Results 3,121-3,140 of 9,420 for speaker:Verona Murphy
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Verona Murphy: Okay. This is to rectify that because people are watching and it will be brought to our attention. My other question relates to Ms Eade's comment that she had gotten one valuation. The committee has had experience of this where public funds are being expended in any area, regardless of whether it is a swap or not, that there would have been more than one valuation. I would have expected...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Verona Murphy: But at the same time, if Mr. Blake is signing off on it, then this gives them the go ahead.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Verona Murphy: Yes. Does Mr. Blake not feel that it would be more pertinent in the Department's defence against anything arising such as this, albeit that it is on paper, and that it would be covered from the point of view of looking after the public purse by getting its own valuation? I know that would involve expending a certain amount but at the same time, it is a matter of transparency, accountability...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Verona Murphy: So there is no onus on the Department to verify a valuation. If a valuation came in that raised an eyebrow, what would Mr. Blake do? If that valuation had come in at €1 million, what would he do? How does he verify that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Verona Murphy: It would depend on where the land was, but I appreciate that it is in Tipperary. All Wexford land is probably worth approximately €30,000 per acre. I still think, however, that there has to be a better system. This could be a complete disaster. It could be cost a lot more money. From previous experience, in purchases by different entities, for instance, in the education sector, we...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Verona Murphy: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Verona Murphy: Yes, and we have set a bar for the next appearance.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: We should ask what his definition of "progress" is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: It can afford to be there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: It is early days.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: From a constituency perspective, anybody who contacts me regarding a desire to be connected is two years' away from being able to.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: From a constituency perspective, anybody who has contacted me and who wants to be connected is at least two years' away from their area being connected. I have not had anyone on to me saying that they can get it but do not want it. I feel it is just not being rolled out quickly enough. I do not know how NBI is prioritising. I know it has its map but I am not sure how it was compiled.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: Is the Deputy talking about the cost of connection or the cost of the roll-out?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: Another issue is that people may be tied into contracts. They may have access to the new service but be unable to get out of their contracts for another couple of months.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: Reports and chapters.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: What are you reading? The Comptroller and Auditor General's chapters.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: Did you say €190 million, Chair?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: I was wondering. Sorry. I thought you said "million".
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: We could not comment on that because we did not have the full detail. This is the correspondence in which the individual is just not happy that we are not dealing with it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)
Verona Murphy: The party that wrote to us?