat currently has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27956/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he can provide the full year cost of funding five additional procurement specialists to establish a new Public Procurement Ombudsman in 2026 within the general Office of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27964/25]