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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: We need to re-evaluate the carrot approach in order to remove people from larger electric vehicles. The electric equivalent of even the smallest combustion engine car on the market is heavier and that applies in the vast majority of cases. The approach of using existing taxation to help people to purchase a particular car because that is their tax point, as well as the taxation effect that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: The difficulty many of us have, which we have articulated here or at meetings of the committee over recent weeks, is that whatever about the redundancies offered in 2020, the DAA knew by 2021 that it was looking at an uptake in numbers. Therefore, it was completely illogical for it to have 1,400 passengers miss flights in May 2022 as a result of its inaction over the previous 12 months. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: The marquees in terminal 1 and elsewhere are covering up the disorganised chaos we saw that Sunday in May. It is now organised chaos. While 1,400 people might not have missed their flights, turnaround times at the airport are unreasonably long because the DAA still does not have the necessary staff. The end of the month is rapidly approaching. A commitment from the Government and from the...

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate, although I somewhat echo the comments of Deputy Bruton on the retrospective look being a little too far back. I hope we can amend that in future years. I had the opportunity to attend a youth climate action debate in the Seanad Chamber. It was a feature of climate action committee’s outreach on the subject. I am sure the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: May I raise a point of order? Not for the first time, although it is the first time in respect of the Minister's Department, my question has been grouped with Deputy Haughey's question, which is identical to the previous two questions, which were also grouped, and which is identical to the priority question the Minister has already answered. That means the Minister is now going to revisit...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: I understood it was the Department, but if it is the Bills Office, I point my ire at it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: I understood it was.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on his Department’s engagement with the representatives of an organisation (details supplied) regarding public sector pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30552/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: Like my colleague, Deputy Calleary, I want to focus my attention on the consequences of the public service pay talks in the context of a cost-of-living crisis. Where we would like to see the Government head with these talks is towards targeted measures at lower-income public servants, the threshold for which I will allow the Department and others to decide. If we are to be realistic about...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: My focus is similar to that of my colleague. What level of consideration does the Department give, in the context of the public service pay deal, and with the backdrop of the various tax measures that may be implemented in the October budget? As Deputy Calleary correctly pointed out, the difficulties in recruitment at certain grades and levels within the public service right across the...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister of State for her comments, which I welcome. I know she has brought a determination to the role and it is extremely important that the Minister of State with responsibility for special education has that determination because it is an extremely important role. I appreciate her efforts. As the Minister of State knows, I have a very particular personal and professional...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail his engagement with Dublin Airport Authority officials; the steps that have been taken to avoid delays at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30548/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the critical skills list will be updated in 2022 to include occupational therapists and speech and language therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29240/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current turnaround time for work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29241/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofitting applications the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland have received to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofitting contractors that have been approved for the one-stop-shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29238/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has queried with the Dublin Airport Authority the arrangements it is making for vulnerable or disabled travellers at Dublin Airport given the high volume of passengers travelling through the airport at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29236/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 385. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the challenges facing the renewables industry on the issue of capital acquisitions tax given that it applies to lands used for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 1088. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a period of grace can be applied to the disability allowance for a parent in receipt of the allowance when the child passes away; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 1089. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will consider establishing a policy review for parents and carers in receipt of social welfare supports that will cease once their child passes away; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29243/22]