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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy in the Food Sector: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...question on FoodCloud. Ms Ruttledge mentioned multi-annual funding in her opening statement. Obviously she identified a fairly unique gap in the market, which is commendable. Is FoodCloud only applying to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications? Are there other Departments? What kind of funding are we talking about?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (14 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...the entry point for the cans and bottles is located as it does matter? My other question is twofold. The first is on retailers clearing out old stock and either deliberately or unfortunately applying the return cost. I have no evidence but have heard remarks made by constituents that this is occurring. The other relates to restaurateurs. Are they to charge for the DRS for cans they...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for pointing out that she had some time for me. I thank the Minister for her response. I am encouraged by the number of recruits who applied once the age limit was changed. That is really encouraging. It is something that I had called for, along with the training allowance to take account of that older age group who may have financial commitments and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (23 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...if she could be more specific. Does she expect that it will be done by autumn? If that is the case, perhaps she would be willing to provide the House with further information as to which local authorities have applied for funding.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ..., Fingal, with the youngest, fastest-growing community in Ireland, has acute needs, and those needs are unfortunately stacking up. I welcome the news that there are up to 500 individuals who have applied. How quickly can those individuals be rolled out in the appropriate places with the appropriate expertise across the service provision? I have one key issue that the Minister of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...to the sharing of information between various Departments and agencies as to the number of autistic people across the State so that we as a House, a Government, as a Legislature can appropriately apply budgets for the provision of those services across all Departments. We really do need to be able to set that out and I hope it will form part of the strategy; and if it does not, that it...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...of arson. The penalty for criminal damage other than by fire under the Criminal Damage Act 1991 is a fairly significant fine of €12,500, imprisonment for up to ten years or both. The same sanctions can be applied if someone is found guilty of threatening to cause damage to property or if found to be in possession of something that might be intended to cause damage to property. It...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: .... The first of the proposed changes includes the all-important change to income earned from the rent-a-room relief scheme being disregarded for the purposes of a means test as it relates to applying for a medical card or GP visit card. This is an important step in removing a barrier to people engaging with the rent-a-room relief scheme. Individuals can currently rent out a space in...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...road may now be at the end of housing estate in one of the many expanding communities in north Dublin and have the sign with the diagonal line suggesting that the national speed limit of 80 km/h applies. Often that is very inappropriate for the location. Any Bill that assists the local authorities and the NTA in remedying that and putting in appropriate speed limits is to be welcomed. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...and agree with him on charging facilities, in particular in Drogheda. Have they entered, or are they about to enter, procurement? I also agree about the turnaround time from delivery. That applies to non-electric carriages, that is, the intercity carriages that arrived recently. My understanding is that it took more than six months for them to be commissioned and introduced. As I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation (7 Dec 2023)

Alan Farrell: In the context of this question, I wonder whether the Department has the capacity or maintains a database of properties that have been applied for, either directly for social housing or where there is a known element of social housing to be delivered in a private estate. Does the Department maintain a register of failed projects? I am specifically asking about the number of projects that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...Stage. In this case, it is to drop the name "Dublin" from the two constituencies. I do so because I do not think anybody is in any doubt as to where Fingal is in the county of Dublin. If we apply the logic in reverse to the south of the county, we do not see "Dún Laoghaire" or "South Dublin" prefixing any of the constituency names. In the case of Fingal it is readily identifiable....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: That is understood. I am speaking specifically about the 32 million passenger cap as imposed by the planning condition applied to the construction of terminal 2 and on the entire airport operation. My question is really simple. Mr. Jacobs has commented on this many times. He said he does not agree with what the members have put forward. He did not substantively agree or disagree with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: ..., we would only do so for terminal illnesses and, therefore, the issue of mental health and some of the examples that have been provided during the course of this morning's hearing would not apply. My question for our witnesses is rather simple. What is their view on that matter, notwithstanding any potential for a future Oireachtas to change the law? I am of the view that, given the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...expansion to the eligibility for this tax credit, with access granted to parents who pay for their child's student rental accommodation, with regard to the rent a room scheme and, as I mentioned, with regard to digs. Notably this will apply to 2024 and 2025 and it is also retrospective to 2022 and 2023. This will mean a significant benefit to families who apply for it. I would like to...

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...coming round. I have seen first hand the value of the investment we have put in up and down the constituency and the country. I will not name the clubs, because I think pretty much every club that has applied in Fingal in the past 12 years has gotten a sports capital grant. For those that have not been successful we will be working to ensure they are successful on this occasion. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Canada: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...instances that have been read into the committee's record are the exception rather than the norm? I refer specifically to cases of individuals who are homeless and desperate and found themselves applying for medically assisted dying. The only other question I have is for the disability advocates who are present. The proposal that has been outlined to us by medical professionals in...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...this occasion, we are increasing it by 12% to €12.70. It is the tenth increase by Fine Gael while in government over the past 12 years. However, I point out, as I do almost every year when the minimum wage is adjusted, that I do not accept or agree with the sliding scale that is applied to 20-year-olds, 19-year-olds, and 18-year-olds and under. Work is work. The value of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: .... I also thank our witnesses for coming before us. My only outstanding question at this stage, and I apologise if I missed any of our witnesses' remarks, relates to limited criteria that might apply. Deputy Lahart has covered a lot of the territory I had questions about, including the complexity of life and illnesses and the rationale behind making such an informed decision if...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: ..., however minor, such an application is deemed to be invalid. Perhaps the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage might be in a position to enhance the scheme to ensure that a tenant applying for the tenant in situscheme and-or their landlord would be facilitated in some way either directly through the tenant in situscheme or through other means.