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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: However, that would not be part of the deprived indicator if it is two out of 11 basic goods, would it?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: With their parent-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That is very interesting because Mr. Nugent mentioned how increasing real disposable income for households is basically contributing to the economy overheating, but this is obviously happening alongside a cost-of-living crisis whereby workers and families are literally struggling to make ends meet. Is it a bit of that as well? I mean-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Of course, and then that will actually go into the real economy rather than just going into bank accounts. Mr. Nugent is talking about the increasing real disposable income for households. That is not actually based on the number of households. It is based on the amount of disposable income divided by the number of households, but not actually relative income.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, that is what I mean.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: The disposable income Mr. Nugent is talking about is not the disposable income of one person. Take, for example, my estate, Mervue; he is not saying every single person's disposable income, or the majority of them, are increasing. What he is saying is that if we take everybody and there are very high earners, say-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: The average.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That was a major part of the institute's opening statement today. We are doing pre-budget analysis here. The economy is made up of the people who live in it. Why is it such a strong focus if it is not the reality for most people? Is Mr. Nugent solely talking about figures and not about people? Surely, the budget is about policy decisions that are made in order to impact on people's...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Cost of living.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I will ask one final question. The witnesses mentioned the childcare aspect, and that they would be looking at doing specific measures of affordable childcare for certain areas. What I got from that is that it was maybe more deprived areas. There is a policy outcome of that as well. We know single mothers are most at risk of poverty because of barriers in terms of accessing childcare and,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Due to what?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed) (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: My time is up, but I thank Dr. McDonnell. That was informative and really helpful.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that there are two principal officers assigned to the Inland Fisheries Division, as stated by his Departments website on 12 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50212/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fisheries Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) should continue operating as a statutory body considering its reluctance to fully comply with the EU Habitats and Water Framework Directives by conserving invasive/non-native freshwater fish in Lough Corrib SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fisheries Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will continue to legislatively conserve and validate invasive non-native freshwater fish such as pike and roach in SACs within the confines of a Geopark (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50215/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fisheries Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide additional funding to Inland Fisheries Ireland to initiate a comprehensive rehabilitation plan for the Blackwater River after the catastrophic fish kill in August 2025 considering the river’s status as a SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether a third level student who is resident in Ireland on a stamp 3, and is required to do work placement to complete their college course, must have the right to work in Ireland generally; how they go about getting this; if he will advise on an individual case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary ticket applications which were refused in 2025 to date on bus route 770 to Coláiste na Coiribe in Galway; the figure for each of the past five years, in tabular form; if a larger bus has been requested for this route and the outcome of that request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50331/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Sep 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the financial supports available to people with damaged roofs in private housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50371/25]