Results 301-320 of 789 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: The sum we are talking about is so small. It is just to raise that. It is a small figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. McCarthy for the consistent dialogue. A number of supplementary questions arise for me but, from looking at previous Committee of Public Accounts debates, my sense is supplementary questions should be directed to the bodies as opposed to Mr. McCarthy. I am saying that out loud to seek assurances. Is that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Okay. I will hold all my supplementary questions on CHI and the board for next week when we have the opportunity to ask them. I propose we write to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council under No. 41 to seek assurances that the practice regarding that €812,000, whereby assessors were to be treated as contractors, has ceased in the council.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Can we have clarification that correspondence is going to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Regarding No. 61, given the investment the State has on the lands and potentially shares in the company through HRI, it would be pertinent for us to invite Horse Racing Ireland in to give some context on what seems to be a continuing loss-making venture. It would be good for us to get some context on that. With regard to No. 75, would it be possible to write to Water Safety Ireland to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: I have two. I have one proposal to invite HRI to come before us, if possible, to speak specifically about the Curragh Racecourse Limited.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: It is maybe precedent to write to it in the first instance, if we can do that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: No. 75 is to seek assurances through a letter of correspondence with Water Safety Ireland that the review of the effectiveness has taken place.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. McCarthy for his time on this. I am going to hold my supplementary questions. My questions relates to the Arts Council about the concern with regards to the difference between the date the accounts were certificated and the date the accounts were presented. Are we confident that the entity responsible for presenting the dates will be here alongside everybody else to be able to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Okay, but we are happy that someone from the Department will be here. On No. 102, regarding Sport Ireland, I have done a little bit of reading on this regarding the headline figures. I am sure many of us are involved in sports clubs and that we all know of multiple sport clubs that would snap the hands off you for this kind of money. However, when you actually look into the reporting and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. McCarthy.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an additional class (details supplied) in time for the September 2025 intake. [24674/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (13 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: 274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he has made to date to increase the number of Irish diplomatic staff in the United States since the formation of the Government, including the total number of new staff added to diplomatic missions by location and costs associated with increased number of missions and diplomatic staff. [23770/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: 377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to correspondence in respect of driving licence exchanges (details supplied); if he will provide a schedule of jurisdiction that he has developed a licence exchange agreement with and if he has plans to further expand the exchange agreement. [23480/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (13 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: 468. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his plans for a National Fintech Hub, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [23763/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (13 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: 469. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his plans to broaden the remit of the National Development Finance Agency in the National Treasury Management Agency to provide expert advice for major infrastructure delivery, as required by sponsoring departments or agencies, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [23764/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: 489. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy in 2019 to date in 2025; the amount collected under the levy in the same period; the number of persons who are declared non-resident for tax purposes; the number of those who qualified for the domicile levy in 2019 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24423/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (13 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: 529. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the drafting of Enterprise 2035, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [23761/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Irish Stock Exchange (13 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: 530. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on plans outlined in the Programme for Government to explore opportunities to enhance the Irish Stock Exchange, as a vital source of equity and growth for indigenous businesses. [23762/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (13 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: 531. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his plans to set up a MMC Innovation Fund, via the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, to directly fund new housing factories, and the expansion of existing factories. [23768/25]