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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I will do that. As I said, it was something I could see from both sides and it was not clear.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I want to comment on the naval tax part of section 10. It is my understanding that this only applies to the days at sea and there are concerns with ships being tied up and understaffing, when those who are available to go out to sea cannot do so. Has any consideration ever been given to changing the number of days? I will just ask that question initially. Will the Minister also explain how...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: How does the Minister feel this development ties into any kind of wider reforms? This is coming up this year and it will come up in other years. Does the Minister believe it is a kind of a holding measure or that it is something that is, or could be, more permanent?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: As we are all aware, renters are under extreme pressure at the moment. We all know from our clinics and from talking to people on the street or our friends and family members the stress and strain that renters feel at the moment. There is a lot of talk of the housing crisis in Dublin, where it is horrendous, but it is equally horrendous in Galway. My experience tells that people are facing...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I am going to say the following not only because I am sitting across from the Minister and we are in different political parties, one of which is in government and the other is not. I was elected for the first time in 2014, which is eight years ago. To be perfectly honest, I have never seen the housing crisis in Galway as bad as it is now. There was a time when housing was coming on stream...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: There are a few interesting points here. As the Minister is aware, I have a particular affinity with Berlin. I have a number of cousins who had hoped to move to Ireland in the coming months with their young families. They contacted me to say that they must not have been looking at the rental market correctly because they just could not find anything in Galway that they could afford in any...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It was just a question. My understanding is that the provisions on the buy-back of KEEP shares relate to SMEs but I have some queries about this. The issue of share buy-back has been the subject of much discussion in recent years. Some of the discussion is to the effect that it can boost the share price in the short run but could reduce future investment, boosting artificially the earnings...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fair enough. I thought it would be different because it was SMEs but I was interested in hearing the analysis of it so I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Vacant Properties (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 8 February 2022, if he will confirm whether any of the properties in Galway outlined therein are still currently vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56577/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 27 September 2022, the amount of capital carryover for each of these categories in each of these years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years who are on a waiting list for mental health services, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in CHO 2 by section and length of time the post has been vacant, that is, under 12 months, between 12 months and five years and over five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56134/22]

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

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus lena gcomhghleacaithe a tháinig isteach chuig an gcoiste inniu. The Deputies have raised an interesting point. We are discussing people who are on very low wages. As an Teachta Boyd Barrett has pointed out, those who worked on the front line during the Covid pandemic provided services and took care of things when many of us were told to stay at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (10 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to ensure tenants who are renting a separate dwelling but who do not have their own MPRN number or electricity connection can avail of the electricity costs emergency benefit scheme II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56025/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Nov 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the extension of the No. 424 Galway to An Cheathrú Rua-Leitir Mealláin bus route is being considered in order to provide a more regular service to Leitir Mealláin; if a feeder bus service between Leitir Mealláin and Casla to connect to the No. 424 has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the...

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

Mairéad Farrell: I recall our debate on this matter last year. Deputy Nash has made a very interesting proposal. In today's society an increasing number of couples opt to not get married for a variety of reasons. Of course we also had a situation where there was a period when people found it more difficult to get married as a result of Covid-19. I think that this amendment is interesting enough for...

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

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister. One issue which often comes up at my clinics and which has happened to relatives of mine is that where people happen to lose employment, when they apply for social welfare, their cohabiting partners are included in the analysis. That concerns me because it can be difficult for people who are economically reliant on a partner when they want or need to leave that person....

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

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