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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if disciplinary proceedings have been initiated within the Irish Prison Service within the past three years specifically with respect to incidences of sexual harassment and or assault; if so, the number of incidences involved; the rank or ranks and or grade of staff that were involved; the way in which the matters were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if compensation or without prejudice payments have been made to staff of the Irish Prison Service within the past three years; if so, the amounts involved; the grade or rank of staff that were involved; if this also related to pensions and pension top-ups and buying of years service; the rank or ranks or grades that were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a protected disclosure made to him has been concluded with respect to the Irish Prison Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46341/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Pollution (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 14 December 2017, if the use of smoky coals will still be allowed for certain types of engine, for example, vintage tractor engines and vintage locomotive engines; his plans to make provisions for the use of smoky coal allowable in very specific circumstances in view of his...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Part of the reason there was an overachievement was that there was a significant downturn. It is disingenuous to use that as part of the compliance. Once the economy started to reignite, we essentially went further backwards. That kind of response means we will be significantly exposed in monetary terms, never mind the survival of human beings on the planet. In economic terms, we were...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There is a further item of correspondence we will reach later, No. 1566 B, which is from the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It covers some of this area as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: On the medical assessors, I have asked about this in parliamentary questions on a number of occasions. It seems it is not just a question of recruiting additional medical assessors. There may also be a problem of retention. General practitioners, GPs, are the nominated people around the country. We may need to ask if there is an issue with retaining as well as recruiting medical...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Do we know whether there was an expectation of surplus, although I hate to use the word "surplus" because, in fact, it is a huge loss, or a surplus on a huge haircut. Do we know if there was a figure? Does it matter that it goes beyond the expected surplus in terms of the EU insisting on it being used to write down debt? Is there an ability to use anything that was over and above this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The fiscal treaty limited what we could do in terms of expenditure, deficits and all the rest, but there is the potential of that surplus being used. There does not appear to be a restriction on the surplus being used to build thousands of extra houses, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I still believe that what we have received is insufficient. The programme states, "build, acquire and lease". We need information under each heading. The Department should consistently provide information in this way.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The Chairman skipped No. 1690, correspondence received from Mr. John Stack, chairperson of the-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is the correspondence received from the Irish Thalidomide Association.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is on the list.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is on my list.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The letter states the State Claims Agency's role in the thalidomide litigation is to oppose the interests of thalidomide survivors, in accordance with its charter to minimise costs. There is an issue with the culture.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: That is not how it presented itself to us. It is diametrically opposed-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I raised it previously when representatives of the HSE were before the committee. I discussed the case of somebody whose blood pressure had increased and who required a medic because she had been put under so much pressure in being chased around with a clipboard. The HSE was to come back to us. That was months ago, perhaps even a year ago. If it is continuing to happen, the HSE has not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I gave the witnesses the details of the individual in question.