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Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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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]
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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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]
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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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]
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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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]
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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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]
Thu, 14 Jan 2021
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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]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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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]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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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]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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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]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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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]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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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]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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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]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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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]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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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]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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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]