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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I will follow suit with Deputy Devlin by posing some questions to the witnesses. Maybe they will come back in writing and I can forward that to the clerk. I would like to know how the Department assessed the efficiencies and effectiveness of the agencies under its remit. What programme of assessment does it carry out to ensure they are operating? I have huge difficulty with some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I will be very brief. I thank Mr. Fraser for coming in today. My questions are also brief. Is it correct that no actuarial analysis was done of whether the appointment concerned was going to cost us much more if we appointed an internal candidate from the Civil Service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: Would it not make sense to do that, if there were two candidates, one internal and one external, of the same calibre? Would it not make more sense to do that, given that may be a very distinguishing factor? I refer to how the public's money is spent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: Does Mr. Fraser take my point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate that but does Mr. Fraser take my point? He has said that the process has never been done this way but should this aspect be a consideration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I would certainly appreciate it. I am also a member of the Committee of Public Accounts and we should be offering the best we can in respect of public expenditure. The title of the Department is that of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. If nothing else, and if we cannot stop what has happened, we should most certainly be able to create a process whereby we have covered all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: Out of the 23 applicants, Mr. Fraser felt that the best candidate was Mr. Watt.

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, is one of a number of quangos responsible for the operation and regulation of our fishing industry. Based on what I have seen and heard in recent weeks, it may possibly be the most inaccurately named quango ever formed in this State. From its name, one would think that its main aim was to protect the fishing industry, but if one was to describe...

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. What has been the impact on the university's subsidiary companies that run the on-campus student accommodation from the reimbursement to students who in the end could not take up their accommodation due to Covid?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: Does Professor Mey have the figure to hand?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I wrote to the university and received a reply in November 2020. At that stage, on 26 November, it had received applications for rent refunds from only 264 students, 61 had been processed and the value was €455,887. How did the number of students increase to 2,000 students in the period thereafter?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am referring to that academic year. The university wrote to me on 26 November 2020.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is fine. However, ultimately I had a lot of correspondence from, and engagement with, UL students who were very unhappy about how they were dealt with, as was I because I did not find the correspondence. As a matter of fact, they were completely disregarded. Much of it was down to the management and schedules set down by UL. I do not believe the university treated the students very...

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is a campus building. Does Professor Mey have any idea of the cost of upkeep for the president's residence?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: Before Professor Mey gives me the figure, have any refurbishments, adjustments or costs been applied since she took residence?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: How does that work? Is there nobody in it?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: In that case, do Professor Mey's accommodation costs have to be paid for?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: Can Professor Mey take up the residence if she wishes and receives no compensation if she does not take it up?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: How long has nobody been resident in the president's residence?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: Am I finished?