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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (9 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons working for the Legal Aid Board that are unpaid and-or receive expenses only and-or are classified as intern in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41363/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding stream that OPW used in order to get aspects of Dublin post-Brexit ready; the amount of funding available for the works; if public procurement rules were fully complied with in order to appoint a contractor for the works; the reason that public procurement rules were not followed by the OPW in appointing a contractor for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a list of the organisations and-or bodies that were in receipt of funding from the 2018 and 2019 Asylum Migration and Integration Fund will be provided; the amount in this funding stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational speech and language, physio therapists and child psychologists employed by the HSE in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 by CHO in tabular form; the vacancies that exist by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41454/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review for domiciliary care for a person (details supplied) will be decided; the timeframe for deciding such reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41453/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of medical officers dedicated to assessing medical evidence in 2017, 2018 and 2019 by scheme in tabular form; the vacancies that exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41455/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of refusal for first-time domiciliary care applicants in 2018 and to date in 2019; the level of refusals following applications for reviews in 2018 and to date in 2019; if appealed, the number of appeals upheld for the period; if there have been recent changes in approach; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which councils recoup the cost of borrowing for housing developments in cases in which the council has purchased land which is then developed for affordable purchase and social housing, in situations in which the council has raised the loan and must pay the loan back and in which the income from the development...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Greenways Provision (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of progress of the Grand Canal greenway project between Sallins and Hazelhatch (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41504/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to raise one issue on the national debt with regard to the chart on page 3 of the correspondence. I am aware that a lot of it has been refinanced and that some of this is short term, but a sizeable amount is at very high interest rates, especially when one considers the current negative interest rates. One is almost paying banks to hold money now. Some of this is at 4%, 5% and 6%....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is well explained in the document.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is useful to see it and get an understanding of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We have a national debt in excess of €200 billion so it is not something we should take our eyes off.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We are back to something here that we have talked about on numerous occasions, namely, process. Having a fixed-price contract and nailing down all of the details of what we are going to build in advance is how we avoid overruns. It is not just about conciliation, it is about how these extra costs occur in the first instance. What was the nature of the tender? Why are we not opting for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When do we learn?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The response does not answer the primary question the Chairman put. In fact, we are trying to piece that information together. Mr. Watt did not address, for example, the lawful use of the card. The report of the Data Protection Commissioner was very interesting in that it highlighted the fact that while the chip on the card has to be read, the technology to do so is not in place in some of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It just proves that the situation has not normalised.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I received a number of replies to parliamentary questions about getting assisted decision-making up and running. I agree that this is a matter for the Dáil or the Committee on Justice and Equality as opposed to the Committee of Public Accounts. Critical is the speed of getting that operational and how satisfactory it is when it gets to that point. I understand that this is complex....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I just said last week that I had passed them on; that is all I was doing.