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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Údarás na Gaeltachta as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That brings me to another question from what was discussed earlier, namely, how we support our indigenous industry. The Minister made quite an interesting point - I cannot remember who it was in response to - that, sometimes, for people who have put all the risk into their business and had the idea, the aim has been to sell it on to a greater company. An Teachta Timmins mentioned the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We are hearing more talk of tariff engineering. That has come up a bit. We are obviously trying to avoid these tariffs. At this point, it is hard to know when we will know exactly what the tariffs will be. Does the Minister predict that will be something that will take off and have an impact going forward in reducing the impact of tariffs? Does he think that will not be the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: No. It is the concept of tariff engineering, whereby a third country is used to try to impact on the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That is interesting. I have one last question regarding a concept that was floated by the Minister, Deputy James Browne, which is the idea of a state saving scheme for housing funding. Does the Minister have any details on the outline of that proposed scheme? Would it work in a similar way to schemes in other countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Does anybody else want to come in? Go raibh míle maith agaibh. Lá fada a bhí ann. It has been quite a long day. I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in and engaging with us. That concludes the committee's business in public session. I thank members for participating in today's meeting. The joint committee is adjourned until 11 June, when it will meet in...

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I commend the Social Democrats on introducing this important motion. Representatives of the Central Bank will appear before the finance committee today to explain its position on why there has been no action on these bonds. Therefore, this motion is timely. Thus far the Central Bank has refused to reject the prospectuses submitted for these Israeli war bonds. Its reasons not to act have...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, given that in recent years large shoals of bream (an invasive cyprinid fish) have dominated the Maam River mouth and Hen’s Castle region of Lough Corrib SAC, it is departmental policy to continue conserving this fish in a SAC under the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law (No. 806)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, given that in the past three years local stakeholders including the Ballindiff Bay Angling Club have noted an exponential growth of tench (an invasive cyprinid fish) in the Ballindiff Bay area of Lough Corrib SAC due to a recent anthropogenic introduction, it is departmental policy to continue conserving this fish in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government , if the inland fisheries Division has implemented any policies to mitigate against the risk of river barrier removal becoming a catalyst for the anthropogenic spread of invasive freshwater fish species such as carp, chub, dace, roach and pike throughout the state, given that his Department is a key stakeholder in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the intention of his Department to continue protecting and conserving invasive freshwater fish species in Lough Corrib SAC under the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. 809 of 2006, considering that Invasive Species Awareness...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are two Principal Officers working within the Inland Fisheries Division of the Department, with one Principal Officer dealing solely with legacy issues regarding fisheries legislation and the legality of inland fisheries bye-laws in Special Areas of Conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, given that on Tuesday, 20 May this year, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) closed the Galway Salmon Weir Fishery until further notice due to high water temperatures, IFI provided any evidence that Atlantic salmon were resident in the weir at the time of closure considering that IFI operates under the aegis of his...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 395. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will review its agreement with the Department of Education to label all home tutors as employees of the parents and not employees of the Department of Education in light of the Supreme Court decision in Karshan. [29318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the Karshan Supreme Court ruling, her Department will review its agreement with Revenue to label all home tutors as self-employed for tax purposes when the 'reality of the situation' is that home tutors are paid directly by her Department through the PAYE system and can only be legally adjudged to be employees of her...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government is it is the intention of his Department to reclassify the Lough Corrib Catchment as a Heavily Modified Water Body (HMWB) under the EU Water Framework Directive in an attempt to undermine its status as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) under the EU Habitats Directive as well as a means to validate the presence of invasive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing Agency will be provided with additional resources in 2026 via Budget 2026, in order that it can commence the work of regulating the owners' management companies sector, as promised in the Programme for Government. [29670/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 832. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to increasing the income threshold for cost rental housing outside of Dublin, in particular taking into consideration the number of dependents that are in a household; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30045/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 888. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on plans to abolish the carer’s allowance means test; and when this change is expected to be implemented. [29245/25]