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Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Did the Minister see the photographs of the chain on the fire doors? I cannot imagine an independent fire consultant approving a situation where fire doors are chained. I wish to hear more about that. Dublin Fire Brigade has indicated that there are 22 other premises about which it is concerned. According to the council's building register, the completion certificate for the refurbishment...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I can give the Minister a list of people for whom it is not working.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Regarding the Deloitte report, could we keep a firm eye on getting that by the end of this month?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will deal with it later.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is that definitely included as part of the inquiry?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: May I revert to the correspondence on the flooding in Cork?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: A large scheme has been proposed by the OPW, but a serious campaign by a range of civil society groups that disagree with it is also under way. Is the OPW's response likely to address the issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: If the Chairman would, please.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I received a complaint that there was no competition to find a supplier. I replied that it amounted to a monopoly in the provision of one particular product. Is that appropriate for us or is there another relevant body? I do not suppose the Comptroller and Auditor General audits the-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Under whose remit does it fall?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is there an anomaly regarding Irish Water? It was originally set up to be a utility.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We could also write to establish what Department funds Irish Water.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Irish Water is different from all the other public bodies this committee could consider.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is very different.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: This committee is different from others in that it is constitutionally provided for. It has got be viewed as different from that point of view.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: How the OPW's portfolio is managed is something that at some point we need to look at. I have experience with a piece of land that went into the OPW because the builder went bankrupt. I understand it is through the Minister for Finance that those types of land holdings or buildings end up in the OPW. Given the crash and all the rest of it there must be an increase in the number of buildings...

Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I would like to start with the University of Limerick and wish Professor Fitzgerald well. He has only recently taken up the position. I will try to avoid going over ground that other people have covered. Mr. Tadhg Kearney was on the governing body. The witness has told us that the purchases were not considered by the governing body, but that the governing body was looking at the...

Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I presume the university has a risk register. Are conflicts of interest included on that?

Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I concur with what was said in the witness's opening statement that there has been a very good indicator of where the university is going and what the problems are. The witness talks about university governance and that an audit of institutional governance is going to be carried out. Will culture be included in that, as well as checks and balances?

Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is not a box ticking exercise when it comes to ethics.