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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Of course. In terms of the ministerial-senior official relationship, does Mr. Moloney think that the concepts of accountability and responsibility and the differences between them are well clarified? Does he think that is clearly laid out or does he think there needs to be further clarification?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Ministers are held accountable by the Dáil. They are selected by the Dáil and they can be deselected by it. The concept of responsibility implies a direct personal involvement in a decision or an action with accompanying credit or blame. The Carltona doctrine then allows many actions to be taken in the name of the Minister, some of which I imagine they may be completely unaware...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is what the crux comes down to because even despite the delegation, there still is that level of responsibility on the part of the Minister as well. We discussed the idea that there could be a need for clarification and that things could be looked at to make matters a bit clearer. Has there ever been consideration given to amending the Ministers and Secretaries Act and the Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: What about the ones that they do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: The Secretary General said that level 1 is a verbal warning, level 2 is a written warning and level 3 is a final written warning. Do all of those warnings relate to the deferral of the increments, etc?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, that would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I was looking at a recent submission to the Commission on the Defence Forces. As we know, civilian control over the military is a core principle of democracy. This submission expressed concerns about the overreliance by the Department of Defence on the Carltona doctrine as a means of exercising control and said this overuse needed scrutinising. I am not commenting on that but it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I have one brief final question. Mr. Moloney listed the sanctions that the Minister can take before it goes to Government. He also spoke about the sanctions from which the Secretaries General were excluded. Can he read out the ones in which they are included, just for my own notes?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that ETBs no longer have the authority to grant cover for workforce leave as they did prior to the moratorium; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49479/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria set out for the Irish and bilingual grant; the reason that some schools in the same geographic area are included and others are not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49478/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (11 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his views expressed in July 2022 regarding additional funding for Galway County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adjusting the means test for the carer's allowance in order that reasonable mortgage repayments for the primary residence would be subtracted from the applicant's overall means; if she will consider taking the number of dependants in a household into account as part of the means test for carer's...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (6 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 29 May 2013, if he will provide a copy of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49389/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Prison Service (6 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has given any consideration to allowing members of the Prison Service recruited post-1995 to work a certain number of hours each week whilst retaining certain social welfare benefits, as other welfare recipients can do (details supplied). [49384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (6 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans, if any, to allow increased mortgage repayments, due to higher interest rates, to be factored into the means test in relation to carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered a small tax credit for qualifying families who may have children with complex special needs in relation to the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (6 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered amending the policy regarding parent’s leave and benefit to allow lone parents to take leave equal to the time two parent families can avail of in an effort to give children of lone parents a more equitable start in life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49276/22]

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Ar dtús ba mhaith liom an bus oíche a ardú leis an Aire Stáit agus seo ceist atá luaite go sách minic agam sa Seomra seo. Tá dhá líne nua curtha le bus 24 uaire i mBaile Átha Cliath agus cuirim fáilte roimhe sin ach tá gá le bus oíche i nGaillimh freisin agus ar fud an iarthair. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an bus 424...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Indeed, we hope this is a good omen. I too wish the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, a speedy recovery. As local Oireachtas Members, we have met representatives of the HSE and the unions. It angers me that what should be worked out between the unions and the HSE is being brought into this Chamber. At the end of the day, the unions are not here to defend what they feel. We need to find a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá mé an-sásta go bhfuil an tAire Stáit, an Teachta Rabbitte, anseo chun an cheist seo a phlé mar tuigfidh sé cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an t-ospidéal seo, ní hamháin i gcomhair mhuintir an Chlocháin ach i gcomhair mhuintir Chonamara go ginearálta. Tá an Teachta Ó Cuív tar éis go leor de na...