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Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na Teachtaí a labhair ar an rún seo. We know from the conversations and speeches tonight and from long before this evening that this regime is in crisis. This is not new. Transparency campaigners have been saying this for a long time. All of us here who have tried to get information through the FOI regime will understand the frustration of those...

Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises the importance of a well-functioning Freedom of Information (FOI) regime in establishing trust and transparency in public life; notes, with concern: — the recent admissions that the Tánaiste and the Minister for Foreign Affairs have both deleted relevant material from their mobile phones; and — that public confidence in...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá sé sin ceart go leor, a Cheann Comhairle, agus gabhaim buíochas leis. Since this Government began its life, we have seen the complete erosion of public confidence in political life. It is undeniable at this point that we have a crisis in how this Government does business. Public standards and ethics are on the floor. We previously had a clear attempt to breach the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Galway city has been plagued by vacant and derelict sites for many years now. I am happy to see the demolition of the Corrib Great Southern Hotel is now finally happening, 15 years after its closure and many years after it was added to the derelict sites register. The reality, however, is that it is a much deeper issue in that we are still being plagued by vacant sites and derelict sites....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (9 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 121. 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 at short notice on multiple occasions; if a person (details supplied) will be assured that the test will not be postponed again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a plan in place to address the backlog of housing adaptation grant, housing aid for older persons grant and mobility aids grant applications that have accumulated while pandemic restrictions have limited local authorities' ability to process them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42848/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (9 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 971. To ask the Minister for Health the location a copy of the rules and regulations applicable to higher specialist training in public health medicine can be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (9 Sep 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will share the new report in relation to the recent review of the cost benefit analysis of the Deep Water Quay project for Ros an Mhíl harbour; the timeline for the next steps to advance the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Special Areas of Conservation (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a bye law on the Lough Corrib special area of conservation 000297 uses the term, managed primarily for the benefit of salmonids, given the addition of the words primarily managed is a dilution of the SAC and may impact on the integrity of the SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39760/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks are entitled to refuse a mortgage to a person whose employer is availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if not, the avenue that is open to employees who are being refused on such a basis. [39101/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1705. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering the Sláintecare commitment to invest in 32 community specialist hubs for older persons and persons living with chronic disease; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34282/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1693. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering the Sláintecare commitment to establishing a statutory homecare scheme; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34281/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1735. To ask the Minister for Health the funding spent to date on the national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1939. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to easing hospital visitation restrictions for long-term patients given the high levels of vaccination against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35911/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1949. To ask the Minister for Health the variance to the budget of the new national maternity hospital by expense category in tabular form in view of the reports that the hospital is set to cost €800 million up from the original estimated cost of circa €150 million. [35966/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 2859. To ask the Minister for Health the effect the Galway races have on the vaccination programme based at the Ballybrit vaccination centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39405/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 2898. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the children’s disability network team for CHO2 – 6; if it is set to go ahead in 2021; the timeframe for it; if it is not going ahead, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39551/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 2978. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of the main lead paediatric pain consultant roles in Children’s Health Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39768/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (15 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Hopefully, in the post-Covid world, we will try to rebuild the economy on a regionally balanced basis and people who have moved back into rural areas as a result of Covid-19 will contribute to that. Community wealth-building and the inclusion of social clauses would be key to that. It is something I have an interest in and, as the Minister said, if we spend public money, it should have a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (15 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: In public procurement, social clauses are legal obligations which require contractors to create some form of added value as part of the contract. That can come in the form of labour activation, promoting the participation of SMEs, an obligation to provide a living wage and so on. What consideration has the Minister's Department given to the role that social and labour procurement clauses...