Official portrait of Mairéad Farrell

Mairéad Farrell

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Sinn Féin · Galway West · serving since 2024-11-29

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Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2025-09-23 · to Health
623. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of security staff hired directly and through agency in Galway University Hospital; the number that are hired directly, and through agencies; the overall cost, from 2020 to 2024, per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49925/25]
written 2025-09-18 · to Health
364. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be considered for CAR T- cell therapy in St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49487/25]
written 2025-09-17 · to Foreign
104. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason five US Air Force Hercules C130 aircraft landed at Shannon Airport on 29 August 2025 (details supplied); the steps that were taken to establish who and what was being transported on these aircraft and to establish their destination was in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48832/25]
written 2025-09-17 · to Finance
326. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance when revised criteria to qualify for a primary medical certificate (PMC) will be published; his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a PMC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48483/25]
written 2025-09-17 · to Enterprise
420. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a company (details supplied); the obligations Irish businesses, namely bars and restaurants, have to this company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48449/25]
written 2025-09-17 · to Children
1057. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration that has been given to extend still birth leave in cases in which babies are born at 18-weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48142/25]
written 2025-09-17 · to Health
1345. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Connemara; and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49006/25]
written 2025-09-17 · to Further and Higher Education
1426. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports in place for students who travelled recently from Gaza; the fees that they must pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48819/25]
written 2025-09-08 · to Social
1414. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on his plans to abolish the means test for carers; if there is a timeline for this; if considerations for this will be made in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46927/25]
written 2025-07-29 · to Finance
632. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 29 April 2025, which specific case law he is referring to. [41086/25]
written 2025-07-29 · to Finance
633. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 29 April 2025, which specific case law he is referring to. [41087/25]
written 2025-07-29 · to Public Expenditure
849. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the efforts that were made to keep a café in Ionad Cultúrtha an Phiarsaigh, Ros Muc; the plans to ensure a café can be placed there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44396/25]
written 2025-07-29 · to Housing
1556. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén chaoi a bhfuil a Roinn ag tabhairt tacaíochta do húdaráis áitiúla chun sprioc 20% de sheirbhísigh poiblí ina n-oifigigh dhátheangacha faoi dheireadh 2030 a bhaint amach; cén dúl chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis seo go dtí seo; an céadatán den fhoireann i ngach údarás áitúil atá dátheangach faoi láthair, i bhfoirm tábla; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [42521/25]
written 2025-07-29 · to Housing
1644. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta an bhfuil dualgais ann ar iarratais phleanála taobh istigh den Ghaeltacht fógra a dhéanamh sna meáin Ghaeilge; an bhféadfadh iarratais phleanála taobh istigh den Ghaeltacht a bheith fógraithe sna meáin chlóite Ghaeilge, mar shampla an nuachtán nua “An Páipéar”; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [43932/25]
written 2025-07-29 · to Health
2638. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to clarify when a person can expect a decision on a recent discretionary hardship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41176/25]
written 2025-07-29 · to Health
3297. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she has considered a publicity campaign on the need for donor breast milk for premature babies in NICUs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44397/25]
written 2025-07-29 · to Further and Higher Education
3429. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprenticeship courses which have been cancelled this year broken down by ETB. [44432/25]
written 2025-07-29 · to Rural
3497. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the plans that are in place to ensure additional funding for mná tí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44398/25]
oral 2025-07-17 · to Public Expenditure
1. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on general budgetary expenditure measures. [39486/25]
oral 2025-07-17 · to Public Expenditure
3. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department’s submission to the EU review of the protected disclosures regime will refer to the views of whistleblowers from the Farrelly commission and Children's Health Ireland (children’s hip surgeries) about the reprisals they faced. [39487/25]
oral 2025-07-17 · to Public Expenditure
15. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on his scoping exercise for the overpayment of civil servants and Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39499/25]
written 2025-07-17 · to Education
100. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently awaiting a place in a secondary school; her Department’s plans to ensure that every child who finished sixth class in 2025 is able to progress to secondary school in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40176/25]
written 2025-07-17 · to Education
154. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to amend this criterion following the dissemination of circular 0024/2025 (details supplied) to be inclusive of children with a disability and speech sound disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39679/25]
written 2025-07-17 · to Rural
602. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta maidir le ceist 190 den 7 Samhain 2024, an mbeidh na pleananna teanga nua ullmhaithe roimh dheireadh na tréimhse seacht mbliana ionas nach mbeidh briseadh ann idir an dá phlean; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [40231/25]
written 2025-07-16 · to Justice
190. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide clarity for a person (details supplied) on the steps they can take to apply for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40145/25]
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