Results 961-980 of 1,164 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: This was yet another piece of correspondence that was flagged with regard to ICT infrastructure and whether we could seek some further information. It would be prudent, given how often we have seen IT projects, tenders and delivery coming under scrutiny at this committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I will briefly highlight what this breakdown does, notwithstanding the appropriate questions that will be raised about the nature of how this table is formatted and how we can come up with an accurate costing of this. It is to highlight the difference in costing between some counties. For example, in Kildare it averages more than €90 per night whereas in other counties, it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I mean this with the greatest of respect to the Minister of State, but this is the fourth Topical Issue raised with no relevant line Minister or Minister of State here to debate it and to engage in the conversation on it. I am not directing this at the Minister of State. He is here and I appreciate the opportunity to speak to him about this issue, but I cannot expect he will know anything...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I appreciate the update with regard to the review by the NCSE and that it is being taken as a priority. We will feed that back to the school immediately. It has potential but the worry is the criteria for the review. We do not know what the criteria are and if the same criteria are maintained from the first review, it would be unreasonable...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. Finnegan for his opening statement. As someone who would still regard myself as relatively new in here, his legacy is written on the walls and is very clear to see. I wish him the very best and commend him and everyone who works as part of his team for continued success into the future. I really mean that. I think what we are starting to hear is a sense of the real...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: That is the crux of it, but that process is being facilitated by this arrangement. That is the contract that was signed for the last five-year term and now we are going back into a retendering process that is open. These people whom collectively we have great respect for do not know on a Monday if they are working on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. That is not sustainable. The bit I...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Could we establish a technical grade in the time that we have for workers?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Is that the tender?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Is Mr. Finnegan confident that will include standard rates of pay for these experts?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Mr. Finnegan also mentioned the move towards IT services. I am starting to sound like a little broken record here. That move has been considerable within the Houses and the commission as well. Will he please, if possible in 60 seconds, summarise how that process has worked? Has it gone to plan? Have there been any surprises within that significant development regarding IT infrastructure?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: To Mr. Finnegan's knowledge, have any of those projects run over?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I have one more question. Mr. Finnegan has covered that comprehensively. I thank him for his time. I am drawn to one piece with regard to non-procurement, and that is the €522,000 cost on venue hire. What was that event? What was it for? Where was it?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Was the price agreed in 2021 the price that was eventually paid in 2024 or was there a difference?

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (1 Oct 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 Ruairí Ó Murchú - To discuss the failure to provide an SNA for a primary school child. Deputy Matt Carthy - To discuss the impact of delays of SNA allocations on pupils and families in Cavan-Monaghan. Deputy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Thank you, Deputy.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: You can come back, Deputy.

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I note that no amendments to this motion have been tabled. I call Deputy Hearne.

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister for being here and for his contribution. We are starting to see a trend across the House in the words we are using about carer's allowance. It comes down to choices. The Minister has spoken about the idea that he cannot abolish the means test now. I take issue with that. The Government can do it but it chooses not do. As he will agree, family carers make an...

Investment in Sport and Sporting Infrastructure: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I often stand up here to debate the challenges facing Government Ministers. I am on the record in conversation with the Minister of State, Deputy McConalogue, and I again commend him and previous Governments on their investment in sports facilities. I know of a number of pockets of County Kildare where the population has doubled in 20 years. The county has one of the youngest populations...