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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Yesterday, the IMF outlined the need for increased public investment here. It referred to the deficit we have in housing and public infrastructure. Our public infrastructure was creaking in the run up to the Covid-19 pandemic which put us on the back foot, with Ireland having the largest class sizes in Europe, etc. I would be interested to hear the Minister's viewpoint. We have had many...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I wish to ask specifically about what the IMF has said. I heard the ESRI said something as well although I did not read it so I cannot say for sure. However, I understand the ESRI mentioned in recent days increasing capital expenditure. How does that relate to what the IMF has said? Does the Minister believe what is being proposed now is in line with, as ambitious or as largescale as what...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Service Pay Bill: Committee Stage (13 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: While we are at an all-time high now in terms of capital expenditure, the reality is that we were lagging so far behind and we have had a significant infrastructural deficit in this State for so long. It has been decades-long. I welcome that the IMF has said this and that the penny has dropped in the sense that we need to grow out rather than have austerity. Many people are raising...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I commend Deputy Barry on bringing forward this Bill. The way the Debenhams workers have been treated in the past year has been absolutely outrageous. These workers were first abandoned by their employers and then failed by the State. We have had enough of tea and sympathy. What they need now is action. These workers have given years of service to the company. They had to stand outside...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht os comhair an choiste airgeadais seo. Ar ndóigh, tá sé suimiúil, mar is gnách, labhairt leo.. Will the witnesses provide information about the average total cost of credit per €100 for the loan terms referred to by Deputy Doherty? They could provide it later if they do not have it now. I do not expect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: We will take a look at that. I have not seen it. We have seen that moneylenders can charge up to 187% APR. There is talk of 288% when fees and charges are included. In the past few days there were reports in The Irish Timesregarding Provident Financial. The country's largest moneylender has announced it will shut its doorstep lending not just here but also in Britain. We have heard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have another question on the Bill and moneylenders. One of the reasons credit unions began was to stop out of control interest rates being charged by moneylenders. They have an active role in providing credit. Credit unions are often the heart of local communities. That is the case in my estate. Credit unions have said they want to branch out and have a greater role in the sub-prime...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have another question relating to competition. The Central Banks always says that a vigorous approach to competition policy leads to better outcomes for consumers. My next question does not relate to this particular Bill. Ms McEvoy has a background in investment funds and I would be interested in hearing her thoughts. It is an issue that is very much on the agenda and in the news at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: That is great.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to make the risk assessments of all hospital maternity units publicly available. [23655/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Harbours and Piers (11 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the items for which the €100,000 for the deep water quay project have been allocated in relation to the recently announced 2021 funding allocations for the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24231/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Tánaiste is aware of reports overnight that the British Government intends to grant an amnesty for its forces involved in illegal actions, including murder, during the conflict in the North. I welcome the comments of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, indicating his opposition to this unilateral move. All families bereaved during the conflict deserve the truth and we...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (6 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the survey results of the Office of Government Procurement client satisfaction survey from 2018 and 2020 will be provided. [23436/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (5 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 21. To ask the Taoiseach the full cost to date of the IBRC Commission; and the expenditure incurred in respect of legal fees by recipient law firms. [20513/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Unit (5 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 112. To ask the Taoiseach if consideration has been given to the funding of a joint project between the CSO and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency to have a more standardised approach (details supplied). [22929/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Paindéim (5 May 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 565. To ask the Minister for Health cén fáth nach bhfuil daoine in ann clárú i nGaeilge le haghaidh vacsaíní Covid-19. [22820/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, which is the principal Act, placed national climate policy on a statutory footing for the first time in Ireland. This was a significant step. One of the main criticisms of it was a lack of specific emissions targets. The draft amendment Bill of 2020 was a step forward in this regard in that it tried to set out a legal framework by...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: There is a myth in this country, namely, that there is free access to education and that anyone can go to third level education, get a degree and even, apparently, get a well-paid job. All of that, unfortunately, is simply a myth. The issue much of the time is that universities rely on financing from students, whether international or EU, to fund their activities because they are not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I apologise, as I was at another committee and I hope that I do not revisit questions that have been asked. I am sure the Chair will not be slow in telling me if I do. I wish to ask about a matter discussed by the Committee of Public Accounts recently, that being bogus self-employment. Our PRSI is low by EU standards. It will be examined by the newly established Commission on Taxation...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: There was news today that Germany and Italy had stated they would be behind President Biden's proposals on a 21% corporate tax rate. Will that have an impact? What is the Minister's view?