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Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I thank Mr. McCarthy.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I am fine for now, thanks.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: The committee is engaging on behalf of one of the survivors. As of last Friday, despite being in contact with the Department of Education, the Department has still not sought permission from this survivor for the committee to engage on their behalf. This survivor had received cheques worth €70,000 for works to be done on their home only to have the rug pulled from under them. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Can we seek a prompt response from the Department? There is no reason it has not acted on the matter thus far. We should request a prompt response to get it sorted.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: From looking at the response of the IHRB, anyone would think the provision of CCTV was progressing or proceeding perfectly as normal. This is going back to 2017 and those responsible have one done. You are right, Chairman. It comes back to the integrity of Irish horse racing. We have to ask questions at this stage given that we have had representatives before us and we have had...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: There are a number of matters to cover in the correspondence, given RTÉ's lack of familiarity with subjects under its remit on the day its representatives appeared before the committee. Judging by the correspondence we have received, it seems to be stonewalling us in every regard. On the costs of the Eversheds Sutherland report, in response to parliamentary questions Departments...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: What about generally speaking?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: We should not have to wait that long.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: No, it is not acceptable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: That is correct. On the day, Ms Forbes fully understood and said that she would carry out a review and furnish the committee with the findings of it, but all we got in the response was a fob-off. That is not acceptable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: It is absolutely disgraceful. As I said, RTÉ denied multiple times it could be facing a bill when it had in fact reached a partial settlement. As it did not give us the response, it is important that we as a committee write to the Revenue Commissioners to ask them whether they have a problem if someone was to disclose the payments they made. As I said-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Yesterday, Ireland published its guidelines for the hospitality sector. For the most part, they are a welcome tool for businesses as they prepare to reopen. However, these guidelines include a 105-minute time limit on tables in restaurants and bars. That is despite the Tánaiste and other Government representatives repeatedly saying that, this time around, there would be no time...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I want to get back to the issue of driving tests and the driver theory test. Why did it take the Road Safety Authority so long to make the driver theory test available online when the test for bus drivers was already available online? What were the challenges the RSA was unable to overcome until now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry, as we are under time constraints I will make the point that, despite the engagement Mr. Spratt has mentioned, he did not realise that the RSA's system is not really fit for purpose. The authority has described it as a temporary position, which is not really satisfactory. I want to highlight the fact that, as he has said, Mr. Spratt only recently became aware of this despite the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Is the Department of Transport involved in seeking a resolution to the issue? Does it see itself as liable for picking up the tab? How does it intend to react to what appears to have been a gross mismanagement of the scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry. I had asked whether the Department saw itself as liable for picking up the tab and how it intends to react to what appears to have been gross mismanagement of the scheme.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry. Did the Chairman say my time was up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Okay. I had thought the Chairman said that my time was up. Mr. Spratt said earlier that the Department wants to improve transport provision. Last week, it was reported that Bus Éireann is to cut some of its intercity Expressway services. I believe nine regional routes are affected. It seems an odd time to suspend services when the country is on the brink of reopening. What is the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Turning to the staff at Raidió na Gaeltachta, RTÉ's response seems to suggest that we want to know what ordinary staff members earn. That is not the case. RTÉ knows full well that what we requested at that committee meeting was a review of the pay of cláraitheoirí in comparison with that of their Radio 1 counterparts. We made that abundantly clear. They are trying...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Apologies if my questions have been asked. To go back to the issue of HAP, am I correct that there are more than 60,000 HAP tenancies-----