Results 4,961-4,980 of 5,133 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-budget Engagement: Minister for Finance (1 Oct 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. We all know that public health and the health of our economy are inextricably linked and our economic forecasts are based in the existence of this virus. The public health measures are, of course, necessary to contain its spread and its impact on the economy. The economic forecast published this week outlined public health restrictions here have been more...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: We need a new collective pay agreement and I think I am correct in saying that the Minister will be the first in the history of this State not to have such an agreement in place. It is extremely important to ensure that an agreement is reached with the unions which brings about real pay equality in our public services. We need to have good public service wages. We have been quick to clap...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a commitment will be given to remove FEMPI legislation. [26636/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: The current public sector pay agreement expires on 31 December this year. There is no doubt that the Minister will be sitting down with representatives of ICTU's public service pay committee. I am concerned that with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, the FEMPI legislation, still in place the Government will hold a big stick over the heads of the public service...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: We should not forget that the FEMPI legislation was emergency legislation introduced to tackle the onset of the financial crisis of 2008, when we saw the first permanent cut in public service pay rates in the history of the State. Here we are almost 13 years on and the legislation is still in place. Today we face a crisis of a very different kind and the emergency measures that were...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the emergency measures in budget 2021 will increase capital expenditure in 2021 to €9.1 billion as per the July stimulus; and the way in which this differs from the Revised Estimates for Public Services published in December 2019, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, which had already laid out capital funding of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: The July stimulus includes an emergency measure to increase capital expenditure by some €1 billion to €9.1 billion, which is claimed as an increase of approximately 12%. However, the Revised Estimates for Public Services published in December 2019 already laid out Exchequer capital funding of €9.1 billion for 2021. As such, I fail to see any additionality in what is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: The figure of €9.1 billion was mentioned in the Revised Estimates for Public Services. Prior to the pandemic, we saw voted capital expenditure of that sum for 2021. It is my understanding, therefore, that there is no additionality in what is currently proposed and we are left exactly where we started. Capital expenditure was always planned to be at around the €9.1 billion...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: It seems that the current indicated allocation is the same €9.1 billion that was indicated before the crisis. I have also heard rumours circulating that the Government plans to keep capital expenditure at around the €9 billion mark for the duration of this crisis. That greatly concerns me because we do not know how long that will be. All indications are that the crisis will...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis na hAirí freisin. Ba mhaith liom mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil leo chomh maith as a bpoist nua. Mar atá pléite anseo, tá a fhios againn go bhfuil an earnáil foraoise i gcruachás le tamall anuas. Lig an Rialtas a bhí ann i ndearmad í agus tá sé thar am é seo a phlé...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that those businesses in high profitability sectors should be eligible for the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he is taking measures to ensure businesses that do not need the scheme are not availing of it. [16653/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the sectoral breakdown of the €1.7 billion increase in corporation tax receipts for the first half of the year as shown in the June fiscal monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16652/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that firms applying for section 110 status notify the Revenue Commissioners rather than making a direct application to the Central Bank which is the financial regulator, in view of recent scandals outlined in the FinCEN files (details supplied). [26638/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 282. To ask the Minister for Finance if a cut to capital gains tax from its current rate of 33% to 25% will be included in the forthcoming budget as promised in the Fianna Fáil pre-election manifesto; and his views on whether it is fair that those who benefited most over the last decade should now receive a large tax cut. [16651/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 308. To ask the Minister for Finance if a list of members of a group (details supplied) in its current formation will be provided. [27347/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 309. To ask the Minister for Finance if a group (details supplied) has advised on Covid-19 related expenditure measures. [27348/20]

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: Today we saw the leaders of the pro-Remain parties in the North travel to Dublin to raise their concerns about the impact of the UK Internal Market Bill on the North. This Bill flies in the face of strands one, two and three of the Good Friday Agreement. It allows the British Government to remove powers that were devolved to the Executive in the North, which is in complete disregard to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (24 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the identity of the purchaser for each of the public lands and properties listed in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 8 September 2020 relating to the number and location of all sales of lands and property owned by Údarás na Gaeltachta in County Galway in the past ten years. [26037/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (24 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: 112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ainneoin nach féidir mionsonraí faoi dhíolcháin ar leith a thabhairt, an ndearnadh luacháil neamhspleách, gairmiúil de réir an ghnáth-chleachtais ar ocht bhfoirgneamh agus ceithre phíosa talún a dhíol Údarás na Gaeltachta i gcondae na Gaillimhe le deich...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Mairéad Farrell: This is an interesting week to be discussing this particular Bill and these considerations. At the start of the week we had the latest revelations of shady practices within the global financial system involving many top global institutions. The so-called FinCEN Files of approximately 2,500 leaked documents involving about $2 trillion of transactions have revealed how some of the world's...