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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The Courts Service.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will turn to contingent liabilities on page 15 of the appropriation accounts. This matter has been touched on. It states:There is potential for financial liabilities to arise in 2017 and subsequent years depending on the outcomes of current, pending and possible future EU and other legal actions. The amounts involved cannot be determined at this point. Do we have a global cost for the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: When will that be?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Griffin stated that the liability cannot be determined at this point. It has been included in the accounts as a potential contingent liability and will relate to this year. Has any figure been indicated?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: What is the nature of the potential EU fines?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We will probably have to revert to this broad issue. Mr. Griffin stated that the bulk of the environmental levies came from landfills as opposed to the plastic bag levy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that the number of landfills operating is four. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Five. Is it the case that incineration is seen as a less expensive option for waste disposal?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The difficulty with that comes when counting the cost. I can see it in practical terms because one of the open landfill sites happens to be in my constituency. There are registrations from every corner of the country, which means that there are other associated costs that are not counted. I am making this point without seeking a response. Those other costs include damage to roads,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Turning back to the various subheads in the appropriation accounts, there was an underspend in 29 of 33 headings. The outturn was less than the provision. Mr. Griffin made the point that we had to walk before we could run, but is there scope within the Department to redirect some of the-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Why did that not happen?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: That some of the 29 saw significantly smaller outturns than their provisions at a point when most public services had been cut to the bone strikes me as an inefficient use of resources. Some of it had to be returned to the Exchequer. Mr. Griffin stated that there were procurement issues, but if there was scope to redirect within the Department, why was it not done to a greater extent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am certainly not looking for inappropriate spending-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: -----or for money to be wasted, but there seems to be a low level of ambition.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am tied to time. Representatives from the Department of Finance appeared before us approximately one month ago and the issue of potential fines relating to climate change arose. I asked about the penalty for not reaching our targets.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I asked about the level of the likely fines and was told that the annual fine from 2021 onwards would be €600 million, which is a significant amount of money. We are on the wrong trajectory to 2030, never mind to 2020 because we will have missed the targets to that year. We are facing a significant fine each year from 2021. In that context, what strikes me, given that there was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (14 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of dwellings and gate lodges that are in parks and public spaces managed by the Office of Public Works, by location and occupancy, in tabular form; the duration of their occupation; the way in which these dwellings and gate lodges are allocated to persons to live in; the way in which they are allocated to companies for uses...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (14 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a historical list of all dwellings and gate lodges disposed of by the Office of Public Works by locations and year of disposal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47717/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (14 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 29 September 2017 the Legal Service Regulatory Authority forwarded to him two reports, section 119 report of public consultation on multi disciplinary practices and section 120 report of public consultation on certain matters relating to barristers; his plans to lay these...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Yield (14 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 396. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount retained by the State from the television licence fee in view of the fact that RTÉ was in receipt of €179.3 million in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47764/17]