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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 525. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if contracting authorities are required under European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 for negotiated procedure without prior publication to keep a record that justifies their use of the provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14382/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1024. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the ineligibility for the State transition pension for those between 65 and 66 years of age due to the requirement to have 13 stamps paid by the employer in the two years before they are 65 years of age; and if consideration has been given to the fact that some workplaces have a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1327. To ask the Minister for Health the average and median ambulance waiting times in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county in tabular form. [13945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1366. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 818 of 3 March 2021, the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by bodies under the aegis of his Department (details supplied) that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the value and nature of the contract work...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1481. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on purchases directly attributable to Covid-19 in 2019 and 2020; and the value of purchases found to be below standard. [14380/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1482. To ask the Minister for Health the details of medical equipment valued above €25,000 plus VAT procured in 2019 and 2020 which was found to be below standard, disaggregated by procurement competition type, in tabular form. [14381/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1663. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding section 56 and section 59 workers; if they will receive pay restoration in line with their section 39 colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1665. To ask the Minister for Health the organisations and the number of workers in each in State-funded health and social care organisation which have not received pay restoration in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15024/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1806. To ask the Minister for Health the role a company (details supplied) is playing in the provision of contact tracing; the cost of the contract; the amount spent on management consultancy fees in 2020 and to date in 2021; if the hiring of the company went through a normal procurement procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1807. To ask the Minister for Health if agency workers involved in contact tracing are bound by HSE policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 1867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 patients at University Hospital Galway transferred to other hospitals for oxygen treatment during the period 1 February 2020 to 1 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15735/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas, a Chathaoirligh, agus as an gcur i láthair sin. How many bonds have been issued by the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, since the start of the pandemic and what proportion is held by the ECB?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: That would be great. I had heard that the figure was one third, so the ECB has, essentially, monetised that debt. Following on from that, many have pointed out that a clean distinction between monetary and fiscal policy was one of the first casualties of the global financial crisis of 2008. In the current crisis, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish where one policy ends and the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: My next question relates to the Central Bank's concern for price stability. I was not surprised that it joined in the chorus of those who have criticised the shared equity scheme as being inflationary and further pushing home ownership out of the hands of many people. The Land Development Agency is also of great concern. Has the Central Bank carried out an estimate of the price impact of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have one more question in the brief time that remains in my slot. It relates to climate change. In previous years, the ECB and the central banks it co-ordinates have often had too great a focus on price stability, unlike the US Federal Reserve, which also has a focus on creating full employment. The president of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, recently stated that climate change affects all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I will follow up the questions relating to An Post, specifically in respect of the level of engagement and analysis done in terms of post offices. Was an analysis carried out to establish whether the An Post branches in the affected areas are able to offer the full suite of services? In my constituency, Galway West, the Oughterard branch is the last one in the village and it is set to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr. Kelly. Galway is the second largest county and three branches are closing. If we take the example of the branch in Oughterard, the nearest branch in Clifden is 46 minutes away. There needs to be context in relation to that as well. I have two other questions. The first is on closing the gender pay gap. We had conversations regarding limits of €500,000. In the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: With regard to the staff who took voluntary redundancy, have they been replaced by staff on temporary contracts?

Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Ar an gcéad dul síos, molaim mo chomhghleacaí an Teachta Funchion as an mBille seo a thabhairt os comhair na Dála. Is leasú simplí é seo ar an Acht um Chlárú Sibhialta, 2004, a thabharfadh cead d’uchtaithe a dteastais bhreithe a fháil nuair atá siad os cionn 18. Leasú simplí atá i gceist ach is leasú...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (10 Mar 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the recommendations from the 2019 report by a company (details supplied) on community banking that have been implemented; his plans to implement other recommendations made by the report in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13352/21]