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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: This correspondence, dated 20 December 2019, outlines the practice this committee had previously highlighted whereby university staff need to make a claim to get paid holidays, which seems to be unusual. I suggest that we get a sense of any cost associated with that. Considering the length of time since that correspondence, we need to get clarification from the university as to whether it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Citizens have a right to liaise with Departments and statutory bodies through our native language if they so wish. I am simply requesting that we get an update on the position, not just in respect of Irish language posts specifically but also appointments where the successful applicant would be deemed to have a knowledge of the Irish language so we can get a sense of where we stand in terms...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Under the Disability Act, each Department has a responsibility to employ 2%-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: -----of people with disabilities within the ranks. People have been very fluid with what they deem to be a disability in that regard in order to fulfil the criteria. It is a separate, but important, question.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Members will recall this case and the severity of it and it would be appropriate that this committee is proactive in ensuring the answers in relation to the commission of investigation are made public as soon as possible. There is a huge public interest element in this and we need to ensure this committee is seen to hold to account those who need to be held to account and that answers are...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Everybody who has seen this correspondence, in particular first-time members of this committee, would have been struck by the audacity of the suggestion to the Committee of Public Accounts that within four years the HSE will resolve an issue that was highlighted over a decade ago. One cannot help but be mindful of those organisations, including local disability organisations, that are put...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Members will recall the debacle on the misspending of EU funds for training purposes at the Garda College. The correspondence that the Garda Ombudsman sent to the committee on 20 January 2020 indicated that the investigation was at an advanced stage and should conclude in the near future. Recent media reports suggest that a retired Garda who, apparently, was subject to this cannot...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: If I recall correctly, and obviously I was not a member of the committee, but the Garda and-or the Department indicated that they would not fulfil the financial element of their examinations entirely until GSOC had completed its report. That is why the committee had contacted GSOC for an update in the first instance. Considering they said in January that they were at a latter stage of their...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: I wish to withdraw my request in this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: People might argue that it is not a huge amount of money in the overall scheme of things, but it is €25,000 of public money. The employment of media monitoring services by Departments is a bugbear of mine. In addition to its in-house press operations, the Department is asking a private company essentially to monitor the media. The public deserve to know the exact service that is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: It is a €25,000 contract with a limited supplier. The justification given in the response from the Department of Education and Skills is that there is a restricted market for this service. I would argue that a couple of transition year students would be able to let it know what the newspapers are reporting or what is on other media. Apparently, the Department of Justice and Equality...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Yes, it is as simple as that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: It dates back to March and I am seeking an update on it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Regarding health facilities, the Taoiseach will be aware of a situation in Carrickmacross involving a group home for young adults with severe physical and sensory disabilities. This building was promised by the HSE in 2006. It was completed in 2016.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach is aware of this because on 4 December last year, he wrote to the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, outlining the seriousness of the situation. I have a written reply from the current Minister for Health, the Taoiseach's party colleague, that has indicated he cannot even commit to funding to open the centre next year.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Health to ensure the families of these people with severe disabilities have the group home they were promised more than a decade and a half ago?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Based on the Minister's utterances and his attitude on this issue, I can tell him that in ten years' time the North-South interconnector will not be built. Today I read transcripts from the previous time the Minister was in government when he then refused to listen to Deputies in this House, including Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and others, who pointed out to him that without the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: That is not how undergrounding works.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The local community has zero confidence in EirGrid.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The local community will not engage with it.