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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Could the Taoiseach look at that?

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: There was shock across the State when the news broke on budget day that there was going to be no tax breaks for workers. I was in disbelief. I had assumed that, given a €2.5 billion tax package, there would surely be something in the budget for ordinary workers, who we all know are at the pin of their collars trying to make ends meet. The fact they were not mentioned and not heard...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Cuirim céad míle fáilte roimh na cuairteoirí atá anseo inniu. Before I begin, I take this opportunity to wish the female garda taken to hospital last night a speedy recovery from her injuries. Struggling households were dealt two body blows on Monday. The first blow was that food inflation has reached its highest level in nearly two years. People are being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We did not give them-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Let us look at what is actually happening under the Government's watch. A total of 300,000 households are in debt with their electricity bills. One in five children is in poverty under its watch. Now today, I have told the Taoiseach two teachers who want to send their child to college - who wants to go to college - cannot afford to send them because of the policies he has implemented...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Poverty.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: It does not matter.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: So they are liars.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: To deliver the hospital beds.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I also welcome the Greybridge Classic Club. I would only love to be part of its Christmas lights run. It sounds amazing. Property tax is going up for people and every household will be hit with a higher bill. Over the course of the weekend, I held a number of clinics - in the city, Clifden and other places in Connemara. At every single clinic, a pensioner came to say they were...

Fisheries: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister of State, Deputy Dooley, knows and has spent time in the coastal communities I represent in Galway. We talk about Connemara and the four offshore islands in Galway West where the lifestyle is completely interwoven with the sea and fishing. It really is a way of life. Anyone who is familiar with fishing communities knows the importance of European fishing quotas and of states...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fishing Communities (21 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recreational fisheries which will be subject to fishing authorisations and catch declarations in the future as per Article 55.4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57334/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the exclusion of cinemas from the recent hospitality VAT reduction from 13.5% to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 11, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57194/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inland Fisheries (21 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) operates a hatchery near Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway under licence from his Department, if IFI notified him of its imminent closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57333/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá leithscéalta faighte againn ón Teachta Pearse Doherty, ón Teachta Edward Timmins agus ón Seanadóir Joe O'Reilly agus ón Seanadóir Conor Murphy. We have received apologies from Deputies Pearse Doherty and Edward Timmins and Senators Joe O'Reilly and Conor Murphy. Deputy Colm Burke has also sent his apologies, but he may be able to join us later. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Sorry, there is a vote in the Seanad. I am not sure whether Senator Higgins is okay to miss that but I wish to make her aware of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I have a few questions that I can start with and then Deputy O'Callaghan can come in again if the Senator is not back by then. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I understand the angle the Senator is coming from with her questions. We will try to-----