Parliamentary questions

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

218. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions that apply to companies using anonymous trustee ownership structures from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process. [5418/21]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

219. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions that apply to companies that use a bearer share ownership structure from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process. [5419/21]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

220. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of unlimited companies that were awarded public procurement contracts in each of the years 2016 to 2020. [5420/21]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

221. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether companies in receipt of public procurement contracts should adhere to the EU Code of Conduct for Business Taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5421/21]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

222. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether aggressive tax planning by a company should be grounds for exclusion from a public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5422/21]

Economic Data

Mairéad Farrell

39. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNP by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending GFCF in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4794/21]

Economic Data

Mairéad Farrell

40. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GNP in constant prices for the latest year for which data is available by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending GFCF in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4795/21]

Economic Data

Mairéad Farrell

41. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNP by all income components, that is, dividends, interest, rents in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4796/21]

Economic Data

Mairéad Farrell

42. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GNP in constant prices, that is, dividends, interest, rents and so on by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4797/21]

Departmental Circulars

Mairéad Farrell

71. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 20 January 2021, his views on whether section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 is the statutory provision which transferred the powers under section 17 of the 1956 Act to the Minister and which also transferred the powers relating to superannuation of members of staff of public service bodies; and if not, the statutory provisions of the Act which transferred the said respective powers. [4854/21]

Departmental Circulars

Mairéad Farrell

72. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 20 January 2021, if he has exercised the powers relating to superannuation of members of staff of public service bodies under section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 by way of administrative act including by the issue of or revocation of circulars; if so, the powers which permitted him to carry out and or revoke any such administrative act including any circular; and the details of all such administrative acts and circulars in relation to same. [4858/21]

Parental Leave

Mairéad Farrell

191. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date by which the parent's leave and benefit announced in the budget will be introduced. [4976/21]

Departmental Data

Mairéad Farrell

173. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GDP by all expenditure components, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4428/21]

Departmental Data

Mairéad Farrell

174. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GDP in constant prices for the latest year for which data is available by all expenditure components, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4429/21]

Departmental Data

Mairéad Farrell

175. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GDP by all income components, dividends, interest, rents and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4430/21]

Departmental Data

Mairéad Farrell

176. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GDP in constant prices, dividends, interest, rents and so on broken by all expenditure components, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4431/21]

Departmental Data

Mairéad Farrell

177. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNI in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4432/21]

Departmental Data

Mairéad Farrell

178. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GNI in constant prices for the latest year for which data is available in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4433/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mairéad Farrell

268. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered making amendments to the public sector sick pay scheme or occupational injury and illness schemes in relation to long Covid; if so, if a cost estimate or range of estimates will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4420/21]

Agriculture Industry

Mairéad Farrell

900. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered introducing financial supports for small agricultural contracting businesses given that many do not qualify for funding schemes for farmers and are struggling to afford the cost of updating equipment to comply with environmental standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4009/21]

Employment Data

Mairéad Farrell

2. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach the number of those employed in the private sector by domestic sector and the multinational sector by average productivity of workers in these sectors in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the years for which the earliest and latest such data is available in tabular form. [2605/21]

Employment Data

Mairéad Farrell

3. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the private sector broken down by domestic sector and the multinational sector by average wage levels for these sectors adjusted for inflation in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the years for which the earliest and latest such data is available in tabular form. [2606/21]

Employment Data

Mairéad Farrell

4. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the foreign direct investment, FDI, multinational sector from 1990 to 2020 or the years for which the earliest and latest such data is available by services and manufacturing within that sector; and the percentage that each constitutes of total FDI multinational employment and the private sector in tabular form. [2607/21]

Enterprise Data

Mairéad Farrell

5. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach the value of gross FDI inflows from 1990 to 2020, by manufacturing and services; and the percentage of these inflows that is classed as pass-through FDI in each of these years in tabular form. [2608/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mairéad Farrell

24. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the impact of Covid-19-induced economic disruption on both the domestic and multinational sectors; and his views on whether domestic sector and employment within it will be disproportionately impacted by the economic dynamics of the crisis. [2609/21]

Rail Network

Mairéad Farrell

80. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport when the all-Ireland strategic rail review will commence; when he expects to receive the findings of the review; when he will be in a position to make a decision on the future of the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2370/21]

Public Sector Pay

Mairéad Farrell

169. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of the new public service stability agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2285/21]

Departmental Circulars

Mairéad Farrell

171. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the process by which circulars introduced by his Department since 2011 without statutory instruments and without having being laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas have legal validity in view of the provisions of section 4 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011, which requires for the governance of the Civil Service to operate by way of ministerial statutory regulation. [2422/21]

Health Services Staff

Mairéad Farrell

449. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to differences in the pay and conditions for contact tracing staff located in centres in Galway relative to those centres based in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, particularly in relation in the working of 12-hour shifts three days in a row, the difference in pay between clinical and non-clinical contact tracers, various breaches of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, CPSA, codes of best practice in public service appointments and the alleged failure to adhere to the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, return to work protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2204/21]

Secretaries General

Mairéad Farrell

90. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the new secretary general of the Department of Health will be paid an annual salary of €292,000, significantly in excess of the top scale of Secretary General I (PPC) of €211,742; the reason this derogation from the rules was sought;and if there are comparable roles within the public service paying an annual salary in excess of the top pay scale. [2126/21]

Hospital Equipment

Mairéad Farrell

749. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that a number of oxygen generators purchased by University Hospital Galway in 2020 in response to the Covid-19 crisis have proven deficient and are not currently in use; if this matter is being investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1448/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mairéad Farrell

40. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the €50 million scheme that grants €250 to Irish and EU higher-level students studying in Ireland who have been impacted by Covid-19 which excludes Irish students studying in other EU jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40234/20]

Workplace Relations Commission

Mairéad Farrell

222. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the WRC ruling of 9 June 2020 regarding the funding of the CIÉ pension scheme that is currently being assessed by his Department and the Pensions Authority. [43282/20]

Fishing Industry

Mairéad Farrell

666. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the anger amongst the fishing community regarding large trawlers catching juvenile fish and sprat; and if he will mediate between the groups pending the outcome of the appeal to the High Court. [43320/20]

Harbours and Piers

Mairéad Farrell

685. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the funding that was allocated to the development of Inis Oírr pier in 2020 has been drawn down; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42882/20]

National Children's Hospital

Mairéad Farrell

181. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the estimated new completion date and total cost of the new children’s hospital in view of recent delays and legal challenges; and the estimated total cost overrun in percentage terms. [42347/20]

Health Services Staff

Mairéad Farrell

388. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the current position of those section 39 workers that did not receive pay parity; and if these workers will be included in the PSSA. [36718/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mairéad Farrell

440. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to a monetary bonus payment for all healthcare workers as an acknowledgement of their hard work throughout the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42766/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

30. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42487/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

31. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42476/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

41. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or Ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42477/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

53. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42489/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

61. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42478/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

79. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or inisterial appointments in tabular form. [42484/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

84. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the bodies under the aegis of her Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or Ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42488/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

87. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42482/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

93. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42479/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

97. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Defence the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42474/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

121. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the bodies under the aegis of her Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42475/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

157. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the bodies under the aegis of her Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or Ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42486/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

169. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42473/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

180. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42480/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

186. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the bodies under the aegis of her Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42483/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

242. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42481/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

249. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42472/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

251. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the bodies under the aegis of her Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42485/20]

Renewable Energy Generation

Mairéad Farrell

264. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to progress legislation in order to amend Statutory Instrument SI No. 83 of 2007 in order that schools and community buildings can be exempted from having to apply for planning permission to install solar photovoltaic panels on rooftops; his plans to introduce further legislative amendments to lift the limits that currently exist on solar installation for houses and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42502/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Mairéad Farrell

70. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether applications for the pandemic unemployment payment should be extended to April 2021 in line with employment wage subsidy scheme and the reduced bands restored to their earlier rates in view of the new localised lockdowns and in view of the fact the State is just entering the final quarter of the year. [26635/20]

Third Level Staff

Mairéad Farrell

299. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of staff members of UCD, TCD and DCU who availed of fee waivers remissions for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in their respective institutions in each of the years 2016 to 2019, in tabular form. [40975/20]

Rail Network

Mairéad Farrell

165. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if a second feasibility study into the western rail corridor has been commissioned; if so, the purpose of commissioning a second study; when he plans to publish the findings of the initial report and the independent review; when he expects to make a decision on the future of the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39573/20]

Bus Éireann

Mairéad Farrell

166. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 40 new VB buses received by Bus Éireann from the National Transport Authority earlier in 2020 cannot carry bicycles on board; if he plans to address the situation, given that many of these buses service popular cycleway routes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39574/20]

Financial Services Sector

Mairéad Farrell

197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if a group (details supplied) is still chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach; and the reason it no longer publishes the minutes of its meetings. [28276/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mairéad Farrell

198. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the reason he did not apply for the extension of Covid-19 payment breaks for borrowers by the deadline of 23 September 2020. [28277/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

26. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39046/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

33. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39047/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

43. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39058/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

53. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39048/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

61. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39054/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

68. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of her Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39057/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

76. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39052/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

90. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39049/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

94. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Defence if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39044/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

116. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if her Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of her Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39045/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

139. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of her Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39056/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

159. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39043/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

164. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39050/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

178. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if her Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of her Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39053/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

232. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39051/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

277. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39042/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

287. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of her Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39055/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

298. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the full list of public procurement contracts will be provided for capital works that have exceeded €10 million, disaggregated by number of tender bids, value of each bid, name of each bidder, name of successful contract winner and final cost of the project, in tabular form. [38566/20]

Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta

Mairéad Farrell

307. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén amlíne atá leagtha amach le go mbunófar an coiste comhairleach ar thoghcháin Údarás na Gaeltachta agus cén amlíne a bheidh ag an gcoiste sin lena chuid oibre a dhéanamh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [37973/20]

European Court of Justice Rulings

Mairéad Farrell

333. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the Supreme Court ruling in An Taisce v. An Bord Pleanála on 1 July 2020 which found substitute consent to be inconsistent with the environmental impact assessment directive; if the ruling affects the way in which his Department plans to proceed with respect to resolution of the 2008 Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in a case (details supplied) requiring an environmental impact assessment be carried out at a windfarm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37769/20]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Mairéad Farrell

399. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review will be published for the 2016 tenant (incremental) purchase scheme. [38748/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mairéad Farrell

860. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths that occurred as a result of Covid-19 for September and October 2020, by county, in nursing homes, direct provision and meat factories, in tabular form; if he will provide additional information such as age groups and nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38382/20]

Renewable Energy Generation

Mairéad Farrell

88. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No.236 of 10 November 2020, if Ros an Mhíl harbour is amongst those considered as a regional harbour in the response; if it is being included in any discussions or planning in relation to the marine renewable energy industry in view of the fact it is ideally positioned to service marine renewables on the western seaboard; the role he envisages for the harbour in regards to the marine renewable industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37526/20]

Public Sector Pay

Mairéad Farrell

85. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the negotiations for a new public service stability agreement, PSSA; the date formal negotiations took place; and the expected date for their completion. [36717/20]

National Development Plan

Mairéad Farrell

87. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that will be taken by the review to renew the national development plan, which will look to incorporate an independent peer review at two key points in the life of a contact worth over €10 million in order to ensure that successful tender bids are coming in on cost. [36712/20]

Lobbying Regulation

Mairéad Farrell

89. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the further measures being planned in terms of amendments to the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 in view of his recent statement that he was planning fines and criminal sanctions for Deputies and Ministers that breach the cooling off period and become lobbyists shortly after leaving political life. [36719/20]

Flood Prevention Measures

Mairéad Farrell

100. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a flood defence programme in Clifden, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36714/20]

Flood Prevention Measures

Mairéad Farrell

102. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW plans to install river gauges on the Owenglin River, County Galway in locations in which none currently exist. [36716/20]

Flood Prevention Measures

Mairéad Farrell

115. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the trial for the new simulation system for advance warnings will be put in place on the Owenglin River, County Galway. [36715/20]

Data Centres

Mairéad Farrell

165. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data centres by county; and the average monthly and yearly power usage in tabular form. [36680/20]

National Development Plan

Mairéad Farrell

248. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if the review and renew of the national development plan relating to the way in which consideration will be given to a high speed rail network for Belfast, Dublin, Cork and Limerick in the national development plan will be extended to other counties such as Galway. [36713/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

300. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a list of Departments, commercial and non-commercial State bodies and private entities that are subsidised by 50% or more with public funding, and which have implemented social clauses in public procurement contracts, will be provided in tabular form. [36525/20]

Office of Public Works

Mairéad Farrell

304. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties which are vacant and are either owned or being rented by the Office of Public Works by county; the amount of rent paid to date on those vacant rented properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36777/20]

National Broadband Plan

Mairéad Farrell

40. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of homes and businesses in each county and city that currently have access to high-speed fibre broadband in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35530/20]

Departmental Funding

Mairéad Farrell

78. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [35517/20]

Renewable Energy Generation

Mairéad Farrell

235. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the steps being taken to assess and develop the capacity to construct and support marine based renewable energy projects here with regard to the required harbour and associated facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35338/20]

Renewable Energy Generation

Mairéad Farrell

236. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the harbours that are considered suitable or relevant to the development of marine resources along the west coast of Ireland in view of the fact that the area is being viewed as an area that may be suitable for the development of marine renewables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35339/20]