Results 14,401-14,420 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The other issue that was raised was that 800 employees are on zero-hour contracts. Many of them are tutors. It is quite shocking that there is such precarious employment. Would that become obvious in a set of accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: There are some very curious things if one compares one year with another. There may be good explanations. For example, there is a large amount of money for London but it does not look like that was purchased. We could usefully put this on our work programme for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to maybe get some proper explanations-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: -----as to why there are such variations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We all have a view on An Bord Pleanála, for different reasons.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Sometimes we are delighted with its decisions and sometimes we cannot understand how its decisions are made. Things have changed somewhat with regard to An Bord Pleanála's finances since it was given a slightly different role in strategic planning applications. There is probably a larger amount of money involved now. It would not strike me as an organisation that is screaming out to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I understand that. I am probably making my point very badly. The Comptroller and Auditor General's reports throw up anomalies and things that really need to be interrogated. That is where the first call is. Sometimes, there are very big amounts of money that probably do not get the same level of scrutiny as relatively big amounts of money that are small by comparison. I am more inclined...
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I have to declare a conflict of interest because I am a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, but most of the questions I wanted to ask have been asked, which removes the issue to some degree. I will be leaving in about ten minutes, so excuse me if it appears that I am walking out, but I will be here for the answers. I refer to page 17, note 2.5, which concerns prepayments....
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Why would the service pay for insurance cover in advance?
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I refer to page 18, note 2.10 on matured liabilities. What does that relate to? The figure is €1.23 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: What was the issue with the broadband service?
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I can understand-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Yes. That would be useful. A certain number of Members are audited every year by an outside-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I myself have been subject to it on a few occasions. It is very robust and goes into much detail. That is tendered for.
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: When is it due to be tendered for again?
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: How many years does the tender last?
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: That did not change from-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: It was a competitive tendering, though.
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I will make just a few final points. Many of the areas have been covered. As a member of the commission, I know that we are briefed continually on the building works in Leinster House. Not only that but visits of the House are available and there are photographic updates and so on. What surprised me were the risk of collapse and the risk of fire that were discovered. That was discovered...
- Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Murphy: That produces a piece of misinformation.