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Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I welcome the fact that we are having this discussion on the Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 and, indeed, the work credit unions are doing at the moment and continue to do. It is very important, of course, that we listen to what the credit union sector has been saying regarding the powers and ability it has. I have a particularly keen interest in the issue and I have been quite vocal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will approve the request for additional staff from Galway City Council housing unit, given the fact that council tenants in Galway are waiting months for maintenance works and retrofits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9649/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fuel Prices (28 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a plan to address issues with regard to fuel affordability for social housing tenants whose homes are being upgraded from solid fuel to oil heating systems, given that this work may be done in advance of any potential energy efficiency works such as insulation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: For the information of the Dáil, the Minister had to step out to deal with an issue to do with the shooting in Omagh. He gave his apologies ahead of doing so.

Standards in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (23 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Standards in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (23 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make certain amendments to the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 and the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995; and to provide for related matters. I am delighted to be introducing the Standards in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2023 with my colleague Deputy Buckley. Cuireann sé an-áthas orm an Bille seo a chur...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Harbours and Piers (23 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 7. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the progress in relation to repairs and works to be carried out on the piers for the Islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8369/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (23 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of capital allowances related to accelerated depreciation in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (23 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the prospects for a two state solution given the new Israeli Governments' stated position that Jews alone have an exclusive and inalienable right to all parts of the land of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans for year 2 of Core Funding for the early learning and childcare sector; when the details of the next pay agreement will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9402/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I welcome from the Nevin Economic Research Institute, Dr. Tom McDonnell, Mr. Ciarán Nugent and Mr. Chris Smart; and from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Dr. Laura Bambrick and Mr. Ger Gibbons. I thank them for coming back. I apologise for what happened with the session some weeks ago. We had a number of clashes, some of which have repeated today but thankfully some have not. We...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I invite Mr. Ger Gibbons to make his opening statement.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Would the witnesses like to make any comments on those points?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe. I am next but we have to make sure that if there is a vote in the Dáil we will be able to attend it. I had prepared questions, but then I was listening to the conversation and now I have a variety of different questions. I will start with what happened yesterday and the conversation around social welfare because a lot of the time the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: It is a fair point. Our clinics were mentioned earlier. The deprivation we see in our clinics is absolutely horrendous. People come into our clinics and tell us things they would not tell a friend or neighbour. We see deprivation at first hand. We do not live through it, however, and maybe that is part of the issue too. I am acutely aware that it is not just a matter of figures and...