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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I will raise just a couple more issues. One relates to the Financial Services and the Pensions Ombudsman. I refer to the fact that discussions are ongoing between the office and the Department of Finance about funding of liabilities under the schemes. It may well be useful for us to have them in to discuss that to see where it is at because the issue of pensions keeps cropping up. At some...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Would it have required permission from the Department to make those investments?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It might be worth asking the Department if a business case was presented and, if so, if it would make it available to us before we meet it. It is quite urgent that it do that because if it deviates significantly, I think it is worth us looking at that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Let us make a start on the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It is disappointing that no information is available on CHO 7. I would be surprised if it is the only CHO area on which information is missing. Information has not been provided for the Waterford-Wexford area either.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It is a postcode lottery for people. The people who will miss out on services are families who cannot pay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I think it is important to say that even where they are available, they categorise what is required, if a child is actually seen. We are not talking about cosmetic treatment here. We are talking about children who are in pain and have long-term problems that will cause multiples of that if they are not dealt with. As Deputy Hourigan said, it is gets to the extreme stage. Therefore, it is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I will raise this when representatives from the Department attend the committee in the not too distant future. The information on the extensions is quite useful. They could be there for the entire duration of the build, which seems strange.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Extensions are permitted. There are the extensions to which the Chairman has referred, but there another extension is permitted. It is an issue that I can raise with the representatives of the Department when they attend the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I have developed a Private Members' motion on this issue and am working on legislation regarding it at present. Can we clarify whether the Attorney General will define the economic identity of Irish Water when it is separated from Ervia? This is quite complicated. It is more complicated than I appreciated. When Irish Water was set up, it was intended it would have a very different...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: When Department of Finance officials are in, this matter may well be something we can deal with at that stage, but it will not be the only Department we have to consider in relation to this particular issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Is there any update? Is the Comptroller and Auditor General aware of what is planned in respect of the auditing of this entity by his office? What will its input be into the changes in legislation that will be required?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I have no doubt that it is complicated by virtue of the fact that there is a commercial side. There will probably be a need for a dual audit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: That is definitely the case. This must be a real outlier in terms of the extent to which public funds are not before this committee.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Local Authorities (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 51. To ask the Taoiseach the totality of grant-aid and or subsidy provided to each local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 (details supplied). [42836/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 59. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his Department’s policy in respect of facilitating requests by persons to work from home; and the number of persons that have made requests to work from home in 2021 and to date in 2022, that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his Department’s policy in respect of facilitating requests by persons to work from home; and the number of persons that have made requests to work from home in 2021 and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his Department’s policy in respect of facilitating requests by persons to work from home; and the number of persons that have made requests to work from home...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his Department’s policy in respect of facilitating requests by persons to work from home; and the number of persons that have made requests to work from home in 2021 and to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the BusConnects plan for Bray will be amended in view of proposals by Irish Rail and the National Transport Authority to close the level crossing at Bray Daly Station on a permanent basis. [44708/22]