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- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Catherine Murphy: I will refer back to the witness with some details.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Catherine Murphy: I received replies to parliamentary questions relating to the number of people on a welfare payment who had a penalty applied in each of the years from 2012 to 2016. It has been growing. In 2012, when a much larger number of people were getting a welfare payment, it was 1,500 and in 2016 it was 10,000. Does JobPath play a role in that? In the first number of weeks there is a 44% reduction-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Catherine Murphy: -----and there can be a nine weeks scenario where there is a full loss of social welfare payment. How does the witness account for that? Is that counted in the Department's figures for claims that are fraud, administrative error or whatever?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Catherine Murphy: Who prompts the decision?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Catherine Murphy: Is there any financial advantage for either of these companies in prompting a discontinuance?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Catherine Murphy: On disability payments and medical evidence based claims, I agree with Deputy Marc MacSharry that a lot is done well in that regard, but there are exceptions which generally are the cases brought to our offices. When I am approached by a person seeking a domiciliary care payment, my first response is that he or she should expect to be refused in the first instance and then receive it on...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Catherine Murphy: Am I correct in saying they are not always constant?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Catherine Murphy: I have a question concerning this area. Ms Stack talks about reactivating. Is that on foot of the new legislation in 2015 which allowed the Department to go back further? Were there debts-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017) Catherine Murphy: Is that the aspect at which the Ombudsman is looking?
- Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I welcome the Minister's remarks in that he has assured us that Revenue will be investigating the circumstances, the companies and the individuals involved in the Paradise Papers. However, Revenue must be resourced to do this. The Paradise Papers are an elaborate collaboration between banks, accounting firms and law firms spread across the world, including Ireland. One must question...
- Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: We are not talking about people who are reasonably well-off. We are talking about very wealthy people. They are the ones with the resources to engage the expertise that can allow them to put their money out of reach. One must ask who is writing the laws and where the influence is because the very idea that one can say that much of this is not illegal is really very offensive. There is no...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I am a member of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport which discussed this Bill. The sanction, rather than the limit, is being changed in the Bill, but we all know that it is no small deal to put someone off the road. Therefore, there has to be a good reason to do it. The committee considered a Road Safety Authority document, but we then invited representatives to discuss it...
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: When will sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 be commenced? They deal with issues of surrogacy and anonymous donations. It was promised that these sections would be commenced by the end of 2017.
- Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputies Brassil and O'Loughlin. I will take about ten minutes. I thank the boundary commission for completing a very difficult task. I think we will find that after each revision of the boundaries, there will be a very similar kind of debate here with some people happy and others unhappy. Essentially, there can be serious confusion for constituents, particularly on...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Retention (12 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: 215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Data Retention Bill 2017, in view of the fact that the Murray report states that the data retention system here is precluded by EU law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52744/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (12 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) was included in his Department's internal review mechanism process; if a letter informing the person of the outcome of their review ever issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53021/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: 426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus stops on the Dublin Bus network; the number of bus stops that have a shelter facility; his plans to provide shelter at all Dublin bus stops; the provisions made at Dublin bus stops for persons with mobility issues and-or access issues; his plans to improve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52738/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: 427. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus stops on the Bus Éireann network; the number of bus stops that have a shelter facility; his plans to provide shelter at all Bus Éireann stops; the provisions made at Bus Éireann stops for persons with mobility issues and-or access issues; his plans to improve same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (12 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: 438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if design plans for the electrification of the Maynooth rail line in 2018 will be completed in order to have the project in a state of readiness ahead of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52854/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (12 Dec 2017)
Catherine Murphy: 439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the progress made to date regarding the design work that has been carried out on the proposed electrification of the Maynooth train line will be published; his plans to extend this project to Kilcock; if consideration has been given to extending the project further in view of the fact that these areas are part of the suburban rail...