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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...

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: I thank Ms Morgan. All of us who have dealt with and spoken to whistleblowers know it can be something that takes a huge amount of time, the concern there being the massive toll that has on mental health, which I will come back to, as well as financial resources and everything else. My second question relates to the concept of interpersonal grievance. There would obviously be concerns...

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: I understand what Mr. Keane is saying and what he means in that sense. However, what of the opposite situation, which he touched on at the end? The whole concern about this is if somebody is whistleblowing or making a protected disclosure, that it could be dismissed as an interpersonal grievance when it is not one, if he knows what I mean. I take his point that the Department is open to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated annual savings from reducing salaries by 50% of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Ceann Comhairle, Leas Cheann Comhairle, Ministers and certain Ministers for State, whilst leaving the current rate of the salary for Deputies in place (details supplied). [48191/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank an Aire for that. Deputy Lahart asked a few questions that I was interested in. I will ask a few different questions and then I might tease out further some of the points Deputy Lahart raised. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, recently noted that the tax revenue appears more buoyant than in the summer economic statement. As a result, does the Minister expect a lower deficit...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister. I did not expect a precise figure. What he said is helpful in itself. I also ask about the Brexit adjustment fund. In January, the Minister stated that in the following weeks he would set out how we would maximise the benefit of the Brexit adjustment fund but he never gave us the plans for how this would be allocated between Departments. Obviously, I would...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: That is brilliant. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Deputy Lahart spoke about the different payment supports, a matter the Minister mentioned in his opening statement. We know that the EWSS will continue until the end of the year but we are not aware of what will happen in January. The Minister has said that he will outline that on budget day and not at this committee. For clarity,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: A Chathaoirligh, do I have another moment?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I can wait and come back in, if it is easier, after the other speakers.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have three questions that require short answers, as I know other members may wish to contribute. With regard to the summer economic statement, the Minister for Finance appeared before the committee last week and said that he had committed to the budget package remaining the same regardless of tax buoyancy. Can the Minister give the same commitment to the committee that, unless there are...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Last year there were some changes and I believe it is important for the role of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight that it is made aware of changes. That is good to know. I have two further questions relating to the secretarial assistants' pay claim. Has an offer been made? If it has, when is it to be paid? I am asking just about the pay claim, not pensions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (30 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am referring to the school secretaries.