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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Ask for it in English.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: We need to get the information in plain English. It is important we find out whether the board took construction inflation into consideration. Were the liquidated ascertained damages reviewed and was there a pre-estimate? I am not even sure if the board determined the loss.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I have not brought that with me or got the parliamentary question. Perhaps we could look at that again next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I wanted to ask two questions of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Why did the Department form its view on the business case for maintaining Benefacts in existence without consulting the company? I would like the Department to answer that. Furthermore, why was no consideration given to Benefacts's request for Teckal status to be considered, putting it on the same footing as...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I think we got that before from the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. We will ask it what the up-to-date figure is and where it is at the moment because it-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I do not have it with me.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I know.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, we have.

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: As Deputy Gannon has said, the people most impacted by the teacher shortages are children with special educational needs. These children have already been waiting for four years for assessments of need, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy and now the last plank they have to lean on - their support teachers - is being taken away or reduced. When permanent posts cannot be...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: This is typical of what we see in December and it is hugely disappointing. There are many issues to be had with the Government's Report Stage amendments to the Bill and to have the debate this evening guillotined to 60 minutes is a joke. We requested extra time for the debate at the Business Committee, as did other parties, and that was refused. A few of the amendments were completely...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It is not lost on us that the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill is being debated at 9.40 p.m. on a Wednesday night. It certainly says everything about not having a good work life balance. I pick up on the point that Deputy Funchion made. There is good reason to have five stages to legislation. It means it has been thought out and teased out, that the principle of it has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union, which invalidated public access to registers of beneficial ownerships; the way this ruling lines up with the open government approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has had any contact with the European Commission or the Court of Justice of the European Union with regard to public access to the register of beneficial ownership; and if so, the details of these discussions. [61194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of Ireland’s public register of beneficial ownership; and proposed changes to the public nature or operation of the register. [61193/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been contacted or engaged by a company (details supplied) in respect of job losses at the company; if so, the nature of those discussions; if he is satisfied that the company has complied with communication protocols in respect of redundancies and-or requests to take unpaid leave; if he will clarify the obligation of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason behind the delay in publishing the 2021 annual resort of the Office of the Inspector of Prisons, which was submitted to her office on 16 February 2022 and published on 14 September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61075/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (6 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been contacted or engaged by a company (details supplied) in respect of job losses at the company; if so, the nature of those discussions; and if he is satisfied that the company has complied with communication protocols in respect of redundancies. [60716/22]