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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (20 Jan 2022)

Mairead Farrell: 47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the costs related to the freedom of information regime regarding High Court challenges taken by Departments or public bodies against the Office of the Information Commissioner in view of his review of the freedom of information regime and his stated intention to examine its cost; and the actions he plans to take to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Mairead Farrell: ...slow in telling me if I do. I wish to ask about a matter discussed by the Committee of Public Accounts recently, that being bogus self-employment. Our PRSI is low by EU standards. It will be examined by the newly established Commission on Taxation and Welfare, which has been given a far-reaching remit to recommend changes to the taxes we pay and the entitlements we receive. Will the...

Covid-19 (Higher Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Mairead Farrell: ...of most of us at university. I have raised with the Minister previously the issue of the repeat fee at NUI Galway. It still has not been rectified. In the middle of a pandemic when youth unemployment is at a height of 19.4%, students are being asked to cough up €295 for an examination that is free almost everywhere else. That is a considerable amount for students and it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Mairead Farrell: 994. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the examination of a one-door policy (details supplied); and the consideration that has been given to finding the most appropriate service. [10301/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Mairead Farrell: I thank Mr. Fraser for being so frank in his response; it is very refreshing. He mentioned that we do not have a public pay body. Does he think there should be one that would examine it in a more analytical way?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (30 Nov 2021)

Mairead Farrell: 755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he can take or is examining to ensure the sustainability of all fish stocks in waters around Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58692/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ethics in Public Office (28 Apr 2022)

Mairead Farrell: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his review of the ethics framework; the work that has been carried out to date examining the specific issue of tackling conflicts of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21489/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ethics in Public Office (28 Apr 2022)

Mairead Farrell: This question relates to the status of the Minister's review of the ethics framework and the work carried out to date on examining the tackling of conflicts of interest.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Mairead Farrell: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to examine the tax treatment with respect to capital acquisition tax for couples who are long-term cohabitants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (26 Apr 2022)

Mairead Farrell: 1479. To ask the Minister for Health if the Comptroller and Auditor General is examining a value-for-money assessment of the new national maternity hospital; and if so, when his report will be completed and available for review. [19779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (13 Jul 2022)

Mairead Farrell: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine a matter (details supplied). [38457/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Mairead Farrell: I thank the Minister. Will he include an examination of whether it is done elsewhere internationally? We could learn from that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Mairead Farrell: 3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following on from his confirmation that his officials were examining the issue of 51-week leases for purpose-built student accommodation, if he can update on same. [9105/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Mairead Farrell: I seek confirmation the Minister's officials are examining the issue of 51-week leases for purpose-built student accommodation and ask for an update on that.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Mairead Farrell: 194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the terms of reference for the external review panel he is establishing to examine the processes and procedures in relation to the recruitment and remuneration of senior public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Mairead Farrell: ...in relation to the detrimental impact that invasive pike have on the freshwater pearl mussel's reproductive cycle by extirpating native juvenile salmonid populations (details supplied) will be examined and rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5782/24]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairead Farrell: ...arguing against supporting or incentivising pension contributions. We are just discussing the distribution of the tax expenditure system across the income scale. Having more data so that we could examine the matter in greater detail would be welcome and important for everyone. That is the essence of this amendment. I will only be calling a voice vote.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Mairead Farrell: ..., Deputy Doherty, and raising it with the Minister to see if that is something on which he could touch base with the FSPO. In June last year the Committee of Public Accounts published its examination of the 2019 Appropriation Accounts for Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners. The committee examined Revenue's approach to bogus self-employment which, as the Minister is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank (8 Dec 2021)

Mairead Farrell: That was my next question. Ulster Bank has to provide evidence to the Central Bank that it has examined all the various options. Ms Howard stated Ulster Bank comes to some kind of agreement with four out of five of those who engage with it. On those agreements, what are the preferred arrangements to keep people in their homes? Does Ms Howard have a breakdown?