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

Mairéad Farrell: I am aware the Minister's Department has done work on social clauses. It is one of only seven Departments to have done so. The Minister has mentioned the involvement of social enterprises in the provision of sensory facilities and equipment in public libraries. I welcome and acknowledge that. I also acknowledge that a public body under the Minister's Department, Pobal, has also done work...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a support package for sheep farmers on animal welfare grounds. [38162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Jul 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers in section 39 agencies that are currently earning below the living wage; and the estimated annual cost of bringing them in line with this. [32879/21]

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 agat a Chathaoirligh. Go raibh maith agaibh na hAirí chun teacht chuig an gcoiste seo. We are short on time so I will focus on two questions. Would the Chair prefer if I asked the two questions together?

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

Mairéad Farrell: I refer to page 31, table 6, on the budgetary projections for 2020 to 2025. Specifically, I am looking at the capital spending as per the stability programme update, SPU, and the summer economic statement, SES. I notice that next year the difference in capital is only €800 million over what the SPU had projected. We are all aware that it took additional time for this summer economic...

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.