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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I was referring to what Ms Sheridan said about consumers not having the opportunity to submit relevant evidence and that she was not informed of the settlement. It was that issue I was referring to. I could be wrong and am happy to be corrected but it is my understanding that under section 16(4) of the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act, sponsored by my colleague Deputy Pearse Doherty and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I did not mean to personalise the issue.

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Our nation's attention is currently focused on violence against women due to the horrific murder of Ashling Murphy. I know that all our thoughts are with her family and loved ones. Sadly, however, this is only the most recent violent attack against a woman to horrify our nation. We have a long and shameful history regarding the treatment of women and girls in this State. We must be under...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made to date with the roll-out of the pandemic bonus for front-line staff. [2513/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Yesterday, we had the welcome announcement of the long-awaited front-line bonus and after many suggestions and promises from various Cabinet colleagues, we saw the exclusion of certain workers from this. One of the reasons for this, which the Tánaiste mentioned yesterday, was that many of those excluded would benefit from the additional bank holiday. I will tell the Minister who will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Carers lost everything during the pandemic. They lost their day services and respite, including their unofficial respite in the form of help from grandparents and other family members when we were all told to isolate, keep apart and stay in our homes. As for the parents of children in special schools, even those schools for children with severe to profound intellectual disabilities closed....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I am specifically asking the Minister why he decided to exclude carers from this bonus. We know there was a real-life impact on the lives of family carers. Many carers approached me, as I am sure they did the Minister, during the course of the pandemic to explain just how difficult the loss of services had been for them and not only how hard it was for them then but how it has had a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the preparations he has made for the unwinding of unpaid hours in the Haddington Road Agreement. [2514/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: An tAire has said that he expects to receive the Mulvey report in the coming weeks. Will he advise us as to the preparation he has done for receiving the report? I understand that he cannot guess what will be in the report but I am interested in hearing about his preparations.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. I am also quite interested in the analysis that he and his Department will have done to determine the additional value of those extra hours. Will he say what has been done to quantify the savings made by increasing the hours? How many shifts were covered? How much was knocked off the agency Bill? What extra services were delivered? As I am sure the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister. I am aware that the Minister has not received the full report but I am interested in this area because we often see an increase in the use of agency staff, which comes at a cost. I would be interested in looking at that analysis and whether those additional hours had an impact. Did we see a reduction in the use of agency staff? What I have seen at times has instead...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Can I ask Deputy Doherty's question?

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay, but he is on his way.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Apologies. I did not realise I needed to give prior notification.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the revision of the European Union Trans-European Transport Network regulation; if the western arc will be restored to the TEN-T core network; if the Government will continue to lobby the European Commission for the restoration of the western arc to the core network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1750/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 384. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date the report by the Commission for Public Service Appointments into the recruitment process of ministerial drivers was issued; the terms of reference for this report; and the key findings of the report. [1342/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (19 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the methodology he will be using for the cost of his review of the freedom of information regime; and the way he will be calculating the cost savings that it generates. [2267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (19 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to remove the clauses in the heads of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021 which the Oireachtas Joint Committees on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach deemed to be regressive; if he will be redrafting this Bill given the other serious concerns that the committee outlined in its pre-legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress he has made to date implementing the recommendations of the report that was issued by the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in relation to top public service appointments and remuneration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2269/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department factored in the potential for increased productivity that might arise from the reduced Haddington Road working hours; and the methodology that was used by his Department to reach its estimated cost (details supplied). [2270/22]