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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Did I not flag the correspondence regarding Tusla and Children's Health Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will be very brief. We are all aware of the money that was allocated for a specific purpose and was then not spent on that purpose. It would be worth our while to write to CHI to ask how that decision was made.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will raise a second issue very quickly. Tusla came back to us with the number of children and young people reported missing. A footnote states that they were in non-statutory, non-regulated and non-procured placements. We understand that non-statutory means that it was not a State agency. It jumps out at me that these placements were non-regulated and non-procured. How can a placement...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I know that that is happening. It is just-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: If we are adding another meeting to that list, Children's Health Ireland is one that comes to mind. CHI will also have responsibility for the national paediatric hospital and there are a few issues there that would be worth discussing with it. How money is allocated and spent is certainly an area I would like to explore further with it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. I am very anxious that we do not push Uisce Éireann down much further because the amount of money involved is gigantic.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Conclusion of IBRC Special Liquidation and Dissolution of NAMA Bill: Department of Finance (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will be as brief as I can, if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Conclusion of IBRC Special Liquidation and Dissolution of NAMA Bill: Department of Finance (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I am not a member of the committee but I thank the Cathaoirleach very much for giving me the opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Conclusion of IBRC Special Liquidation and Dissolution of NAMA Bill: Department of Finance (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Cathaoirleach. We all knew both the IBRC and NAMA would be wound down at some point. We are talking about the circumstances which allowed that to happen. I always take issue with the term "profit". If the loans were transferred to NAMA at par value, you would be talking about profit, but when talking about loans handed over with a very significant haircut, the word "surplus"...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Conclusion of IBRC Special Liquidation and Dissolution of NAMA Bill: Department of Finance (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: We are talking about a very small number of records transferring in the context of this legislation. Mr. Carville is telling me that despite the pain felt by the public, they will never actually have an opportunity to get some sort of historical overview of what happened. There would be records there to provide a chronology of that but they will be destroyed. Have the records prior to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Conclusion of IBRC Special Liquidation and Dissolution of NAMA Bill: Department of Finance (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I find it extraordinary, given the pain that people felt, that they are not going to, at any point, be able to see some of the records. I understand that people's names and certain personal details could not be released but I do not understand why even a general range of things or some of the records relating to some of the biggest transactions would not be held for at least a period of time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Conclusion of IBRC Special Liquidation and Dissolution of NAMA Bill: Department of Finance (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Okay. I might pursue that in a different direction. Mr. Carville talked about other jurisdictions and how NAMA was constructed. There were obviously flaws in the legislation in that there were people who may well have been a director. There was certainly a difficulty with the definitions in the legislation. On the face of it, there are people who got back control of their assets. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Conclusion of IBRC Special Liquidation and Dissolution of NAMA Bill: Department of Finance (18 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: We all probably hope that something like this will not happen again. However, it is important to make sure we learn some lessons from it in terms of deficiencies. I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 57.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the most recent date he or his officials spoke directly with the Irish Consul General based in Sydney.[35178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 202.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to conduct a review and or analysis of spending by his Department for Road Safety Strategy 2021-2024; to provide the key performance indicators of the strategy; if he will also provide the success and failure metrics associated with the Road Safety Strategy 2021-2024.[34074/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 747.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost in 2025 if the budget for Culture Ireland increased by 20%.[35173/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 916.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is entitled to State pension (contributory) payments (details supplied).[33994/24]