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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (1 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a limit in megawatts in relation to how large a private electricity power generation installation can be (details supplied). [5198/23]

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: President Metsola is welcome to the joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas. As the Tánaiste said, the Eurobarometer poll earlier this year revealed that 71% of Irish citizens have a positive image of the EU, the highest rating among the member states. If anything, the fallout from Brexit has boosted those favourable views both here and across the EU. I acknowledge the staunch...

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: President Metsola is welcome to the joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas. As the Tánaiste said, the Eurobarometer poll earlier this year revealed that 71% of Irish citizens have a positive image of the EU, the highest rating among the member states. If anything, the fallout from Brexit has boosted those favourable views both here and across the EU. I acknowledge the...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Picking up where I left off, section 43(2) of the Bill refers to Garda management being responsible for giving clear directions to gardaí in their use of cameras but mentions the use of discretion. There are many instances where discretion is needed. We should not be over-prescriptive in a lot of areas but this is not one of them. It is unfair not to be clear with the Garda in this...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: The data protection risks are massive and the Garda's record on data protection is spotty. It has unresolved issues regarding the use of CCTV, automatic number plate recognition, ANPR, drones and body cameras. There are also Data Protection Commission, DPC, investigations outstanding. The Garda does not have adequate data protection systems in place for the data it currently possesses....

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: It is difficult to focus on this issue because Kildare is within the Dublin metropolitan area, but these are areas that have had significant population changes. County Kildare doubled its population between 1971 and 1995 and it has since doubled its population again. The Minister will know from his constituency that the services do not match the growth in population. The number of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: As I have a short amount of time, I would like contained replies because there are a number of things I would like to ask. When the HSE gets a claim, how does it handle it? Does it handle it itself or does it go to the State Claims Agency? How does it deal with it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Does it advise the HSE or does the HSE instruct it? What way does that work?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: There will be a file in regard to, for example, this particular issue in regard to nursing homes and disabilities.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I understand there is a difference in regard to what is lawful. I want to go to the Ombudsman's report, in particular the executive summary. We are here trying to decode language because people hear something and it is then qualified, and we nearly have to describe that. The Ombudsman's report, which was published about 2012, stated that, after a long delay, the HSE responded. In summary,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I thought Mr. Mulvany would appreciate that because I opened up by talking about the nursing home issue that has been in the news in recent days.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: It is qualified. If it does not have the resources, it cannot operate strictly according to its statutory obligations.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Would the HSE have engaged with the Department if it could not meet its statutory obligations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Within the context of the limits of the resources available.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I am just reading the Ombudsman's report on this. The HSE would have a lot of engagement with the Ombudsman in regard to this because it is said it was after a long delay that the HSE responded. There should be a file in the HSE on this.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I am talking about the report that the Ombudsman did in regard to people who were under the age of 65 and it concluded there was age discrimination. It was in 2012 and it was a report that was done specifically on this. The HSE might give us a note in regard to how it was handled, specifically in regard to the very limited resources available, how the HSE handled cases it was not able to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Within the limits of the resources available; I highlight that again. I will move on. Every one of us wants to talk about disability services. I met with community healthcare organisation, CHO, 7, as we all do with our relevant CHO. CHO 7 is one of the largest in the country and it has very good people in disability services who are utterly frustrated. They are telling me that all of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: What is happening is that there may well be one list going down for assessments of need, but the list for the actual delivery of services is going up.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: There are two other things I want to deal with. I will just mention one of them because I will not get to my second question if I get into a dialogue. On GP services, people contact me every day because they cannot get on a GP list. If they get a lung infection, a chest infection or something like that, they have to go to the accident and emergency department. We now hear that routinely....

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Mulvany might tell us again what the-----