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Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: By how much would emissions need to reduce to meet our targets? We know we will miss the targets.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, the corporate culture of the companies being examined will be important in determining what kind of a bond will be required. There is a company in my area that one can be sure will do everything by the book. If there is a criticism, one hears it often goes over the top, which I much prefer. Let us consider circumstances where there is a changing environment. For example,...

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to bonds, from my experience at local authority level over many years, I note the only bonds provided in perpetuity at construction industry level were those of Anglo Irish Bank. Every other kind had a duration of perhaps seven years. Were there any Anglo Irish Bank bonds? Are the bonds the EPA would be getting in perpetuity?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I was going to say “prior” is the important word.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I presume there are not cash bonds.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine. Ms Burke mentioned conveyancing in regard to radon. Is it part of the conveyancing process?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It should be mandatory, ideally.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Are grants still available for remediation in regard to radon?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is a financial gain if we can reduce the number of people getting cancer. That is the realm in which this issue needs to be examined.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The agency has mapped the areas of the country most at risk, but the issue is not exclusive to those areas. My area is not one of the high-risk areas, but I am aware of houses in the area where high radon levels have been detected. I think it is easy enough to test for.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It might give a person a shock.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I would want to know if the radon level in my house was high.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Perhaps we should spend less time in the committee rooms. It could be dangerous to be here.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The agency carried out public opinion polls, in respect of which it is stated in the briefing that more than one third of adults, 37%, recognise climate change as the most pressing issue facing the country and that for 61% it is among the top three concerns. There is a public understanding of the issue. Does that public awareness cause the agency to focus differently on where it directs its...

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Ms Burke for her responses.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with the points made. Often we end up with an announcement of something that has already happened and we take a retrospective look at it. We have an obligation to inform ourselves in advance on this occasion. I too believe it is a cynical move to dump this information at this point in the day when it is known that Leaders' Questions are due to take place. The timing of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Prison Service Staff (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the particulars of a case concerning a prison officer on unpaid leave from the Irish Prison Service since May 2011 (details supplied); if he will engage with the prison officer on the matters concerned; if he has considered the issue of awarding an injury warrant in respect of the person; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on modular classrooms, prefabricated units or both to meet additional classroom space in the past ten years; the amount allocated to provide same in the 2019-20 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18918/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a protected disclosure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18965/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged or consulted with the Garda Commissioner in respect of broadening and or abolishing the upper age limit on persons wishing to make an application to become a full-time serving trainee Garda (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18759/19]