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Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Now we have an inquiry, and we will not have a discussion about that inquiry, with a very detailed set of terms of reference. One could assume there has been a failure by virtue of the fact there is a formal audit query and there is now an independent inquiry. Has an instruction been given to each board member that he or she should not have discussions with other board members outside of...

Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Has an instruction been given?

Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Who issued the email?

Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: So it has come from the executive.

Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I want to ask about the legal advice. I understand the ETB has new legal advisers. Are the legal advisers engaged to advise the ETB, the board or the executive? Is there conflating whereby they are one and the same thing? Is there the natural tension that should be there in the arrangements being put in place?

Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: There should be tension. That is the point I am making. The board is supposed to be holding the executive to account. It is supposed to be satisfied about issues. It is not just supposed to take it from the executive that it received legal advice that it can and cannot do certain things. It strikes me there is a significant governance deficit that requires immediate attention and I have...

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: As I know and respect the fact that the Cregan commission of investigation is under way, I will not comment on the substance of that inquiry. However, I must raise concerns regarding information that is now in the public domain, regarding a request by Mr. Justice Brian Cregan for a doubling of legal fees, and a significant extension of time for the commission to complete the Siteserv module....

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: If the commission is answerable to the Dáil, I do not understand why the Dáil is not involved in this process when an extension is being sought. One difference in the commission of inquiries legislation is that it produces reports periodically. I would have thought that if the commission is answerable to the Dáil then the Dáil it should discuss these reports. Not...

Consumer Rights (Gift Vouchers) Bill 2017: First Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to protect consumers by limiting expiry dates on gift vouchers and banning certain fees and charges. Obviously we are heading into another festive season. This coming Friday is "Black Friday", a US initiative which kicks off the peak month of shopping for both shoppers and retailers. It is obviously the height of the gift...

Consumer Rights (Gift Vouchers) Bill 2017: First Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Training (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 96. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; and the company that delivered the training courses. [48813/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 97. To ask the Taoiseach the names of the companies renting a fixing and-or space on telecoms and-or communications masts from his Department; the income received for each of the past five years for same, in tabular form. [48847/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 556 of 22 November 2016, if she has had updates from or engagement with the groups the former Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation addressed at the retail consultation regarding a differential in euro and sterling in the context of retail sales here; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Training (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in her Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48799/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Training (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48806/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Data (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the change in mortgage interest relief that reduces the amount of relief on a sliding scale to the year 2021 by 25% per year; his plans to monitor the effect this reduction will have on qualifying mortgage holders availing of the relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48824/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the companies renting a fixing and-or space on telecommunications and-or communications masts from his Department; the income received for each of the past five years for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48840/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the income received by his Department from the renting to companies of space to use and or take fixings from telecoms and or communications masts on site or on the roof of his Department, in each of the past five years, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48878/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Training (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48811/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of the companies renting a fixing and-or space on telecommunications and-or communications masts from his Department; the income received for each of the past five years for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48845/17]