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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Would that limit us with respect to the credit unions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: That would be the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: We would have to bring in officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine if we were to do that. I had an issue I was pursuing relating to a particular grant of money but when I sought accountability on how that money was spent it was very problematic. If the Chairman were to seek to raise an issue with the Department, I suggest it should be its level of oversight of when...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Yes. When I pursued the matter with the Minister, he said it was a body in its own right. There was a gap in accountability. That is where we need to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: It is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: That is the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: We will have to deal with it through that Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: My proposal to the committee to invite in the Department of Foreign Affairs related specifically to the Passport Office. There may be other elements of that Department we should be examining. There was an investment programme in the Passport Office, some of which has delivered dividends, for example, in respect of automatic renewal. However, there are other issues with the passport...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: I would say there may be several other issues.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: We do not need to discuss the detail of the current problems. An investment has been made and we can note the profile of it to date but some of it does not appear to be robust enough in terms of the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Catherine Murphy: In terms of capturing an image, is more investment needed or would we be duplicating investment? That is an aspect we need to examine. People in the Passport Office are run off their feet. I am in contact with staff routinely. There is another aspect of this that we need to examine. That is what I would suggest.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the full list of all nominations received by prescribed bodies pursuant to section 106 of the Planning & Development Act 2000 as amended for membership of An Bord Pleanála in 2014; the way that the selection process was conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28559/22]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Catherine Murphy: I apologise if I am going over ground that was discussed earlier. It is one of those days when I am trying to bilocate. There are three areas I wanted to talk to Mr. McCarthy about and the time is short. Obviously, the most important aspect of foster care is that it meets the best interests of the child. However, there are different costs depending on what is available, and whether it...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Catherine Murphy: Is there a shortage? I received a reply to parliamentary question that tells me, for example, that there are 447 available places in north Dublin and 747 are required. There are other places where the need would be met. Is there a shortage of places? Is that determining something where one will get a more expensive and a less optimum placement?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Catherine Murphy: My time is very short. I do not need to be-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Catherine Murphy: I appreciate that. One of the Department's remits relates to the Traveller and Roma communities. I do not know what the population of the Roma community is but I know the Traveller population is in the order of 40,000. The suicide rate among male Travellers is seven times higher than among the general population. For female Travellers, some of whom are children, it is six times the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Catherine Murphy: What of the key performance indicators?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Catherine Murphy: Would Mr. McCarthy regard that level of suicide as a complete failure?