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Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is only a pilot but it happens to be one that very nicely dovetails with the desired outcome for a particular Deputy in the programme for Government. Many of us are concluding that it was a political decision.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will continue with the Dromard farm issue and OPW oversight. The Comptroller and Auditor General's narrative in the document is interesting. There is mention of a centre of excellence because Garda numbers were going to increase. The specification was 15 to 25 acres and Dromard farm is way above what was outlined at that stage. There were expressions of interest and then there was a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It would be a lower value.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Would it be significantly lower?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is fair to say the known involvement of the State in purchasing land tends to increase the value of the land.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: If it is disposed of afterwards, the valuation can go downwards.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is above the specification needed. The witness has said part of the woodland is being used. Does Mr. Bourke foresee a scenario whereby the farmland aspect of the property would be part of the centre of excellence?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: When the Department intervened in 2005 and informed the OPW that Garda requirements could be met more effectively through purchase, it identified somewhere else that was worth €500,000. Who was making the decisions at that stage? What control had the OPW over this? Was it just acting as an agent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: My time is very short.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I saw that. The Committee of Public Accounts report from July 2017 contains a number of aspects quite critical of the OPW. One of the conclusions we made was that the fact the Garda college was leasing land from the OPW highlights a very worrying weakness in the management of State assets. It was indicated that Dromard farm may well have an impact on the Garda Vote. Did it have such an...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Another conclusion from the report earlier this year was that four of the 19 recommendations in the Garda College implementation plan can be considered completed. Some progress has been made since but they are not all completed. Is the witness satisfied with progress to date? We were very dissatisfied with the speed of implementation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. It is very useful to hear different perspectives. A statement was made that Irish people would be horrified by the use of the term "undesirable pregnancy". We are used to the term "crisis pregnancy". This is simply a language issue and I am not arrogant enough to presume to speak for the entire Irish nation. Opinions polls certainly show a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that and there is a very clear difference between the position described and what happens here. The majority of abortions in the Netherlands take place in abortion clinics. In hindsight, does this create problems? We have heard from psychologists about stigma and protests outside abortion clinics. Do clinics in the Netherlands attract protests? Would it be better to embed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine; I just wondered about that. We spoke yesterday with witnesses from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service. Essentially, they said that even though there is a regime in place and lots of centres available to people, women are availing of abortion medication online. Is there any experience of that in the Netherlands?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance how the central credit register is compliant with data protection here in the context of financial companies and or institutions sending personal data to the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49961/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Colleges (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a college (details supplied) is due to be completed; the stage in the planning process the project is at; if there are issues that need to be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49873/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Attorney General has reported back to him with advice regarding the status of the living allowance for trainee gardaí in Templemore College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50640/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the supports the HSE has in place for persons with developmental co-ordination disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50351/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 432. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that was made available to a charity (details supplied) in 2016 and 2017; his plans to increase funding in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50445/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban the use of glyphosate; the rationale for the reversal of the ban on pre-harvest spraying of crops in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50032/17]