Mairéad Farrell

516. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the HSE continues to pay private home help contractors when a patient is in hospital temporarily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5149/26]

252. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to explain the reason Lough Corrib SAC, which is a large body of water greater than 600ha in size with strong stream connectivity, as per Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) statistical models, cannot produce surplus Atlantic salmon for the 2026 angling season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4197/26]

253. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will allocate extra funding to Inland Fisheries Ireland for 2026 to facilitate increased stock management (pike culling) efforts on Lough Corrib SAC considering the documented predation on salmon smolts by invasive pike together with the perilous state of salmon stocks in Ireland as referenced in the draft salmon angling regulations for the 2026 season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4199/26]

254. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials will consider opening Lough Corrib SAC in 2027 for the harvesting of Atlantic salmon by rod and line angling; if his ‘catch and release’ proposal for 2026 results in a quantifiable growth in fish numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4200/26]

255. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reasons for his failure to sign off the proposed Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations for the 2026 salmon angling season, which would be a matter of course every December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4201/26]

256. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he accepts that the continued enforcement of S.I. No. 741/2024 [Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024] into the 2026 salmon angling season is legally untenable considering that the appropriate assessment screening which underpins S.I. No. 741/2024 is not related to the generation of salmon that may enter Irish rivers in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4202/26]

404. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the continued injustice caused as a result of Project Glas, as the State prepares to exit ownership of Permanent TSB; if he could provide clarity on how legally binding consumer protections are being enforced in practice, how regulatory delays are permitted to continue while enforcement proceeds, and what accountability exists for the ongoing consequences of Project Glas and similar sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4234/26]

405. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of frontier management enforcement staff at Dublin Airport in each of the years 2019 to 2025, categorised by frontline and non-frontline roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4248/26]

619. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the basic income for artists scheme, which will end in February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4189/26]

37. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of the changes to the way in which income from carer's allowance is assessed for tax in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2621/26]

115. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 24 September 2025, if we will provide an update on the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2549/26]

174. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the level of in-work poverty in the State has been brought to his attention; if he will consider an increase in the minimum wage as an effective means to reduce in-work poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1527/26]

354. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to research by a group, showing that 7,551 salmon migrated to the Corrib system in 2025; if he will provide details on the way in which this figure was calculated given consideration to factors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74836/25]

355. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the normal groups (details supplied), five-year average stock assessment reports, were not adhered to in 2025 to determine whether catch and release, or C&R, on the Corrib system should be recommended or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74837/25]

356. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) for 2025 having not yet been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74838/25]

357. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will change the proposed determination of catch and release or C&R for the Corrib system back to open for harvesting in view of a reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74839/25]

812. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity Guidance; if the Government has assessed whether this scheme complies with EU law (Art. 31 Charter, Directive 2003/88/EC). [74843/25]

834. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity Guidance, and if he will provide information on the authorisation for this disclosure scheme, if Cabinet approval was sought; the reason the scheme limits disclosures to 2024–2025, when Karshan dealt with misclassification from 2010; the legal basis for the Revenue Commissioners to disregard workers’ backdated entitlements while collecting tax arrears; the reason workers’ representatives and unions were not consulted before launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74840/25]

987. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the use of AI systems to generate explicit deepfakes of real, identifiable people without their consent; if he considers this practice unlawful, the plans to prevent such content spreading online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1448/26]

988. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the action the Government is taking to ensure that social media companies are taking action to detect, remove and mitigate the spread of harmful and illegal material, including content involving minors or non-consensual imagery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1449/26]

1544. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the Karshan disclosure opportunity guidance; if his Department was consulted before the Revenue Commissioners launched this scheme; the way in which his Department will ensure workers’ PRSI records pre-2024 are corrected in line with Karshan; the reason his Department failed to prosecute employers under SS251–252 despite repeated confirmation of bogus self-employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74842/25]

1606. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government can reconcile the “Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All” campaign with an amnesty that forgives employer welfare fraud. [2904/26]

2322. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health her plans to streamline the procedure for the drugs payment scheme, to digitalise it, or to make less cumbersome for those using it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75120/25]

2644. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of capital spent from the islands allocation of his Department and predecessor Departments, by areas (details supplied) in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75059/25]

48. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which her Department intends to support and develop Irish language naíonraí, particularly those in the Gaeltacht; if she plans to develop a new recognition scheme for Irish language naíonraí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73193/25]