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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (14 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 323. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has given consideration to re-establishing an offshore island specific local action group for the LEADER programme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62622/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as ucht teacht os comhair an choiste. I hope we will not go straight into a vótáil again while I am trying to ask my questions. To follow on from the interaction with Deputy Boyd Barrett, we have been contacted by people who feel the employment situation they are currently experiencing is not good. This is impacting them. I have...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: From what we have been hearing from people, the reality seems to be that this is very commonplace. Mr. Lowe clearly has a different point of view but we have also listened to what other people have told us, which is that these issues are so commonplace that they feel the problem is far more systemic. I do not know if that is the correct word but Mr. Lowe knows what I am trying to get at....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I will finish with a question on intellectual property. We have heard from some witnesses who have appeared before the committee that they have noted issues surrounding the retention of intellectual property and even compliance with EU intellectual property protection law. Do the witnesses share those concerns? If they have concerns, how do they believe they could be addressed or rectified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report 42 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agaibh as teacht os comhair an choiste. I have to say this is probably one of the most detailed and well laid out opening statements that I have seen in a long time. It has been extremely helpful, gives a good background to the situation and sets out the points very well. I have a few questions, some of which are to provide me with a better understanding of the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report 42 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: On that point, my second question relates to the reference in the opening submission to how "civil servants took a different position from the two Government Ministers" and how no effort is being made to honour the Labour Court recommendation. In Mr. O'Brien's experience, is the taking of such different positions and in the pursuit of different course of actions commonplace? Is it something...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report 42 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: If the witnesses do not want to answer this question that is okay and I have others but the obvious question then is why do they think this is the case in this specific issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report 42 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Why do they think it has not been paid and there is this difference?

Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Before I begin on the Appropriation Bill, I note that this might be the Minister's last occasion to address the Dáil as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.I thank him for being very constructive throughout his term and I wish him all the best for the future. The purpose of the Appropriation Bill is to give statutory authority for the amounts voted by the Dáil during the...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It is incredible to hear the Taoiseach suggest that when he hears anger from the Opposition on the issue of housing, it is rehearsed anger. If I ever needed any more clarity of the Government's attitude towards housing and how it simply does not get it, it was from the Taoiseach here tonight. I heard the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who is also missing, suggest that Opposition parties are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (13 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at the increase in charges by private bus operators (details supplied) which commuters rely on in the west of Ireland as they are unable to pay for rental accommodation in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify if EU financial subsidies for Irish fishermen are aligned to the periods that fish are spawning each year in waters around our coast as well as for periods of bad weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62148/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (13 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 690. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures relating to the control of dogs in Ireland that have been taken since the publication of the review; the number of measures that relate to restricted breeds; if this includes the control of presa canario dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61788/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (8 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ministerial consents that have been issued by his Department under ARC 02, activities requiring consent – stocking or re-stocking with fish, for the stocking of salmon parr, salmon smolts and brown trout fry in the Lough Corrib special area of conservation, SAC, the Maumturk mountains SAC and the...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It is no surprise to any of us who have been living in any of our cities over the past number of years that it is becoming increasingly difficult to live in them. Rents continue to increase. We saw the astounding figures yesterday relating to how much they have increased since 2010. It comes as no surprise that people are finding it impossible to live in the cities. Many have to commute...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, to delete lines 20 to 22 and substitute the following: “ “(c) each subsequent successive period of 3 years, or earlier if the Minister deems appropriate, beginning on the commencement of section 2of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Act 2022.”.”. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as teacht os comhair an choiste....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I felt we worked quite well in terms of this and other legislation. I still feel it should remain at three years. If there are changes and if there is a need for a review, the Minister is saying that if he was in that position, he would make sure the review happened, etc., but the people in positions change. That is where my concern lies. This is why I feel a three-year period is a good...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I am pressing it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I wish to speak on this section because I had tabled an amendment on this, which concerned the detail. Sometimes we need to look at the details supplied by applicants for inclusion on the lobbying register. In the process of lobbying presentations can often be made and documents or research can be provided to the designated public official, DPO, as part of the act of lobbying. This...