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

Mairéad Farrell: My time is up.

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

Mairéad Farrell: I have been clear regarding what I believe needs to be discussed today because we did not get answers to the questions yesterday. A Chathaoirligh, the-----

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

Mairéad Farrell: I am not asking you to change the Order Paper. I am asking the Minister to answer the questions he should have answered yesterday. He really needs to do a questions and answers session next week and not just give further statements.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for reforming public procurement legislation to allow the procurement system to be used in a more strategic way. [63831/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: There is no way that we can have business as usual here today in relation to our questions when we look at what has happened over the last number of days and the scandal the Minister has been embroiled in. The Minister has failed to clarify matters in relation to this scandal. There are a number of outstanding questions that I want to put to him today because he failed to answer questions...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: What action did the Minister take and at what value did he calculate that work?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I said from the outset that there is no way we can go back to business as usual when the Minister is refusing to answer questions. The Minister now has an opportunity to answer those questions. Indeed, he has an hour and a half in which to answer questions. He should use that time to answer.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I am asking questions of the Minister and I ask that he answer them.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Everything has changed. We need answers to these questions-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I have asked a number of questions but I have not received a response. This is the perfect opportunity. It is the Minister's first set of ministerial questions as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and his first parliamentary questions this year. This is the perfect opportunity. The Minister knows the answers to these questions. He can give us the answers to these questions. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I have listed a few and I ask the Minister to answer them.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Does the Acting Chairman understand that I have already had my first 30 seconds and this is now my second contribution? The Minister had come in and I have asked the Minister to-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, and I have asked the Minister to answer the questions but he has not done so. I can give him a whole range of questions. The reality is that the Minister has the answers to these questions and he has the opportunity in this Dáil to answer them. We are dealing with ministerial questions to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. There are questions to be answered. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes available for rural roads that flood regularly and become impassable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2353/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the powers granted to the Standards in Public Office Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail his plans to reform ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2278/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the report of the Review of Ireland’s Statutory Framework for Standards in Public Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2277/23]

Appointment of Ministers of State (18 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Who will answer questions?

Appointment of Ministers of State (18 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Questions on ethics and SIPO.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the witnesses for attending. Every time I contribute, I notice that I am quite short and that half my face cannot be seen on the screen. I have a number of questions. We have been dealing with this for quite some time. One thing sticks out from the concerns we heard the workers raise. Does the Department have a definition of what good-quality employment is? We heard from people...