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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Ms Perreault for her opening statement and for appearing before the committee. It is very interesting to hear what the witnesses have to say. My first question relates to the Act in its current form. Is the commission constrained currently in enforcing the regulation of lobbying, more generally speaking, and specifically with respect to the cooling-off period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: More generally, will this amendment Bill provide workable and practical solutions, which would strengthen and make easier Ms Perreault's job of the regulation of lobbying? She might answer that question and then I have two more specific questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: My other question is one I raised with the witnesses at the earlier committee meeting. Professor Murphy mentioned it in his opening statement, which I am not sure Ms Perreault saw. It relates to former Members who, when they move to a lobbying firm, still have that access pass and have access to the so-called corridors of power where decisions are made. There are concerns about their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I will ask a broader question on the definition of lobbying. It is something I raised with the previous witnesses. I would be interested to hear the witnesses' views. At the moment, lobbying is when one is communicating directly or indirectly with a designated public official, DPO, on a relevant matter, the communication is not specifically exempted and one belongs to one of the detailed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis na finnéithe. Those are all my questions for now.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: To be clear, my time is being eaten away. You might think of that in the last few seconds.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá mé ag iarraidh cúpla rud a rá. Tá an Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht fágtha in áit na leathphingine le €6.3 milliún agus gan ach €1 milliún dó sin mar mhaoiniú caipitil. Níl aon tagairt do choistí cobhsaíochta a bhí geallta do choláistí samhraidh Ghaeltachta atá i mbaol. Níl aon...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: They need to catch up.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: For this Government the golden rule is that he who has the gold makes the rules. It is time for a new Government which follows the rule of the people, by the people and for the people and that delivers budgets which can deliver the transformative change that will fix the socioeconomic problems we face. This will ensure our political system is responsive and capable of responding to the...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: When it comes to addressing some of the most fundamental aspects of the cost of living, the Government's measures seem, at best, ineffective and, at worst, to be exacerbating the problem. This Government is basically telling us that it is sorry but that it cannot deal with housing, healthcare or childcare. It is giving us a couple of quid and suggesting that we all forget about it and move...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Politics is about choices and rarely is that clearer than on budget day. A Government's budget is a fiscal expression of its policy priorities. Does it tackle sky-high rents? Does it tackle unaffordable childcare or a health system bursting at its seams? It does not. The crises we face in each of those areas did not come about through some act of God. They were the direct results of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of eucalyptus imports in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49613/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make any of the current bus routes in Galway city run on a 24-hour basis as has been done with a number of Dublin Bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regional Development (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if city and county development plans must be consistent with the relevant regional, spatial and economic strategy and relevant national policy; the legislation this falls under; if regional assemblies have an oversight role in the development of city and county development plans to ensure that the regional, spatial and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is intended to have public consultations as part of the planning legislation review that was announced on 28 September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Priorities (12 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the travel arrangements he is making to Ireland for Afghan nationals with visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49221/21]

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Tuarascáil agus an Chéim Dheiridh (6 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá brón orm ach ní aontaím leis an Aire Stáit ar na leasuithe seo agus tá cúpla fáth leis sin. Ar an gcéad dul síos, tá a fhios againn nach bhfuil an méid atá ag tarlú faoi láthair ag obair. Níl a fhios agam a bhfaca an tAire Stáit an tvuít inniu a chuir fear éigin ar Twitter. Dúirt sé...

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Tuarascáil agus an Chéim Dheiridh (6 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Tairgim leasú Uimh. 3: I leathanach 7, idir línte 24 agus 25, an méid seo a leanas a chur isteach: “ciallaíonn ‘inniúlacht’ i gcomhthéacs na Gaeilge san Acht seo, agus in aon reachtaíocht eile, líofacht de leibhéal B1 nó níos airde ar an gCreat Comhchoiteann Tagartha Eorpach le haghaidh Teangacha;”. ...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Galway city has been plagued with vacant sites and vacant homes for the last number of years. Just last week, I walked through Galway city centre and took a look at the number of vacant homes. At the same time, thousands of people are on the housing waiting list, thousands of people are paying huge rents and thousands of people are locked out of homeownership. Just this week, we saw the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht os comhair an choiste. Tá sé i gcónaí go maith éisteacht agus tuairimí nua a fháil. I have three questions. The first question is about the stepped reporting procedure in this new Bill. It is something that people have mentioned in previous committees. They are concerned that it might lengthen the...