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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as teacht os comhair na coiste seo. We have already spoken at length about this on Second Stage in the Dáil Chamber. As I said at the time, it was good that an agreement was reached and that members of the different trade unions had the opportunity to vote on that. That is a decision for the trade union members. As the Minister clearly outlined,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Yesterday, the IMF outlined the need for increased public investment here. It referred to the deficit we have in housing and public infrastructure. Our public infrastructure was creaking in the run up to the Covid-19 pandemic which put us on the back foot, with Ireland having the largest class sizes in Europe, etc. I would be interested to hear the Minister's viewpoint. We have had many...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I wish to ask specifically about what the IMF has said. I heard the ESRI said something as well although I did not read it so I cannot say for sure. However, I understand the ESRI mentioned in recent days increasing capital expenditure. How does that relate to what the IMF has said? Does the Minister believe what is being proposed now is in line with, as ambitious or as largescale as what...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: While we are at an all-time high now in terms of capital expenditure, the reality is that we were lagging so far behind and we have had a significant infrastructural deficit in this State for so long. It has been decades-long. I welcome that the IMF has said this and that the penny has dropped in the sense that we need to grow out rather than have austerity. Many people are raising...

Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (18 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: "It has taken 50 years ... for my brother and my neighbours to be vindicated. And that 50 years has destroyed our lives." These are the words of Carmel Quinn, whose brother, John Laverty, was murdered in 1971. It is important to put on the Dáil record just how horrific that atrocity was. Between 9 and 11 August 1971, more than 600 soldiers entered the Ballymurphy area of west...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (18 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 150. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the information his Department collates as per circular 20/2019 (details supplied); the date this report was issued; the location on his Departmental website on which it can be found; and the progress in relation to green procurement that has been made to date. [25440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (18 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role that Irish universities play in an organisation (details supplied) which lists universities around Europe as its partner universities. [26111/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the approach being taken to ensure that the standard in Office of Government Procurement contracts remain in compliance with the core principle of proportionality specifically as it relates to the ownership of IPR in IT cloud service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26820/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht os comhair an choiste seo. Bhí plé an-suimiúil againn go dtí seo agus tá an chéad cheist atá agam i gcomhair FBD Insurance. My first question is for FBD Insurance. Does Mr. O'Midheach accept that the benefit of taxpayers' money, paid to small businesses and their employees by Government subsidies,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Does Mr O'Midheach accept the fact that these businesses have suffered greatly over the past year and the reason for these Government subsidies is specifically to assist businesses, which, through no fault of their own, have been unable to operate in their usual manner? That is the reasoning behind providing these Government subsidies. I am of the view that it is wholly and grossly unfair...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I believe the public outrage about this is quite understandable. I have another question in this regard. How many claims has FBD Insurance receive from publicans to date beyond those it has not deemed to be covered by business interruption, and how many has it settled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: In that regard, what percentage of the overall amount insured has FBD paid out, on average, if those figures are available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: That would be great. If Mr. McMahon does not get a chance to get those figures before the end of the meeting, he could furnish them to the committee afterwards. It will be important for the committee to see them. Turning to the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019, how is the insurance industry preparing to implement that legislation in full? What impact is it anticipated that will have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Moving on to fraud, it is the issue we heard many insurance companies over the years suggest as the big reason for having such high costs. Insurance companies, of course, have a legal obligation to report fraud so it can be investigated. It is not incumbent on them to carry out the investigation, but they do have that legal obligation to report such instances. From the figures I see here,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Given the number of people who hold insurance, that is a small number of reports of fraud.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Ms Corbett.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Those 247 cases were reported by Aviva.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2020: Discussion (20 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr. Downes for his presentation and for coming before the committee. I am a new member of this committee, unlike the previous Deputy who was speaking about the developments within equality budgeting. I have a question on that. I can see from Mr. Downes's presentation and the report that it is something which is being focused on. On some of the shortcomings highlighted by the OECD...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2020: Discussion (20 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr. Downes. That is very informative. I am just conscious that my time is running away from me so I will ask my other few questions together and then give Mr. Downes an opportunity to respond. Regarding housing, the whole point of this performance report is that it increases transparency and accountability and ensures that every citizen can see clearly how public funds are being...