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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Okay. How can we get to a place where they are paid to do a job? Is Ms Kennelly satisfied they did their job as paid?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Is a legal process being considered for the consultants as well as the contractors?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I have a last question, if you do not mind. How has this whole situation impacted on the work of the council and the morale of its staff? It is an organisation that has grown significantly in recent years. How has this impacted on the work of the council overall?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (27 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work underway, and that has taken place to date, on implementing the actions for which Youth Affairs is the lead on Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services 2024-2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27564/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (27 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills while recognising the transfer of functions to her Department only recently, if she will provide an update on the work underway to develop the implementation approach to support the delivery of agreed actions and ensure effective mainstreaming of strategic objectives of Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated average cost, per month, of full-day childcare, broken down by county, and the average cost nationally, for the most recently available time period, in tabular form. [27549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (28 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide copies of documents released under freedom of information to this deputy (details supplied). [27793/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (29 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 274. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update in respect representations made to him regarding a location (details supplied). [28828/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (29 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance the minister for finance if he will provide an update in respect of the General Scheme of Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2025; and his timeline from introduction to enactment. [28811/25]

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: So far this Government has said that housing will be its number one priority but it appears that its members are not even talking to each other and continue to think up housing policy on the fly. It cannot even get its story straight on today’s announcement about rent pressure zone reform. So far, we have seen thinking-out-loud policy briefing about sheds in gardens; a housing czar...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (11 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Joanna Byrne - To discuss the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in Drogheda in the pathfinder programme for retrofit upgrades. Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss provisions for footpath and road improvement works in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (11 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Deputy.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (11 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Time is up.

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

Aidan Farrelly: As a spokesperson on children for the Social Democrats I will begin by bearing in mind the 50,000 children and young people who have been killed or injured in this genocide since 2023. To quote UNICEF, "The children of Gaza need protection. They need food, water, and medicine. They need a ceasefire. But more than anything, they need immediate, collective action to stop this once and for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: What is going on in the Department of public expenditure? More aptly, should we be calling it the Department of public mis-expenditure at this stage? That is what we all want to know, because the Department is in charge of tens of billions of euro and now we learn that its own HR agency cannot do its sums right. Senior civil servants and Ministers, current and former, were overpaid huge...

Committee on Children and Equality: Priority Issues Facing the Department: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (12 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister and her colleagues for their time and attendance this morning and for her opening statement. I want to echo the Chair's comments. I would like to think we have gotten off to a very positive collaborative start, certainly when it came to the announcement last week to take the time to brief us as a committee, which was really productive. I thank the Minister for that. ...

Committee on Children and Equality: Priority Issues Facing the Department: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (12 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister very much for that response, which I appreciate. I am not going to ask her for an answer on this today, but I implore her to consider really going to bat for a second targeted children's allowance in this budget. That would be a surefire way to make a significant impact on the experiences of children and young people in this country. If we could see that coming from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (10 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any further meetings held between his Department with the US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel of business leaders since the first meeting during his visit to Washington DC in March 2025. [28955/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (10 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any further meetings held in April and May between his Department with the US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel of business leaders. [28956/25]