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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his engagements with the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the context of audits, inspections and or financial examinations; if he has given further consideration to include an organisation (details supplied) as a body that will be subject to scrutiny by the office; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in respect of a company (details supplied); the status of the contract extension; if there are plans to retender for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5930/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We want to proceed with this as efficiently as possible. This approach could lead to skipping backwards and forwards while addressing the heads of legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: If we were to go through the heads of the Bill, something might be raised on the second head and we would have to wait for half an hour to come back to it. It does not seem to be a terribly efficient way. I get the point that there is an overarching issue as well. How can we accommodate that and yet be efficient in how we get through this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I propose that we deal with the heads of the Bill by simply going through them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Some of my questions are similar. Between what parties are the bilateral agreements taking place? The Minister said in his opening statement that Ireland will begin formal negotiations on a bus bilateral with the UK. That suggests there have been informal negotiations. We are acutely aware that the institutions in Northern Ireland are not in place. Has that been an issue? I presume...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I asked about stakeholders in Northern Ireland. It is essential that a legislative framework is in place. The heads of the Bill did not come out of nowhere. It came from teasing out some practical issues and examining the document that the European Commission published. Some of the practical issues will not need legislation but will need consideration. The Minister mentioned talking to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Does this fall within the Minister's remit or is it an issue for a different Department? If goods and all the other things are not going to be part of this legislation, this might be for Revenue, because it involves customs and excise, or for the Department of Finance. If one does not have insurance in a jurisdiction, some jurisdictions can, for example, seize one's vehicle. There may be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) received notice of discharge from the HSE and or a service provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6228/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 26 September 2017, the amount of subvention to Irish Water in 2017 and 2018; the estimated subvention for 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5983/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When we wrote to him, we did so in a specific context. It was a piece of input that we felt would be necessary to understand the process, to understand controls and where the section he heads up in respect of procurement fits in to making sure proper controls are in place. We did not just pick this out of thin air. It was a piece of information that we required. Is there going to be any...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Exactly. We need to be clear about that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We also need to understand what is legally possible in regard to revised terms of reference. If the terms of reference require naming people who are culpable in respect of the overrun, that is unlikely to end up in the public domain.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We are unlikely to learn anything from the matter at the committee. Rather, the information is likely to remain available only to the two contracting parties, according to legal advice I have sought. While the Government may well be given an indication of who is liable according to the terms of reference, nobody else will, and that is entirely unsatisfactory. Whether an identification...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I do not meant to be political but the Taoiseach has a habit of making commitments. He did it on CervicalCheck when he said no woman would have to go to court, despite having no legal basis to make that commitment. He has done exactly the same in this regard. If it is just to bounce the issue into the future, it is wholly inadequate. If it is the case that the terms of reference will not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: On No. 1910, I refer to the document, Design Build Equip. We have not received the Linesight report. In the document, the figure zero is quoted for the cost because it is described as part of the design team fees-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That does not mean we cannot be given sight of the cost.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I am seeking the report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I refer to the report rather than the cost because the report will take inflation into account.