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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (13 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 November 2019, the number of instances in the past 20 years to date data (details supplied) was accessed by An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, the Airport Police Service and other public authorities; the number of complaints lodged by Irish passport holders regarding the access...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 154. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered a report concerning sodium valporate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46729/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a second competition for promotions to the rank of Deputy Garda Commissioner will be conducted; if he will review the existing criteria for the position in view of the fact that all recent applicants were rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46989/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for Rebuilding Ireland home loans made to each local authority to date in 2019; the number approved; the number drawn down; the value of loans drawn down; the number pending and which cannot be approved due to funding constraints; the value of pending applications by local authority; the funding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the resource implications of borrowing for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan; if borrowings are on the Government balance sheet; his plans to augment the amount available; the amount available since its introduction; the demand by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46921/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: This is a general point rather than a point in regard to Maynooth University. There is a presumption that university people are going to be extraordinarily well paid but, in fact, one will find there is a high level of fairly poor payments and, often, there is a greater level of job security at primary school level than at university level. I do not think we should be surprised that there...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That would be useful because I believe there are other things that flow from it. The things are flow from it will be things that will catch up on people later on, such as employment rights, holiday payments and all those other things that go with the casualisation of work. It is certainly prevalent. I have spoken to people in several universities and the same profile is cropping up. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The big problem is the procurement officers are all individuals. The sectors could possibly do better if they worked as one entity. Ireland is a very small country. There could be an advantage in having one procurement officer for a sector. That is where a lot of the potential advantage is being lost. We are probably also losing Irish jobs as a consequence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is there another ingredient? It is not all about the commercial side. Consider libraries, for example, where books are procured that may be published in another country. One loses some of the local dimension, which is incredibly important from a cultural perspective. This is not a quantifiable one. Is this counted in at all? It is just an example.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is a talk about a breakdown in advertising campaigns. It is not immediately obvious. Obviously, some of those advertising campaigns will be on buses and bus shelters. It is not immediately obvious who benefits from this. It is probably Adshel. That area is a little opaque in terms of the income from advertising. Does the National Transport Authority, NTA, get it or the commercial...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Plus, it is also costing more.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I asked that question innocently and that was the answer. It is one that we should be conscious of with organisations which have been created in recent years. It is a kind of a staple question we might ask to see if there is the same profile. The Chairman demonstrated the costs with figures and there may well be an adjustment in that. There is another issue, however. If people are on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I raised the issue a number of weeks ago because there have been many complaints. There is not a problem with there being a single platform but there may be a problem with how it operates. There have been many staff complaints about the matter. It will be rolled out gradually. My concern is whether it is fit for purpose or whether the complaints relate to what are just teething problems....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Most people do not worry about engaging with systems but they know at the end of the week if their wages are correct.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: They know if their weeks were overtime or if that causes a problem. That is the point I am trying to make.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I was looking for that information in the other document. The letter outlines just how chaotic it all is.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is one issue I would like us to clarify with Caranua. We are aware that a number of people have met Mary O'Toole, who is reviewing cases where there is a dispute about the length of time involved due to the lack of records. It is not clear if an amount has been retained, but there is no point in doing the review if there is nothing in the budget to deal with it. Could we clarify the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When the officials from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection were in with us, I asked about a CV builder and it being hosted in another jurisdiction. I was told that was just a newspaper item.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It was about a CV builder in the context of Seetec or JobPath. When I asked a question of the officials of the Department when they came before the committee, I was informed that it was just a newspaper item and that there was no issue arising. I tabled a parliamentary question subsequently. It is not a big deal, but it is an issue relating to accurate information that is being given. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When writing, could the Chairman also ask where the baseline review is? We were told it was imminent. It has been completed but has been sat on since last February. Can we ask where it is?