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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (24 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if prospective applicants for Croí Cónaithe funding can seek additional advice about their specific circumstance and application prior to submitting the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2946/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (24 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the newly elected Israeli Government and some of the inflammatory language it has used with regard to women, members of the LGBTQ community, as well as other marginalised groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (24 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the fact Israeli forces killed more Palestinians in the West Bank in 2022 than in any other year since 2005 at the EU or UN level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending the cost-of-living €500 lump sum payment included in budget 2023 to those on community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2831/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (24 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider expanding sponsor referrals to the national childcare scheme to include all children with developmental needs, even if they had been enrolled in a childcare programme previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2845/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he will take to ensure fewer cost overruns in major public works contracts going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2280/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: My question relates to cost overruns, which have been an issue for some time. What will the Minister do in his new role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure there are no cost overruns of major public works?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister's predecessor, Deputy Michael McGrath, prior to him becoming the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, stated that when it came to capital projects there was a clear pattern of projects costing more than the agreed contract price. He said that we need to know why so many projects end up costing taxpayers far more than planned. The Minister knows that when it comes to cost...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I will bring forward legislation this year on the matter. I hope we can work constructively on that. That legislation is designed to bring greater transparency and social value to public procurement. The Government's own recent White Paper on industrial policy stated that it wants to use public procurement in a strategic way. We will not be able to use the system in a strategic way unless...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase construction sector capacity in order to better deliver on the targets of the national development plan. [63832/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister said he will make a statement. Will there be a questions and answers session? There are a lot of questions that need to be answered.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Will it be a questions and answers session?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely not. These are questions that need to be answered. I am asking the Minister whether he will facilitate a questions and answers session or if it will be a statement again.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Sometimes we need to learn from our mistakes in a lot of different ways. The Minister will have learned from this week that a questions and answers session in the Dáil is what is needed. I would have thought this, as the Minister's first time taking questions in the Dáil as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, would be the perfect opportunity for that. I will read out some...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I have 35 seconds left, a Chathaoirligh.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I have 35 seconds. Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Did Michael Stone pay people to put up posters for the Minister in the 2020 general election?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I do not think that at the start-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister failed to respond yesterday. There are questions that need to be asked.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: My time is up. It is the Minister's turn.