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Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. Moloney very much for his time. I appreciate it. I will quickly turn to Ms Kelly with regard to the status of the inquiry. It was reported that the cost was €13,000. When does she expect it to be fully complete and communications made with everybody affected?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Great. I thank Ms Kelly.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: -----the messaging is very clear. There is a €60 million deficit to stand still, when we know that Tusla is going to have far in excess of 100,000 referrals next year. I am really conscious of that. We spoke with the Ombudsman for Children a couple of weeks back on the day of a reported plan to hire security personnel with regard to the health and safety of children in placements....

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Does the 2,000 include all grades? Has it affected all grades?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the way in which compliance with laws in respect of the supply and sales of vape products to persons under the age of 18 is being enforced; if he will provide a schedule of the number of sanctions imposed on retailers that have breached the law since enactment to date. [38588/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I return to this State's commitment to evacuate seriously ill children from Gaza because we all want to know what is going on. It is nearly a year since the Government promised to evacuate 30 sick children from Gaza and since then, just 12 children have been evacuated. We now hear that petty bureaucratic concerns about visas are delaying the evacuation of other children. The Taoiseach has...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: When?

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I will build on my colleagues' comments by setting out some brief context. My office recently engaged with the Competition and Consumer Protection Authority on price setting and loyalty schemes operated by some of the larger supermarket companies. While I acknowledge the safeguards that the CCPC provides to customers, it has been calling for more substantial penalties for breaches of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (9 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister of State. Respectfully, I remind Members not to discuss live court cases here and to stick to the topic.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (9 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss a ban on pair trawling. Deputy Catherine Ardagh - To discuss the construction of a new school building in Ballyfermot. Deputy William Aird - To discuss GP and primary care services in County Laois....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Gender Equality (9 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 140. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the expected timeline for the transposition for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, indicating in any assistance that will be given to employers to ensure they can properly prepare for the implementation of the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38093/25]

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for the considerable work they and the organisations they represent continue to do in what appears to be a growing challenge to work in this space at a time when rights are being questioned, challenged and, in some cases, eroded. It not easy. I count myself lucky to have gotten to this point but I have only done that through a career in community and...

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: That is what I took from it. I wanted to give Mr. Herrick the opportunity to highlight it because that is quite concerning from a structural point of view in this process. It concerns me and is something that I will take from today. I have one more question. I want to put it to Mr. Collins first and then if others have time to contribute, I would appreciate it. I have been involved in...

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank everyone for staying with us. This has been very informative for me. I would love to ask Ms Bailey about the idea of the family status piece. If that were to be included in this legislation, what would that change mean to those people who are parenting alone?

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Ms Bayliss is here representing the alliance today but I want to ask about her work with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. We speak much about rights, injustice, access and discrimination. In a very short space of time will Ms Bayliss explain how this would manifest in the work of her organisation? How would people experience it?

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank everybody for responding to the invitation to come to today's meeting. It is very informative.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for estimated cost of extending the young adult Leap card to encompass all those under the age of 30; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of valid driving licences issued as of 2 July 2025 that rely on the condition that a certification of fitness was provided with renewal applications; if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden that the required to provide certification every three years for persons over 75 years-of-age and his plans to mitigate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 324. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the cost to the exchequer of the help to buy scheme in each of the years since its creation in 2016 in tabular form, and; an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37191/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (8 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 326. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised from stamp duty on shares in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [37256/25]