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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date of the interim procurement reform board under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56103/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: What is the progress to date of the interim procurement reform board under the remit of the Minister of State's Department?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The national children's hospital was initially estimated to cost €650 million but the latest estimate stands at €2.4 billion, an increase of approximately 270%. The national broadband plan, initially estimated to cost €350 million, is now estimated to cost €5.7 billion, an increase of 1,530%. Behind schedule and over cost are hallmarks of procurement failure and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: It will please the Minister of State to learn I have a Bill forthcoming that relates to public procurement. One of its aims is to improve the approach to procurement data collection. Another Bill I have introduced, the Regulation of Tenderers Bill, which has passed First Stage, attempts to address the issue of bid rigging, something that everyone now understands is a problem. We often hear...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2022 (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the multi-annual expenditure ceilings and the carryover impact of current expenditure measures announced in Budget 2022 for 2023 will be provided in the same format as provided in table 7, page 47 of Budget 2020. [56180/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of children who are born here to non-Irish parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55948/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reopening a full-time Covid-19 test centre in Galway city given the inability for those without a car to access the testing centre in Galway airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55996/21]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Since we have not done this in a year, for clarity, in relation to section 2, does this amendment go first or can we speak at this point on section 2? Apologies, I seek clarity because it is only my second time doing it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: This amendment to the USC 2% threshold is to account for the increase in the national minimum wage in 2022. It moves the threshold from annual income of €20,687 to €21,295 to ensure that the 2% rate remains the highest rate of USC charged on the income of full-time minimum wage workers. This has arisen from the 30% increase to the minimum wage that was recommended by the Low...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: We all agree that we want to see an increase in the minimum wage. Anyone on the minimum wage would want to see that. We are speaking on the Finance Bill and the everyday impact it will have on people. It is important to raise the difficulties that people face with the increase in costs and inflation. What happened to the plan to abolish the USC? The Minister can correct me if I am...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: On the amendment, I agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett that we need to have a conversation and a debate in regard to wealth taxes. We have long been arguing that those people who earn more should be paying more and we have been quite clear on that, budget after budget. We would probably look to have something a bit broader than this but the fact we would have a discussion and that this report...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: It is a missed opportunity not to have this report. The IMF has said that post-pandemic, we should look at a solidarity tax. In terms of where the conversation is at for a lot of people, it is a missed opportunity not to prepare this kind of report looking at the possibility of a wealth tax. In 2016 the ESRI prepared a report entitled Scenarios and Distributional Implications of a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Apologies, Chairman, I had my hand raised.