Results 1-20 of 474 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for the presentation so far. I will make a general observation on the consistent noting of a material level of non-compliance. When I looked into the detail on some of the ETBs specifically, I started to understand why, for some of the goods and services, it might not be possible to get a contract. Does Mr. McCarthy have an overall opinion on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: That was not noted in the opinion, and I raise some hesitancy about such a small financial figure, given the context we had in 2022 and 2023. If it is pertinent I am happy to support it, but at the same time we could end up getting into very specific detail if it was not flagged by the Comptroller and Auditor General at this point.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The sum we are talking about is so small. It is just to raise that. It is a small figure.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. McCarthy for the consistent dialogue. A number of supplementary questions arise for me but, from looking at previous Committee of Public Accounts debates, my sense is supplementary questions should be directed to the bodies as opposed to Mr. McCarthy. I am saying that out loud to seek assurances. Is that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Okay. I will hold all my supplementary questions on CHI and the board for next week when we have the opportunity to ask them. I propose we write to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council under No. 41 to seek assurances that the practice regarding that €812,000, whereby assessors were to be treated as contractors, has ceased in the council.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Can we have clarification that correspondence is going to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Regarding No. 61, given the investment the State has on the lands and potentially shares in the company through HRI, it would be pertinent for us to invite Horse Racing Ireland in to give some context on what seems to be a continuing loss-making venture. It would be good for us to get some context on that. With regard to No. 75, would it be possible to write to Water Safety Ireland to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I have two. I have one proposal to invite HRI to come before us, if possible, to speak specifically about the Curragh Racecourse Limited.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: It is maybe precedent to write to it in the first instance, if we can do that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: No. 75 is to seek assurances through a letter of correspondence with Water Safety Ireland that the review of the effectiveness has taken place.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. McCarthy for his time on this. I am going to hold my supplementary questions. My questions relates to the Arts Council about the concern with regards to the difference between the date the accounts were certificated and the date the accounts were presented. Are we confident that the entity responsible for presenting the dates will be here alongside everybody else to be able to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Okay, but we are happy that someone from the Department will be here. On No. 102, regarding Sport Ireland, I have done a little bit of reading on this regarding the headline figures. I am sure many of us are involved in sports clubs and that we all know of multiple sport clubs that would snap the hands off you for this kind of money. However, when you actually look into the reporting and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank Mr. McCarthy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an additional class (details supplied) in time for the September 2025 intake. [24674/25]

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister of State for his contribution. I commend the work of my colleague Deputy Jen Cummins - or, of particular interest and of importance in this debate, Dr. Jen Cummins - who has dedicated her professional life to education, both formal and informal. I say that just to add even further credibility to the validity of this motion. This is evidence-informed and it is important...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: First, I congratulate the Chair and I really look forward to working with him over the next few years. If members will indulge me briefly, I wish to take the opportunity as Deputy McAuliffe said, to pay tribute to the work of Catherine Murphy, who was a constituency colleague and has been a mentor to me over the past number of years. The work she did on the PAC was astounding at times and I...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (8 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 151. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update in respect of the Programme for Government to promote an all-island approach to hosting major international sporting events, building on the major international events policy, including supporting the hosting of the 2027 Ryder Cup, Euro 2028, the T20 Cricket World Cup 2030, the Open Championship and...

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: On a point of order, is that my amendment?

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank Deputy Kerrane and her colleagues in Sinn Féin for proposing this motion. We have had many conversations about childcare in recent months since I have been the spokesperson for childcare but, more importantly, since my time as a parent to three young children. I have been really interested in the similarities that face the early years education and childcare sector with the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: In 2023, 5,500 safeguarding notifications regarding concerns relating to adults aged over 65 years were submitted to the HSE safeguarding and protection teams. In a response from the Minister for Justice this week, he said that while criminal offences in general, including coercion, harassment, theft and so on apply across the board, the coercive control legislation specifically applies to...