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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I do. It is point 4. Members might remember that the Corporate Enforcement Authority, CEA, was to be set up on 1 January this year to replace the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE. One big impediment to the effective running of the ODCE was that there was an inadequate number of gardaí assigned to it. The director had come out and been critical of that. A...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It was supposed to be 16 from day one.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. This is Maynooth University but could equally relate to any of the universities where additional resources are sought from students in relation to student services. I welcome where these are treated separately. There were referendums in Maynooth to collect an additional amount going back to the 1990s. The money was to be borrowed from the European Investment Bank and then paid back...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I completely agree with writing to the university and to the president of the college, which would be appropriate, but there is another view on this because the students are not at all happy with how the thing has been portrayed. I may well talk to them, as the Chairman may also do. A key condition attached to the 1999 levy referendum was that if any of the conditions were broken, the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to a series of Parliamentary Questions (details supplied) in respect of the commencement of the sick leave scheme, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that much preparatory work must be done by payroll software developers in order for their clients to be complaint with the Revenue Commissioners in advance of 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has circulated any memos or advice, or both, to primary and secondary schools in respect of the way in which uniform and book costs can be reduced. [49215/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she and or her officials have been consulted by or have engaged with Garda management in respect of roster changes in 2022; if she and or her officials have been consulted by and or have engaged with Garda officers’ representative bodies in respect of changes to the roster pattern for gardaí; and if a new...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which staff at a nursing home (details supplied) will receive the Covid recognition payment. [49304/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that his appointment of veterinarians to meat plants as official veterinarians is in accordance with an European Union regulations and that all appointees are suitably qualified. [49402/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Communications (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a conflict of interest arises in advising and requesting the author of the Resolve Ireland report not to contact a person. [49403/22]

Creeslough Community: Expressions of Sympathy (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The tragic loss of so many lives in Creeslough has cast a long dark shadow across the country. The entire nation was impacted with a sense of shock and grief. On Friday, 7 October, an explosion tore through the heart of this little town. For a small and close knit community like Creeslough, the deaths of ten people in such a devastating and inexplicable incident is a terrible burden to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the actions that he will take following the publication of the report of the IBRC Commission of Investigation. [49725/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It was indeed a very substantial document. On reading it, enormous detail is evident. What does the Taoiseach expect from the various entities to which he refers? Does he expect Revenue, the Corporate Enforcement Authority or the special liquidator of IBRC to come back to him? Is there a response? It would be obscene if those who got bonuses and who so tainted the process were permitted...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The fallout from the controversy engulfing An Bord Pleanála continues to wreak havoc in the planning system. Yesterday, planning permission for 1,400 housing units was quashed in the High Court after An Bord Pleanála conceded three cases that were linked to its former deputy chairman, Paul Hyde. Those challenging the developments raised the issue of objective bias in the board's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I asked the Minister if he is aware of the number of planning permission decisions that are likely to be quashed, whether the board will face further legal action or actions from people who have had planning permissions revoked, and if the Government has confidence in the chairman of the board. On conflicts of interest, there are other people who have had conflicts of interest, including in...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Immigration is a net positive for this country. People who come here from abroad improve our culture and the country is richer for it. The State has a responsibility to those workers to ensure they are treated equally and fairly and to protect their rights as workers and also as individuals. This is not a responsibility the State has upheld very well to date. With that responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: International Protection (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of the number of staff by grade who are assigned on a full-time basis to liaise and provide support to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in respect of providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the progress to date in developing an education stream in schools that addresses gender-based violence. [49499/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has issued a circular or memo to primary and or second level schools in respect of advising teachers on the way in which they assign homework to students and or the volume of homework that should be or is expected from students; and her plans to reduce the amount of additional education work that a student takes home. [50008/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who are registered on the teacher supply panel; the number currently on the panel who have not been assigned to a school; the number of panellists by county; and the number of vacancies by county in primary and second-level schools. [50238/22]