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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: Dr. Hunt cannot give me the details in that regard. I note that he has said it is very competitive in the North and that he answered Deputy Jim O'Callaghan by saying it is very competitive in the South, so I assume he is saying that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: Dr. Hunt may have already answered this next question for Deputy Durkan. In Britain AIB is currently in non-binding discussions with suitors to purchase the commercial loan book. Will Dr. Hunt confirm that the employees on this loan book will be protected by transfer of undertakings, TUPE, legislation? If I am correct, I believe that Dr. Hunt said he answered this for Deputy Durkan but I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: The witness stated that AIB is a community bank and is committed to local businesses. Dr. Hunt mentioned earlier the move away from bricks and mortar. I am aware that Dr Hunt has said he cannot confirm plans with regard to the North, but given the plans that are there and the assertion that AIB is committed to the community, if there were wide scale closures across all jurisdictions surely...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: Apologies, what was the timeframe there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)
Mairéad Farrell: My final question is about the announcement of the closure of another head office building in Dublin over the past few months. It was stated that the bank would be more reliant on the use of home working into the future. I have worked in banks myself and the different banks I worked in are now seeing the same shift. Obviously there will be massive savings for the bank around property costs...
- 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]