Results 2,981-3,000 of 5,098 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Australia's new Prime Minister, Mr. Anthony Albanese, has rightly expressed genuine concern for Mr. Julian Assange. He is on the record on several occasions saying that he does not see what purpose is served by the ongoing pursuit of Mr. Assange and, most importantly, that enough is enough. On Friday, in response to the British Home Secretary's decision to approve Mr. Assange's extradition,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I remember when we clapped in this Chamber for our front-line workers. That recognition was important but it is not sufficient. We know that the pay talks recently broke down and the unions are up for the negotiation. The Taoiseach said that he is also up for those negotiations. Will he commit to concluding an agreement with the unions that recognises the important work done by nurses,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the failings highlighted in the most recent report from an Coimisinéir Teanga; the way that her Department will be addressing these failings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the size of each allocation and any corresponding capital carryover in relation to the capital allocation for flood defences in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 198. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the work her Department is undertaking to develop and implement further actions to support the positive portrayal and representation of LGBTI+ identities in broadcast media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32036/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of her Department providing the option to include non-binary as a gender option under the Gender Recognition Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (21 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work her Department is doing to introduce legislation to enable those under 18 years of age to obtain a gender recognition certificate with parental approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32034/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his negotiations for a new public service stability agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31505/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his Department’s guidance for public service employers during Covid-19 in relation to special leave with pay for Covid-19; if there are further plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (16 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the RAPTOR protocol is being fully implemented in terms of testing for secondary poisoning from rodenticides; the number of raptors that have been tested for poison in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 as part of this protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31514/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Health and Safety (16 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider organising a public awareness campaign around the dangers of using rodenticides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31515/22]

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Luann an rún seo an costas atá ar bhreosla. Tuigim go bhfuil an rún níos leithne ná sin ach mar atá ráite ag mo chuid comhghleacaithe, caithfimid a thuiscint gurb é an bealach is fearr le déileáil leis an gcostas seo agus leis an ardú sa chostas seo go fadtéarmach ná infheistíocht cuí a dhéanamh i bhfoinsí...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Priorities (15 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the work that her Department has undertaken to address and minimise violence against members of the LGBT+ community and trans persons in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31197/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Equality Issues (15 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 246. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the measures that her Department has taken to ensure that existing community infrastructure is inclusive and welcoming to LGBTI+ persons; if she will provide a list of pop-up LGBTI+ services that have been created in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31196/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Secondment Policy in the Civil and Public Service: Engagement with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh míle maith agat as ucht teacht ós comhair an choiste chun an ábhar seo a phlé. I thank Mr. Moloney for coming in front of the committee to discuss this topic. To start off on secondments, the crux of the issue that people have been querying over the last number of weeks and months is in relation to a temporary nature of a secondment. If we look at the HR...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Secondment Policy in the Civil and Public Service: Engagement with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: In theory secondments are supposed to be temporary but in practice sometimes they are not. Is it a technical matter? Is that what Mr. Moloney is saying? Sometimes secondments are forever. Does Mr. Moloney think there is a concern in relation to that? Does he think there needs to be further clarity to make it very clear how secondments work if they are to an external body, as mentioned,...