Results 3,861-3,880 of 5,098 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: Amendments Nos. 2 and 8 were discussed together and amendment No. 3 was ruled out of order.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: Section 5 deals with the help to buy scheme.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: Yes, absolutely. The Government has to be asked why nobody can afford to buy homes.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: No. I have just been made aware that the amendment relates to section 6, which I do not fully understand.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: As we are having a voice vote.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: I have a few genuine questions regarding the aviation industry. This section is quite interesting and is there to support the industry. I will be interested in the Minister's viewpoint on whether such a provision could provide opportunities for tax arbitrage. Has the Department conducted any risk analysis in this regard? My interest comes from the fact that this section will also apply to...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: This is an interesting provision. I would welcome more information on it.
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Rannach (11 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: 165. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí athbhreithniú ar Scéim na mBóithre Áise a thabhairt ar ais do na Ceantair Ghaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54838/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: 188. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54837/21]
- Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: This is a highly technical Bill but it provides two main reforms, which I will deal with in moment. First, it is worth providing some background context on what the ESM is, what its forerunner was and what Ireland's previous experience with it was. While most ordinary people are probably not familiar with the ESM, they will surely be aware of what transpired and led us to requesting...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: The Minister of State's answer is outrageous. She said it would not be appropriate to increase the funding for Galway County Council only, but we have just outlined the fact that spending per capitafor Galway County Council is significantly lower than in other counties. It is not something that only Sinn Féin is arguing, but it is something that councillors from all parties are saying...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: We can make all the decisions now.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: We have a crisis in Galway county with all five municipal districts rejecting their proposed budgets due to the severe lack of funding of Galway County Council. This should come as a surprise to nobody as Galway elected representatives have been highlighting this year after year. In 2020 we had the second-lowest spend per capitaof all counties, with only €714 being spent per person...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Chair for suggesting and arranging this meeting. I also thank both speakers. I was very interested in their opening statements. It is refreshing to hear what they have to say. They have taken quite a nuanced approach on the factors driving inflation. Sometimes you would get a bit worried when you hear some of the media commentators as it seems that they are keeping to the old...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: It is for both our guests. Both said that it could be temporary but there are risks. I would be interested to know, if they did have to say, which they would think would happen. If the Chair would prefer me to ask a few questions together, that is no problem. I have a number of questions.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: I thank Dr. Kavanagh.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: I thank Professor Whelan. That is interesting. I used to have a job where I had to listen to everything that the Central Bank did - the Fed, the ECB and the one in Britain - and I used to have to update my team. It is not technically correct that nobody listens because that is what used to be my job. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, was not...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: Thanks, just-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: That is most upsetting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: I am sorry, but I did not hear the first part of the reply. Will the Minister repeat it?