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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the programme of compulsory purchase orders to bring vacant units to the market for sale, which is provided for in Housing For All; the number properties in Galway city and county that will be brought into residential use through this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1185 of 26 April 2022, if he has updated information in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25250/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht os comhair an choiste. A number of my questions have been asked, which is unfortunately the way sometimes when you are late to ask questions in a committee meeting. I have two key questions that follow on from questions that have been raised. First, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan spoke about accounts that are inactive and then become dormant....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: The other question I had was on overdrafts. I understand that the follow-up from that was that the entities that would be looking to pursue those outstanding moneys would be new ones with different banking licences. Is it the case, therefore, that under no circumstances would those moneys be transferred to debt collectors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Ms Howard and I understand what she is saying about other accounts and so on. For absolute full clarity, say, somebody does not engage or whatever, and does not have a different account, I take it that will not go to some kind of debt-collecting agency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Of course, I understand that is Ulster Bank's priority. The point is that is obviously an issue of concern if Ulster Bank is selling that on. How long will it be before Ulster Bank sells those non-performing loans?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We would hope that is a situation where nobody falls under this circumstance and Ms Howard is correct to use the committee to put out that plea to people to engage. If there is a situation, as Ms Howard is saying, by next year, does she know when next year? Will it be a full 12 months from when the bank is fully closed? Will it be before that? What form would the sell-off of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I fully understand that. As a finance committee, we need to look at the issues that could arise. Obviously, it would be in everyone's interest that that does not happen but it will be a matter of concern for us if it is a situation where some do not. It can be a situation realistically that there will be at least one person affected by this, if we are to be frank and honest about that. ...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tuairimí an Aosa Óg: Plé (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na daltaí as teacht os comhair an choiste. Níl mé mar bhaill den choiste seo ach bhí mé ag iarraidh teacht le héisteacht leo. Bhí na Teachtaí Ó Snodaigh agus Daly ag rá liom go raibh siad iontach níos luaithe ach bhí mé ag coiste eile. Bhí cúpla pointe thar a bheith suimiúil ansin....

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Twelve years ago, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General identified some of the key risks posed by this deal. A chapter of its report was called “Protecting the State's property interest” and identified several alarming details These included the existence of "a fixed charge over the entire St Vincent's Hospital site" and "a floating charge over all of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: The housing crisis is crippling my generation. Thanks to the Government's policies, the possibility of owning a home or renting an affordable apartment has become a pipe dream rather than a legitimate aspiration. Young people in Galway, like those in most other counties in Ireland, are bearing the brunt of the crisis. The figures do not lie. According to research published by The Times,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: This is the reality of the Government's housing policy. It is devastating for my generation-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: -----and no amount of spin can change that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: What has it done? There are only 44 rentals available.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Prices continue to increase.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: A lease.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Answer the question.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Licences (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants waiting for a radio licence; the waiting times by month; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of funding included in respect of expenditure associated with Vote 34, housing, for general government balance calculations as determined by the Central Statistics Office for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24784/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the difference in accounting treatment between the expenditure estimates outlined in the Stability Programme Update (details supplied) for 2022. [24838/22]