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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Are there are changes to the scheme where people are entering it, say, a second time?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I want to return to the public services card. On the issue of biometrics, a couple of weeks ago, the committee received correspondence that indicated that there was funding of, I think, less than €300,000 in the accounts - I cannot recall the particular year - and it specifically identified biometrics. This is an issue on which the Department is in discussion with the Data Protection...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: On debt reconciliation related to redundancy debt, it is a risk. Previously, an employer would pay and recoup the payment. There was a change and there was a reluctance to do that. Then there was a delay in paying redundancies because a lot of these happened at the same time. Would the Department identify that as a particular risk? What is the amount of money involved? Some of the money...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: So of the €331 million, the Department would only expect to get maybe €33 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is always a perception that any losses the Department might incur are through individuals but in fact this is one area where there is a sizeable amount of money and where the State picks up the tab because people cannot get their entitlements because the employer is insolvent.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I accept there are genuine people like that but we see in the building sector, for example, that the same people appear as directors of a new company. What kind of follow-on does the Department do on the individual directors? Is there a liability on the individual directors?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sworn and unsworn members of An Garda Síochána on sick leave; the number in receipt of pay; the number absent due to occupational injuries with pay; the number absent due to non-occupational injuries with pay; the number on sick leave without pay in each category; the cost to date in 2019; the cost in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of sick pay within An Garda Síochána for the past five years by occupational and non-occupational absences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46236/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State is liable for the legal costs on both sides of the claim in respect of compensation claims lodged by sworn and non-sworn members of An Garda Síochána; if so, the number of such claims; the nature of the claims; if they relate to sworn or non-sworn members in each of the past five years; the Vote that is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a contingent liability is in place for compensation claims within An Garda Síochána; if so, the amount; if it relates to sworn and unsworn members; the vote this is attached to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46243/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of allowances available to be claimed by members of An Garda Síochána; when each allowance was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46238/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has a policy for the force with respect to drink and drug testing; if so, if he will provide a copy of the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46239/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if compensation has been paid to civilian members of An Garda Síochána and non-civilian members of the force since 2010; the categories the claims were made under; the legal costs applied; the Vote to which they were attributed; the highest amount of compensation; the average amount of compensation; the longest...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if doctors payments are confined to sworn members of An Garda Síochána; the cost in each of the past five years; if a cap is set for doctor visits; if so, the cap; the framework applied; the controls in place; the way in which the payments are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46242/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of sworn members of An Garda Síochána who have been convicted of criminal charges over the past ten years; the number of members to whom salaries have continued to be paid post conviction; the amount in each of the past ten years; the number taken off payroll post conviction; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian members of An Garda Síochána that were investigated and subsequently suspended who are in receipt of pay; the years in this regard; the number not in receipt of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46245/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank and civilians by grade that make up the anti-corruption unit and the internal affairs unit of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46270/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 344. To ask the Minister for Health the role a person (details supplied) had regarding a report into failures in HSE orthodontics; the circumstances in which the official ceased employment at the HSE in order to take up a role at Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46268/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans by Irish Rail to reinstate the Amiens Street DART entrance to platforms 6 and 7 at Connolly station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46601/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department communicated to a JobPath provider to cease using an online CV builder system that was hosted on a server unencrypted outside of the State; if the Data Protection Commission is investigating this matter; if she imposed a sanction on the service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter....