Mairéad Farrell

310. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Department has not listed the Owenriff River (Inverin) No. 140 and the Crumlin River No. 139 situated in the Galway Fishery District No. 9(1), in the proposed Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026, considering that both rivers contain native anadromous salmonids with Atlantic salmon being harvested from the Owenriff River (Inverin) in 2024 as per published data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/26]

311. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the date for the publication of the terms of reference for the independent review into Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12070/26]

312. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm the existence of the ‘Inland Fisheries Primary Legislation and Policy Group’ within his Department; the number of staff assigned to this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12072/26]

313. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department considered scientific advice contained in the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025 as proposed by TEGOS (Technical Expert Group on Salmon) in November, considering the liberalisation of the national rod angling harvest for Atlantic salmon proposed in the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12074/26]

314. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway went from a proposed ‘catch and release’ fishery for Atlantic salmon with no harvest in November 2025 to having a harvestable surplus of 1,162 fish in February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12075/26]

315. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his officials failed to publish in full all submissions received for the public consultation on the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and conservation measures for the 2026 season that closed on 20 December 2025, in view of declarations made on his Department’s website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12076/26]

394. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to helicopter emergency medical services being underequipped to safely lift patients; if he will consider introducing appropriate patient moving on handling devices on existing Bristow Ireland, AW 189 helicopters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12228/26]

425. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide a salary range that the new CEO of the Shannon Airport Group will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12566/26]

427. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to reports of ICE deportation flights refuelling at Shannon airport, including those deporting Palestinians to the West Bank; if he will commit to ending Ireland’s facilitation of such flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12614/26]

483. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the price ceiling for the first home scheme has increased by €25,000, while the help-to-buy scheme price ceiling did not; to review the property price ceilings for the help-to-buy scheme in view of this discrepancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12532/26]

541. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 235 of 29 January, and 983 of 13 January 2026, the status of the research projects that were previously conducted by his Departments’ recently disbanded climate division; if any research projects will be discontinued given the restructuring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12586/26]

696. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the injustice being experience by students sitting their Leaving Certificate exams in relation to the implementation of Irish-language bonus marks; if she will intervene to ensure that the Department of Education and the State Examinations Commission immediately return to the long-established practice of applying bonus marks in full to all written assessed work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12692/26]

743. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the 2,000 artists who currently avail of the basic income for artists will face a six-month gap in payments; if this is the case, the financial supports his Department is providing for these people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12561/26]

759. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the updated planning policy statement on short-term letting as its absence has caused significant levels of confusion and anxiety to owners of short-term lettings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12961/26]

798. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to weaken the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive in Ireland considering his published comments in the aftermath of the recent catastrophic flooding in Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12083/26]

901. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date for publication of the death in custody report from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons, sent to his Department in July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12050/26]

1127. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition affecting approximately six babies born in Ireland each year, will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; if SMA screening will be implemented before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage; the preparations that are currently underway to ensure this timeline is met, given that more than two years have elapsed since the decision was taken to include SMA in the heelprick test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12116/26]

3. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to give an update on flood relief schemes; and on the underspend within the allocation to the National Flood Forecasting Warning Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11569/26]

281. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the expenditure for 2025, and the impact it had on the surplus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11568/26]

126. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 543 of 4 February 2026, if she will provide the data as requested; and if not, the reason for this. [10508/26]

169. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason former Minister for Finance chose to pledge €141.1million to the World Bank in 2025, €10 million more than the World Bank requested, given that the Department’s business case stated that the lower amount of €131.4 million was ‘in keeping with Ireland’s International development policy’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10051/26]

187. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason former Minister for Finance ignored pre-Budget 2026 advice from officials within the Department of Finance, to introduce profitability bands to the bank levy, that would result in a greater amount of money paid by AIB and Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/26]

424. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 397–403 of 27 January 2026, to clarify whether Section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 prevents the Revenue Commissioners from providing aggregated and anonymised statistical information (details supplied): and, if such information cannot be provided, to identify the specific statutory provision relied upon to withhold each category of aggregate data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10140/26]

425. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any estimate, internal model or fiscal impact analysis was prepared by the Revenue Commissioners or his Department regarding the cost to the Exchequer of limiting Karshan-related liabilities to the years 2024–2025, instead of applying the Supreme Court judgment retrospectively; if no such estimate was prepared, to explain if the Government considered that this limitation confers a selective fiscal advantage on participating employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10141/26]

426. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 399–404 of 27 January 2026, whether the Revenue Commissioners obtained any written legal advice of any kind (including internal Revenue legal advice, advice from external counsel or advice from any departmental legal unit) specifically addressing: the compatibility of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity with Articles 107 and 108 TFEU (on State aid); the obligation of prior notification under Article 108(3) TFEU; the principle of sincere cooperation under Article 4(3) TEU; to publish any such advice or if none exists, to confirm explicitly that no written legal advice addressing these EU-law issues was obtained prior to the implementation of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10142/26]