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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the tender process will open for competition in respect of finding a provider for digital radio services to An Garda Síochána and other emergency services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17951/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Communications (17 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has consulted with An Garda Síochána and other emergency services in the context of their changing needs in respect of digital radio services; if new requirements have been identified by them in advance of a new provider being contracted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17952/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if representatives of a campus (details supplied) will be notified regarding a new date on which he will meet them to discuss the Maynooth PP project and the provision of extra rooms from the school term commencing September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17905/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 4 December 2018, his plans to conduct a historical review of funding to an organisation (details supplied) through the emigrant support programme and the reconciliation fund; if he has considered declining future funding applications from the organisation in view of recent media reports and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the Revenue Commissioners have engaged with an organisation (details supplied) over the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18161/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 4 December 2018, if he has undertaken to review past funding to an organisation (details supplied); if consideration has been given to suspending future funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18214/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Calorie Posting on Menus (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the issue of calories on menus; if his Department has conducted a regulatory impact assessment; the estimated cost regarding the implementation by statute of the proposal; if he has engaged in quarter 3 and 4 of 2018 and to date in 2019 with relevant stakeholders and representative bodies in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 270. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 603 of 4 December 2018, if she has considered conducting a historical review of funding issued to an organisation (details supplied) under the young people's facilities and services fund; the amount she plans to release to the organisation in 2019; the amount issued to date; if new conditions of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 283. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 4 December 2018, if he has conducted an historical review of funding to an organisation (details supplied); if he is satisfied all grants were used for the purpose for which they were granted; if he has granted funding to the organisation in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I agree completely with the point made about conflict of interest. It is not only the fact that there was a double payment, but also the fact that that information was relied on to make a decision. Anyone making a decision will want expert advice in order to ground that decision. If that expert advice is in conflict it causes a corruption of the process, as I see it. It is really...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There has to be some consideration of the potential conflict in the selection of the company that will do the work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: And the right people in front of us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There has been a lot of criticism. We are told an unemployment rate of 5% is really close to full employment. Obviously, there is a bit of movement among people and so forth. We are paying quite a large amount of money for the scheme. People from around the country, not only members' constituencies, do not ring about this for no reason. When one starts hearing the same things from...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: This scheme is due to be renewed or reviewed, and I think that consideration will happen this year. I could, however, be wrong about that. Can we find out when that is happening?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: If that is being relied on-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is a great deal of money.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Many different Departments allocate money from the reconciliation fund to sporting bodies. It is a relatively small amount of money and my query is to see if spot checks are carried out when these payments are made.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McCarthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Part of our problem is that we have huge fragmentation. Charities are doing work that should be done by public services. There is a problem in that we are finding it hard even to get a coherent map of who does what and where. It is very difficult to test value for money when there is that kind of fragmentation. It is not that there is not very good work being done by all of these...