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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We heard about the current status of the national broadband plan from officials of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment at the Committee of Public Accounts last week. The plan and the extremely faulty process associated with it have been subject to questions and concerns. Those questions have yielded few answers to date. The provision of effective and affordable...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The Tánaiste did not answer any of my questions. Will Project Ireland 2040 have to be revisited? From where will the extra money come? We have been told by the Taoiseach and departmental officials that it is going to cost multiples of €500 million, so what is going to fall out of the Project Ireland 2040 plan? These are very important questions and we want to hear an answer to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (2 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he met with a person (details supplied) on 12 July 2017; if so, the minutes for the meeting; if other persons were present; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14888/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (2 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he met with a person (details supplied) on 20 October 2017; if so, the minutes for the meeting; if other persons were present; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14889/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (2 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he met with persons (details supplied) on 2 March 2017; if so, the minutes of the meeting; if other person were present; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14890/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (2 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he met representatives from Sport Ireland on 2 June 2017; if so, the minutes of the meeting; the names of the persons that were present; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14891/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (2 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of home and away Republic of Ireland soccer matches at all levels and categories he has attended since he assumed office; if an organisation (details supplied) has incurred costs regarding his attendance at matches here or abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14892/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (2 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times to date in the past three years the Minister of State with special responsibility for tourism and sport has met directly a person, an organisation and its representatives (details supplied); if he will supply a schedule of those meetings; the nature of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Data (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if non-Government sports bodies have been the subject of a Revenue Commissioners audit and-or investigations in the past 25 years; the number of investigations that have occurred in respect of same; the number of settlements reached; the number of contested liabilities; the name of each organisation in receipt of public funds that the Revenue Commissioners...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason it was considered appropriate to force a small cohort to retire ahead of others (details supplied); if there are provisions available in order that those who want to continue in their employment may do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15528/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland Funding (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions he has consented to the advancing of additional funds in order for Sport Ireland to perform its duties in the past three years in the context of the Sport Ireland Act 2015; the amount approved; the reason they were requested; the persons or bodies they were to be advanced to; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the witnesses. In light of the time constraints, I will try to be brief in my questions and I would appreciate it if the witnesses could give me succinct responses. Mr. Treacy used the word "disappointment" in regard to the letter from the FAI regarding its non-compliance with the Sport Ireland request. Sport Ireland operates specific terms and conditions in respect of grant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that this is a portion of the funding of the FAI, but it is the most played sport so it is an incredibly big and important organisation. With regard to the viability of the organisation, we were told the bridging loan was to bridge a short-term problem. Does Mr. Mulvey understand what that was? What was the first letter he received that gave him any indication of what that loan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There was a story in today's newspapers about the prize money that came from UEFA through the organisation, which would be quite normal, in the same year. It took a long time for that amount to be paid. Do the witnesses have concerns about the organisation's ability in 2017 and its sustainability as a going concern given that this most unusual situation arose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I understand and appreciate the work that is done, in many cases by volunteers who make a big investment of time in this sport. If we could multiply it by ten, I would support as much spent on sport as possible. We are not at cross purposes on that. However, we are examining the sustainability of an important and big organisation, and there is a doubt about that. Will Sport Ireland do an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Treacy is saying Sport Ireland is limited in what it can do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Are there initiatives Sport Ireland can take that are over and above what it has done already in respect of that year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I will not press this point because my time is limited. Mr. Treacy drew attention to the change in the role from CEO to executive vice president and said Sport Ireland has not been informed about that. Sport Ireland has a document about its investment criteria and one of the criteria it will insist on is that jobs are advertised. According to the statement, he has moved and it happened...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: However, one expects a different standard when public money is going into an organisation. One cannot segment something off to a corner and say the rest of the organisation does not matter. Those investment criteria insist on a particular set of behaviours, and advertising jobs would be one of them. I am speaking about Sport Ireland's rules.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The witness appears to take a very soft approach with the FAI, to work with it, as it were. I am sure that is the case with other organisations. However, it does not appear to be reciprocated. Certainly this response gives us the impression that this is one-way traffic. There has to be some sanction that Sport Ireland will impose or else this behaviour will continue.