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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have one more question, but I will comment on that response. I hope Housing for All is ambitious and that I will be shocked when I see it and that it will be positive. The reality is that people are desperate. We had a situation Galway city where, for six-year period, not a single house was built by Government. I am aware that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agaibh. There are only two minutes left in the meeting, so there is no point me starting to ask another question.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Chronic underfunding in our health service left us on the back foot when it came to this pandemic. We recently heard that there is no date in sight for when a planning application might be lodged for the new accident and emergency department at University Hospital Galway, UHG. In the past two weeks, UHG has consistently been the most or second most overcrowded hospital in the State. We...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: There is no date for the new accident and emergency department for the hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (14 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons whose driver theory tests have been postponed multiple times; his views on whether this is fair; if a person (details supplied) in such circumstance could be permitted to sit their test at the earliest possible opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Minister for Finance (14 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Many of the questions have already been asked but I have two. The OECD's multilateral instrument, MLI, was obviously an attempt to provide common minimum standards for all existing and future double tax agreements. The minimum standards set out in the MLI have been designed to close tax avoidance loopholes. Article 12 of the MLI relates to defining when a multinational corporation has a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Minister for Finance (14 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: No problem. The UN, the World Bank, IMF and OECD all recommend the double tax treaties with developing countries should include anti-abuse provisions. This is to stop aggressive tax avoidance by multinationals through the use of double tax treaty provisions. What progress has Ireland made on this? Is such an anti-abuse provision included in the treaty with Kosovo, which the World Bank...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Minister for Finance (14 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: As the Minister will be aware, if we are discussing this tomorrow, we will need the time to take a look and have those questions ready. These things always takes time to examine properly. Obviously, we would like to see that as soon as possible. If the Minister wants to bring it to us first before he brings it to Government, that is no problem either.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am sharing time with Deputies Guirke and Stanley. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. Sinn Féin is opposed to local property tax and the reasons for this are clear. The tax, as designed, is not only a tax on assets but a tax on debts, such that many people who are liable for it may have debts worth as much as 90% of the value of the property against which they are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if energy generation projects which state that they intend to apply to the renewable energy support scheme have obligations to comply with the scheme in terms of community engagement and or support from the local community at the planning stage; if a partnership with a relevant sustainable energy community which is a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the discrepancy between the ticketing system for Dublin transport and transport systems in other cities such as Galway; the reason fare capping, Leap 90 discount and monthly or annual tickets are only available to commuters in Dublin or those whose employers who take part in the taxsaver scheme; the further reason weekly...

Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: It is not agreed. It was proposed yesterday-----

Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: There was no request for a waiver at the Business Committee either. We were discussing this in the finance committee yesterday and there was no agreement on it. Now it is just being railroaded through. That is absolutely unacceptable.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (8 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal standing of a salmon farm in respect of which a licence has been granted that has ceased operating for a continuous period of two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37060/21]

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: We have a long, dark history in this State when it comes to the treatment of women, especially when it comes to our healthcare. However, the devastating reality is that this is not just something that happened in the past; this reality still hurts women today. While we regularly hear Government politicians lament the treatment of women in the past, those words ring hollow when we consider...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (7 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 168 and 169 of 30 June 2021, the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the reckonable income threshold for entitlement to student universal support Ireland allowance in increments of 1% up to 10% in regard of 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% maintenance rates and simultaneously increasing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am aware the Acting Chairperson also wants to come in so I will ask my two questions together because we only have approximately seven minutes. My first question is on the surcharge for non-compliance with LPT requirements that was provided for by section 38 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012. This 10% surcharge is applied against the amount of tax contained in an income tax,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Central Bank refers to these as orphan structures. There are types of investment firms that inappropriately use charitable trust ownership structures. I know this is a specific issue, and if the Minister wants to come back on it, that is no problem. On the use of a charitable trust ownership structure, and I understand this is relevant to the previous Act rather than the one we are...