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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I have two further questions. I know the High Court case is very recent. Essentially, it was found that the previous order by management preventing military personnel from attending protests in a civilian capacity is unconstitutional. What happens now? How is that relayed? Does it come through the Department? Does it come through the command? Through whom does it come?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It does give personnel freedom to talk about their pay and conditions, whereas they could not do so before. That is a pretty good idea because that has been so absent in terms of hearing about something before it gets to a crisis, and we see the number of personnel who are walking away. Some 60% of the budget relates to staff and allowances. Is money returned to the Exchequer when it...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Could it be an advantage - if the Department wanted to buy a helicopter, for example - that if it did not fully recruit its staff, that money could be deployed to something else like that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. That would be capital. In what other areas could the Department spend money that is not spent on payroll on the current side?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: So, instead of payroll, it went to fuel.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the contents of same. [23438/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the national list of SNAs can be released in a more efficient and transparent manner in view of the fact that persons are left wondering if they will have a job for the new school term; and if she will engage with the NCSE on this matter urgently. [23845/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-bikes and e-scooters seized by gardaí within the Wicklow division in 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23578/24]

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (29 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I would like to follow on on that theme. Every six months we deal with this motion and have been told today that the initiative is part of business support. I feel sorry for the Minister of State. He is standing up here and trying to say something different but it is pretty difficult to do that. We know this is a temporary provision and none of us will oppose it, but neither do we find it...

EU Directive: Motion (29 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The briefing document was very useful. The opt-in to this directive should, of course, proceed. Many aspects have been either clarified, updated or better defined. It also reinforces a victim's right to pursue avenues of compensation. This recasting of the directive tightens up many strands in the context of the detection, reporting...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Thank you. Good morning to the witnesses. We meet again, as Deputy Kelly said. The two things people want to know is when the hospital will open and what it is going to cost. Mr. Gunning told us in his opening statement that the primary driver for the cost increase on the project has been the ongoing delay in the completion of the project. That is the first time that I can recall that he...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Gunning is using the words "encourage the contractor".

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There is a gigantic deficiency in this contract in terms of controls or penalties to bring this contract to a conclusion. The lack of people on site has been an ongoing problem right from the word go. When the Government announced the extra €512 million, which is a ginormous amount of money, it said it would not be allocating any more money, but this project is not going to be...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I understand inflation is part of the contract. Had the project been completed on time, however, the board would not be in a position where inflation would have impacted to the extent it has.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: On the 393 non-conformance reports that were issued by the employer's design team inspectorate, who is on that inspectorate?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: So it is across the disciplines.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I just want to drill down here on this. On 26 March, there were 61 non-conformance reports to be closed. Six of the reports are being disputed by the contractor. The reports relate to things like not having a formal cleaning plan and the voids having material in them, which I would have thought was pretty important from the point of view of health and safety, and-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, particularly given that it is the hospital. Are any of those going to delay the completion of the hospital?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Please give me a brief response.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Is there a cost associated with these?