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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Expenses (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Deputies and Senators continue to be paid enhanced subsistence rates for overseas travel. [49737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the two-year delay for a review by the INIS of the EU treaty rights of a person (details supplied) who has applied for citizenship. [49690/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Watt. I want to start by asking him some questions on the procedure whereby Deputies claim travel and accommodation allowance and if he has a view on the way the system currently operates, which is that Deputies have to fob in for 120 days, in which case they are entitled to the maximum allowance, depending on their band. There is no system in place to ensure it is the Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The answer to this question might be the same but does Mr. Watt have any view on or responsibility for the system in place that is provided by a company called FlexTime? This system is used by both staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas and Deputies. When the staff clock in, it records the time the staff clock in at, clock out at and so on. I have requested my own records but it seems that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: It would depend on what Mr. Watt said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I have a separate question. Within the Civil Service for this flexitime system of clocking in, is Mr. Watt aware of any category of staff for whom the time is not recorded and only attendance is recorded in a digital fashion? Is Mr. Watt aware of any such scenarios or does it always record the time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: No problem. I want to ask about the resignation of the chief executive officer of the Office of Government Procurement, Mr. Paul Quinn, from the board of the national children's hospital. Is Mr. Watt aware of why he resigned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Is Mr. Watt saying he resigned because he was too busy with other responsibilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Would Mr. Watt have described his position on the board as being a position he had in a personal capacity or was it related to his position as chief executive officer of the Office of Government Procurement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Is Mr. Watt happy with the performance of the Office of Government Procurement in light of, for example, the multiple changes in specifications of the national children's hospital and the spiralling costs related to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I note in Mr. Watt's opening statement he talks about making the Civil Service more open, accountable, transparent and so on. Does that not include answering questions in the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Chairman might correct me on this but Mr. Watt did not come to this committee about this matter but he went to the Committee of Public Accounts. We asked Mr. Watt to come here and he did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Mr. Watt was here on 7 March 2019 so he must have answered some questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: How did it happen? How did we end up with such spiralling costs over a period? How did we end up with such continuous specification changes? How was that allowed to take place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Watt.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: There was a time when workers worked seven days a week, working six full days and a half day on Sunday. It was a gain by the labour movement to get rid of the Sunday and eventually the Saturday. Effectively since that time working hours have remained quite stable as each productivity gain delivered by workers has been gobbled up in the form of profits. I agree that this goes beyond climate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will include a four day working week without loss of pay as a measure to significantly reduce emissions in the future climate action plans of his Department. [49324/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I am interested in hearing the Minister's views on the introduction of a four-day working week without loss of pay as a measure to substantially reduce carbon emissions. This is a measure that is included in the UK Labour Party manifesto. There are varying estimates regarding what level of carbon savings would be made, including one of 16%. This measure forms part of our green new deal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I asked the Minister to comment on proposals to reduce the working week to four days. I would argue that that should be combined with no loss of pay such that people are not harmed. This is part of a green new deal vision for transforming our society, avoiding climate catastrophe and giving people time to contribute to society, taking advantage of massive productivity increases the benefits...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will implement the recommendation made by the Youth Assembly to implement a tiered tax system on large corporations for their emissions. [49323/19]