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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: These are technical. We have no issue.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We have no issue with these.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I move amendment No. 22: In page 23, to delete lines 15 to 29. It is no secret that when people blow the whistle what generally ensues is a long protracted process that can take years. We have discussed the real-life impact it can have on people and their families. There can also be a reflexive reaction on the part of the employer to circle the waggons. We have seen cases where they...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: A considerable amount has been said. This amendment is about the deletion of lines 15 to 29 where we see the words, "emergency situation or a risk of irreversible damage". Realistically, most protected disclosures are made in such situations. It is very difficult for people and we have seen the significant impact it has had on them. Putting this in is regressive. Making anything more...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: These are technical amendments so we will be supporting them.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We will be supporting these amendments.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We support the amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We support the amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We support the amendment as it is based on our recommendation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We agree with this amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Apologies, I will leave it so.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: My main concluding remark is on something that has been the theme of today's meeting and all of our discussions, that is, the great sense of gratitude many members of the committee have for those people who have blown the whistle and done such really great service to the people and to the State. Deputy Buckley and I strongly believe that everything that can be done to protect future...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (31 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 66. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated or projected final cost of the national children's hospital given ongoing legal challenges and remarks in the media (details supplied) before Christmas 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11388/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I want to raise the ongoing industrial action at Lisk in Gort, County Galway. The company is refusing to engage with the workers' trade union, SIPTU, despite a Labour Court recommendation that the company should recognise the trade union and negotiate with it on worker's concerns. Of course, companies like Lisk have representative groups, such as IBEC, and should, therefore, give the same...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 76. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the full foreshore application for Inis Oírr pier has not been lodged and may be delayed further for another 12 months, given that Galway County Council must undertake updates to the original environment study in order to comply with European Union legislation before the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá imní ar mhuintir Inis Oírr nach bhfuil an iarratas iomlán do cheadúnas imeall trá curtha isteach go fóill agus go mbeidh moill eile do bhliain eile leis mar gheall go gcaithfear, de réir rialacháin an Aontas Eorpaigh, an staidéar timpeallachta a thabhairt suas chun dáta. An feidir leis an Aire a dheimhniú go gclúdóidh...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. That is something the people of Inis Oírr will be glad to hear. It has been great the Minister has taken this project very seriously, as it deserves to be. It is interesting to hear of the gap analysis study the Minister expects to be completed by early May because the people of the island were in contact with me and were concerned the analysis...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister has outlined clearly the situation and the people of the island will be glad to hear that. The issue, as the Minister knows, is the whole health and safety aspect, and they are really concerned about that. We have seen with storms in the past how badly it is impacted. That has an impact on the community in terms of being able to come to or leave the island, and there is a...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Today we heard the powerful and moving testimony of President Zelenskyy. We all expressed our solidarity and support for Ukraine and its people as they suffer during this brutal war. We need to do all we can, even as a militarily neutral country. That starts by looking at domestic policy and legislation. We know that the International Financial Services Centre, IFSC, has become a major...