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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: As I said last night, it would have been preferable if this was included on Second Stage and we dealt with it at committee level but, obviously, the process is required because there was a need to make sure this set of amendments were legally sound. We had patience with that because of the origin of this issue. This is not something that was dreamt up because people were looking for...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: On a point of order.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I thought that we were confined when we spoke a second time not to repeat what was said the first time.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: To be honest, it is the same-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I am entitled to make a point of order.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle did.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: We want to know where Deputy Healy-Rae is.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There was an amalgamation, as we know. I would have thought that following the amalgamation there would have been a combined procurement approach by the ETBs with only the more localised matters dealt with at local level. There would be advantages in combining purchases in terms of spending power. Can we include that as a question to the Department about an overall approach to procurement...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is relevant for procurement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There are some very worrying things in this response. In terms of judicial reviews, while one cannot stop them from happening, one can minimise their effects by making sure one's processes are really robust. We might have information after the event in many different locations. It is like buying a house; one is an expert on how to buy a house after one has bought one but one does not get a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Is Carillion not in liquidation?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There is a certainty about this that------

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: They are giving us a reply that indicates certainty in respect of something they cannot be certain about, which is difficult to take on board.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Sammon Contracting Ireland Limited is building a few schools in Maynooth and I am monitoring those closely. The work is concluding because other mechanisms are being used there by the looks of it. I am dissatisfied with this paragraph. It is not providing the information that allows me to feel that a PPP company can pick up that amount. There may be further exposure.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There is the quantum of money that could be involved, and even that point about proving whether there is evidence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: If we are doing that or whatever our follow-up may be, the Chief State Solicitor may have to be part of that. We need to ask whether the costs of the follow-on legal reviews are counted within the individual Departments or counted separately with the Chief State Solicitor's office. It is all very well if one can make a mistake and send it off to someone else where it is up to that person to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The letter tells us 71 landfills are currently high-risk sites, ten of which are private and 61 of which are public, and the Department has not expended any funds on the ten private sites. Is Kerdiffstown included as a private site because a great deal of money has been spent on that? It is not listed here. It has been remediated. Obviously, it is the one in Naas where €19 million...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: -----a private site. The Department states it has not spent any money on private sites. Parking the Kerdiffstown site, there are 61 public ones. When local authorities had an involvement in waste management, that was included in the costs when there were charges. There is not separate income to deal with the public sites, which, I presume, are all owned by local authorities. Do we know...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Or by the EPA or whatever.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Sorry, there is a list of money that is spent.