Results 20,281-20,300 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It is very welcome the dispute has been resolved because it was a serious impediment and led to delays. On the section 102 referrals that relate to the death of or serious harm to a person, we are given figures there in the final section of the table. It tells us there were 43 referrals in 2020 and 59 in 2021. It would useful for us to get some additional information on that. It would...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. Did we get a response about Benefacts? It came up in correspondence several weeks ago. I think we were to write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on that. If we have not had a reply, we might go back after it because many people are very upset that this database is no longer functioning. It was well used and very much appreciated.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: What I am sure the Deputy is trying to do is look at where there is competition to deliver the same services. Maybe getting a response from Eir directly on what its strategy is and how that aligns with the NBP would be useful.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I have not yet watched the programme. I did not get a chance. Hopefully I will see it later. I share the view that we have a system of local administration, rather than one of local government. As I spent decades on the council, it is an area I know very well. I would say to Deputy O'Connor that the officials in the local authorities did not assume power; they were given it. That has...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 161. To ask the Taoiseach if he has engaged a company (details supplied) in respect of the services it provides from 2011 to date in 2022; the number of times he has engaged this company; the services used; and the total cost of all engagements with this company. [15229/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Energy Conservation (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of offices his Department use by location and include the display energy certificate, DEC, rating for each; the amount his Department has received historically from the public sector energy efficiency programme; and if he consulted with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in respect of a minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention or that of his predecessor and that of officials has been drawn to instances in which the organisation failed to file accounts on time in the past; and the action they initiated on foot of same. [15792/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the situation in respect of fee caps being linked to core funding in the early child education sector; if providers will lose funding if they fail to sign up to fee caps; and if he will provide the advices he received in respect of this direction. [16634/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify if Ireland is accepting the entry of people fleeing Ukraine who do not have Ukrainian or EU citizenship; the legal status they are entitled to; and the specific arrangements that are being put in place for same. [16036/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by his Department and the HSE to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention or that of his predecessor and that of officials has been drawn to instances in which the organisation failed to file accounts on time in the past; and the action they initiated on foot of same. [15790/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 615. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) has provided his Department or the HSE with an update in respect of the non-filing and or filing of overdue accounts. [15791/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The renters out there who are fearful that they will never be able to afford their own homes need not worry. The Government has a plan to auto-enrol them in a pension so that they can raid the pension fund to continue to pay rack rents when they reach their mid-60s. According to the Irish Independent, a confidential Cabinet memo stated that the new auto-enrolment pension scheme is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Auto-enrolment, of course, is something that is to be welcomed and, in fact, I said in my contribution which the Taoiseach must have missed. However, it was also reported in the Irish Independent that a confidential Cabinet memorandum stated that the new auto-enrolment pension scheme is particularly important because an increasing number of older people will need sufficient income to meet...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It was not numbers that delivered affordability. In fact, the crash reduced house prices. Affordability is something deliberate and I do not see that in the Government's plans. There is no evidence of it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Affordable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: You have been saying the same thing for ten years.