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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I understand that. We know, however, that when people spend far more time at home, there is a cost in terms of electricity, heating and all of that. From what Dr. Hunt is saying, that will not be reflected in the wages of workers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: We can agree to disagree on that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht os comhair an choiste. Tá go leor ceisteanna curtha cheana féin, so I will try not to repeat questions members have already asked. If I do, I ask the Chairman to let me know and I will move on to other questions. I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I know that about four years ago AIB's northern business...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the NDLS centre in Clifden, County Galway remains closed; when it will reopen; and the conditions that must be met before it can reopen. [34407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body that is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of roads leading to the shore in Canower, Cashel, Connemara, County Galway; if Galway County Council has any responsibility for these sections of road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34739/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the controls and oversight his Department has of the way active travel funds are or are not being spent; the oversight and monitoring being undertaken to ensure that funds allocated are spent and not rolled over into other projects with future dates; the controls in place to make sure that protected cycle infrastructure is being...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body that has control of the €100,000 that has been allocated for Oranmore under the additional outdoor infrastructure scheme; if an association (details supplied) has ultimate responsibility for implementing the works and spending the funds; the start date and finish date for the works at the Castle Road; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2022 to 2026 of restoring the PAYE tax credit as it applied to the contributory pension for dependents that was changed as part of Finance Act 2013, in tabular form. [34547/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date by which the updated capital ceilings, as per the review of the National Development Plan 2018-2027, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34545/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to date of the institutional child abuse redress scheme; and the contributions to the scheme disaggregated by religious order and amounts still owing, in tabular form. [34539/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been a rule change regarding the use of the herd number to qualify for the rural social scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34953/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pandemic unemployment payment will be considered as an eligible payment for the special rate of a SUSI grant given that those who applied for jobseekers benefit and allowance in March 2020 were awarded the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34732/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be reconsidered for the special rate of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cybersecurity Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the additional security measures put in place by the HSE following the cyberattacks in 2017; the IT companies used to carry out this work; the date the work commenced and was completed; and the cost of this work in tabular form. [27014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (29 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that was spent in 2016 on improvements to Canower Pier, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34740/21]

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister states that the Bill will bridge the affordability gap for first-time buyers and contends that it will help the squeezed middle, but the whole thing has become something of a squeezed muddle. "Affordability" has become a word that, in many instances, no longer means "affordable". In Galway, there have been no affordable builds for many years. People will hear the word...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Affordable housing is badly needed in Galway city. Residents in the Mervue area have raised concerns that the build-to-rent nature of the proposed development at Crown Square will result in sky-high rents that ordinary working people, including the children of locals, many of whom want to continue to live and raise families in the Mervue area, will be unable to afford. Build-to-rent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the planning regulations for wind turbines regarding the setback distances from houses are under review given the considerable increase in the height of the turbines and the length of rotor blades in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34000/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The committee will be engaging with representatives from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, and Dr. Collins to discuss tax expenditures as part of the committee's pre-budget 2022 scrutiny. I welcome Dr. Micheál Collins, assistant professor, school of social policy, social work and social justice, UCD; Dr. Barra Roantree, economist and research officer, and Dr. Theano...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Dr. Roantree notes that it would be beneficial to have some review, evaluation and reporting of tax expenditures. Personally, I have an interest in tax gap analysis. There is much value in carrying out such analysis on different tax heads. In a nutshell, the tax gap measures the difference between what is collected, the effective rate and what would be collected if everything that was owed...