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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers on Bus Éireann Route 419 in both directions in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (15 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 381. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reform of the EU Fiscal Rules Stability and Growth Pact as they currently stand; if he will be making a submission to the Commission’s public consultation which is reopening in the second half of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20512/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review will be published for the 2016 tenant incremental purchase scheme. [32026/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (16 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I raise the issue of children who are suffering with chronic pain and their families. In November 2019, the only HSE paediatric pain specialist left his post due to a continued lack of support and an intense and increasing workload. As a result, no pain paediatric specialists are left. There are also currently no private pain consultants in the country who see children. Therefore,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (16 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister of State and I will send that in an email. I understand there is funding in place and it is good we have clarity that there is a locum consultant and that amendments will be made in an effort to hire a full-time consultant, which it is hoped will attract more candidates. How long will that process take? When does the Minister of State expect it to close in order that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: My question is on children's respite services in Galway. Crannóg respite service caters for children with complex medical needs. It is only open for 19 nights each month and needs to be expanded to include more children. Crannmór respite centre for children with autism needs an alternative location. Currently, if children require emergency respite, the only option available for...

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá ceist fíor-shimplí agam don Aire. Cén fáth an bhfuil sé ag troid i gcoinne CAP a bheadh níos fearr d’fhormhór na bhfeirmeoirí ar fud an iarthair, ar fud ceantair Ghaeltachta, ina chontae féin i nDún na nGall agus i mo chontae, Contae na Gaillimhe? Mar gheall ar a dhearcadh agus dearcadh páirtithe an Rialtais, tá...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021 (Resumed)
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have a question on the census and the Irish language. It is my understanding there is a question about speaking Irish, and around 2 million people would say "Yes". Can there be a follow-up question, potentially, that drills down into this and is a bit more specific? Can oral or written ability be rated so we can clarify the level of Irish spoken? That would be very useful.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to doubling capital expenditure in order to solve the housing crisis in view of the recent report by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, which calls for same. [31883/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The ESRI recently issued a report stating that major public investment in housing finance through additional borrowing is needed to address the State's housing crisis. Ireland will be facing another decade of a housing crisis unless the Government doubles capital expenditure on housing to the tune of €4 billion per annum. Will the Government commit to the doubling of capital...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: As the Minister knows, I have been raising the need to increase capital expenditure over the past year, not just due to the fact that this State has historically lagged behind our EU peers when it comes to capital investment, and not just due to the fact we have a massive housing and infrastructural deficit which we badly need to close, but because capital investment is seen as the best...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: In my brief time here, I have lived to see the likes of the IMF, the EU, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, Social Justice Ireland and now the ESRI all highlighting our chronic infrastructural deficit. I take on board what the Minister is saying in regard to increases in housing supply and so on but the reality is the ESRI is literally telling us that we need to double this in order to deal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans he is putting in place to increase capacity in relation to a recent report by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, which highlighted concerns that capacity issues were likely to stymie efforts to hit to the current capital expenditure targets. [31884/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: My next question follows on from the first. To address a point that the Minister made, if I asked a question about tax, it would have been transferred to the Minister for Finance. If we accept that capital expenditure should increase not just for housing but infrastructure more generally, then the question is about how we get there. A recent IFAC report highlighted concerns about capacity...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: We are all on the same page. We want these capital projects to happen. The Minister mentioned external expertise to try to deliver this. I am aware that he will hire additional external expertise for the Project Ireland 2040 delivery board. Those will be additional members if I am not mistaken. I am aware that he is establishing a framework of external specialists and infrastructure...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: A recommendation in my party's submission on the recovery and resilience plan was to allocate some of the money towards what I would call capital catch-up. These would be one-off spending measures to help us to get back on track to reach existing targets. That is before we look at potentially increased targets. I am aware, as the Minister mentioned, that the Government's housing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the increased capital expenditure set to take place in the coming years and the current delays in commencing capital projects, his views on and whether he favours investing in a State construction body or an expanded role for the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32592/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: One line in the ESRI report stuck in my mind which stated, "it is evident that the domestic construction sector is unable to meet the scale of production required". Given the current delays in commencing certain capital projects and the longer-term problem of market supply meeting demand, has the Minister considered investing in a State-owned construction body or an expanded role for the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: We are in a situation at the moment where demand consistently outstrips supply. This puts upward pressure on house prices and rent. The Minister mentioned in the past number of questions high expenditure in terms of capital. We need to look at the reality on the ground as well. People cannot afford housing or rents. Again today the Central Bank has said that house prices will rise...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (17 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I hope the Government will start to play its part in the delivery of housing, especially affordable housing that people can actually live in. The reality is that we have seen for a long number of years with previous Governments and this Government a failure to do that. That is why we are in the situation we are in. We are where we are because of political decisions. It is simply not good...