Mairéad Farrell
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Sinn Féin · Galway West · serving since 2024-11-29
- Vote recorded in 328 of 401 divisions in the archive
- 404 debate contributions
- 1,028 parliamentary questions asked
Record timeline
- constituency Galway West 2024-11-29 to present
- party Sinn Féin 2024-11-29 to present
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2026-02-04 · to Health
984. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure urgent access to Welireg (belzutifan) for a young adult with von Hippel-Lindau disease; whether compassionate or exceptional access mechanisms are available while national reimbursement processes are ongoing; the safeguards currently in place to protect such patients from avoidable permanent harm during administrative delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7536/26]
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2026-02-04 · to Health
1038. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the lack of dental services for persons with disabilities due to overcrowding in Galway University Hospital; the number of patients that have been seen in Galway University Hospital for this service in each of the years, 2023, 2024, and 2025; the number of patients currently on the waiting list for this service as of January 2026; if she has considered offering this service in other regional hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7720/26]
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2026-02-04 · to Health
1061. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Sláinte an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas maidir leis an gcinneadh chun an tseirbhís teiripe urlabhra a aistriú ó Leitir Mór go dtí an Tulach i gContae na Gaillimhe; cén tionchar a imreoidh an cinneadh sin ar pháistí atá ag freastal ar an tseirbhís sin sa gceantar iargúlta i gConamara; agus an raibh aon comhairliúchán ag a Roinn agus ag Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte leis an bpobal i gCeantar na nOileán maidir leis sin. [7797/26]
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2026-01-29 · to Agriculture
48. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 26 November 2025, if he will provide an update on the accessibility audit now that planning has been granted on an application Ref No 2561595 in Ros a Mhíl Harbour; if there will be consultation with islanders or representatives of organisations representing people with physical disabilities as part of this audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7012/26]
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2026-01-29 · to Agriculture
55. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent revelations regarding an organisation (detail supplied) that sources Brazilian beef as a raw material for the products it supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7002/26]
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2026-01-29 · to Further and Higher Education
142. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to independent students who have become estranged from their families after the age of 18 years, but are struggling to provide sufficient documentation to prove their independence in order that they can access SUSI; if he plans to revise the rules regarding eligibility to be classed as an independent student for SUSI purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7005/26]
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2026-01-29 · to Further and Higher Education
147. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the date for the publication of the updated National Student Accommodation Strategy (2025-2035), which was due to be published in 2024; the reason for the delay in publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7006/26]
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2026-01-28 · to Housing
94. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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. [6782/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Finance
397. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employers that have registered an intention to participate, filed a disclosure, and completed settlement under the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity as of 31 January 2026; the total value of tax, USC and PRSI regularised; the number of affected workers for whom manual PRSI records have been created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6568/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Finance
398. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of Karshan Disclosure Opportunity participants by NACE sector, indicating the number of disclosures received from State-linked entities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6569/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Finance
399. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to publish the legal or actuarial analysis that informed Revenue’s decision to confine the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity for the years 2024–2025; whether this limitation was approved by his Department’s legal advisers or the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6570/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Finance
400. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity or any associated settlement arrangement has been notified to the European Commission under Article 108(3) TFEU; if not, to explain the basis on which Revenue considers the scheme outside the scope of EU State-aid rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6571/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Finance
401. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to list all organisations consulted in the design of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity, distinguishing between employer, professional-services and worker or trade-union bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6572/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Finance
402. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for the estimated fiscal cost to the Exchequer of limiting Karshan-related liabilities to the years 2024–2025 rather than the full retrospective period of 2010–2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6573/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Finance
403. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employers denied access to the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity on the grounds of deliberate or careless misclassification; the number of investigations opened since September 2025 under the Code of Practice for Revenue Compliance Interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6574/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Finance
404. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Attorney General, the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, or any Court has reviewed the compatibility of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity with the Supreme Court judgment in Revenue v Karshan (Midlands) Ltd [2023] IESC 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6575/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Public Expenditure
406. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if there will be further public consultation on his Departments’ national public procurement strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5606/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Enterprise
438. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department or the WRC has examined whether the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity undermines workers’ EU-derived rights under Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Directive 2003/88/EC, in view of its exclusion of historic misclassification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6576/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Enterprise
439. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if her Department was consulted prior to the launch of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity; if it provided any assessment of its impact on PRSI entitlements or arrears; and if her Department has agreed to accept manual PRSI records generated under the scheme as valid contributions for benefit or pension purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6577/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Education
571. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the change in SNA allocation for a school (details supplied), which will be reduced by 2 full-time SNA staff from September this year; the reason for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6467/26]
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2026-01-27 · to Health
1034. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on Áras Mhic Dara in An Cheathrú Rua, County Galway, in particular the details of the meeting between the Minister of State in her Department and the HSE, which was queried with her office on the 16 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5899/26]
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2026-01-22 · to Health
18. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the waiting lists in Galway University Hospital, which are the highest in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4965/26]
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2026-01-22 · to Housing
181. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of social housing tenants in Galway city and county experiencing housing maintenance issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4966/26]
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2026-01-22 · to Housing
250. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the issue of older adult homelessness in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4967/26]
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2026-01-22 · to Housing
393. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide more detail on the small wastewater element of Action 15, Enable Developer-led Infrastructure, within the Government’s new infrastructure plan, Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70763/25]