Mairéad Farrell

164. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the approach of Government in MFF discussions up to 1 July 2026 in relation to the repayment of Next Generation EU funds, own resources and the size of the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53932/26]

246. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposed changes to planning exemption regulations; the timeline for these changes to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53785/26]

247. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered legislation to allow social housing tenants whose joint tenant has been abusive to them and there is a safety or protection order in place, to separate their joint tenancy to allow local authorities to provide them with a transfer as a sole applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53786/26]

248. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if current social housing tenants, including HAP and RAS tenants, will be included in the improved protocols for the allocation of social housing to victims and survivors of domestic violence and abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53796/26]

305. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to instances where first time buyers are prevented from drawing down on their mortgage due to IRP renewal delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53882/26]

326. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on ongoing work to secure a national quota for bluefin tuna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53798/26]

52. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to community wealth building, as a model for retaining public expenditure within our towns and counties and promoting balanced economic development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51495/26]

334. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports in place for financing books for children who are home schooled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53512/26]

350. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has given further consideration to establishing a secondary school on Inishbofin, County Galway; if she will provide an update in relation to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53626/26]

379. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the funding for the Creative Ireland Programme is winding down; if so, if a new funding stream will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53561/26]

849. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason persons assessed as requiring home support are being refused or delayed due to funding being exhausted; the steps she will take to ensure that no person living with dementia is left without the care they have been assessed as needing (details supplied); if she will confirm the commencement date for the legislation and detail the barriers that remain to implementing this long-promised statutory entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53262/26]

877. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that people living with dementia can access the home care they have been assessed as needing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53429/26]

879. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when the statutory home support scheme will be commenced; the barriers that now prevent its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53431/26]

58. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 1 May 2025, the current situation regarding the drafting at a national level on the proposed EU National Regional Partnership Plans; how this process has been taking place and the input at parliamentary and civil society level to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/26]

75. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the OPW failed to commence construction on a single major flood relief scheme, as reported in the Public Service Performance Report 2025; to provide details of the two target projects that did not commence construction in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52052/26]

76. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the OPW only delivered substantial completion on one of their target of four major flood relief schemes as reported in the Public Service Performance Report 2025; to provide details of the three target projects that were not substantially completed in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52053/26]

1. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will publish the efficiency and reform proposals that he requested each Department to provide to him by 17 July 2026; if he will do so at the earliest opportunity possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51702/26]

3. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to give an update on the progress of a new public sector pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51703/26]

4. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the national procurement strategy, which was due to be published earlier this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51494/26]

19. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on overpayments made by the NSSO to former Government Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51493/26]

21. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on infrastructure investment in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51496/26]

125. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the financial supports that are available for the replacement of solid fuel stoves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51023/26]

141. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the appropriate assessment screening produced by his Departmental officials for the Pollack Fishing Conservation Bye-Law (No. 1028) 2026 as required under the EU Habitats Directive for Special Area of Conservation (SAC) waters, was not produced by the responsible statutory body, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), or an independent ecology consultancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51736/26]

142. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Irish State's legal obligations under Article 6.2 of the EU Habitats Directive considered when drafting the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51739/26]

143. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the Owenriff (Barna) River system (No. 140) was not listed in Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Bye-Law (No. C.S. 287) 2006, considering that 16 Atlantic salmon were harvested from the system in 2005 and a neighbouring system within the Galway District, the Knock River system (No. 142), produced no salmon in the same year but was closed under the aforementioned bye-law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51741/26]