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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There may be but in the main, one finds that if one puts some areas at the top and some at the bottom, the common denominator will be that the areas that have a rapid and sustained population growth will tend to be the ones with a lower ratio of staff. I was in a local authority when the crash happened and essentially all of the temporary staff were the first to go. It is a much more...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is totally separate. Why would it appear in this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What I did note is that while the commercial rates have not been increasing at budget time, the overall take from commercial rates as a proportion of local government funding has been increasing quite significantly. It actually made up a significantly bigger chunk in 2016 than it did in 2009, for example, and the big difference is the general purpose grant had shrunk and local property tax...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is that coming from a growing sector?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McCarthy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There was a very significant judgment in the High Court last Thursday in the case of Denis O'Brien v. Sunday Business Post, which was a very significant and good day for journalism but it does bring into question the issue of defamation laws. Is it intended to advance a change to our defamation laws or will he consider the call from the National Union of Journalists that there should be a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Transport (5 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 91. To ask the Taoiseach the date on which the helipad on Government Buildings was last used; the annual maintenance costs incurred in respect of the helipad in the past ten years; if it has been assessed in order to establish whether it is suitable for use by modern aircraft; and if he plans to decommission it. [10215/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on promoting the services of welfare.ie on all social media platforms in the past two years to date by amounts spent, social media platform and year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appointment of the new data protection officer for her Department satisfies the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, requirement that the officer be independent in the exercise of their function under Article 38 (6); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10643/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (5 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the precise physical location of the public services card home unit of client information services office in her Department; the location of the office of the new data protection officer of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10644/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: As Taoiseach may be aware, I am a member of the Committee of Public Accounts. At last Thursday's meeting, we heard from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in respect of the current housing crisis and the related figures for 2018. The Secretary General of the Department, Mr. John McCarthy, attended the meeting and, in reply to a question I posed, he stated quite...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We need the figures and I want the Taoiseach to come back and give me the one for which I have asked. Does "turnkey" refer to the signing of contracts or the keys provided? We do not know. We do not know the comparison between what is cost effective, value for money and what works. We need to get the breakdown in order that the information can be evaluated. This is public information and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: No, I did not. I asked-----

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 66. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social media platform used. [11128/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 67. To ask the Taoiseach if he has engaged and-or consulted with a public relations online advertising agency regarding social media advertising and online promoted content in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the amount spent by company. [11145/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social media platform used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11118/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged and-or consulted with a public relations online advertising agency regarding social media advertising and online promoted content in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the amount spent by company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11135/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019 by campaign and social media platform used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11122/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged and or consulted with a public relations online advertising agency regarding social media advertising and online promoted content in 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount spent by company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11139/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Agencies Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social media platform used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11121/19]