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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to increase capacity at driving test centres in order to clear backlogs for testing in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and in further view of the reduced capacity on public transport; and the number of persons waiting for driving tests for full licences by location in tabular form. [26054/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Election of Vice Chairman (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Thank you very much and I thank colleagues for formally nominating me. I appreciate the support.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Very often, when we start looking at the financial side of things, other things turn up, and poor processes can be one of those . We can make a real difference in relation to the change in how things happen, and often that is where recommendations come in. There may well be a variety of categories that could generally capture the reasons cases are struck out, but if we are going to have...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It might be useful in the first instance to write to seek an update on this particular aspect see what comes back as it could be a while before we timetable the Department in again and there may well be other issues that we may want to discuss with it. This might shortcircuit things. Is the Courts Service doing a separate piece of work? If it is it would be useful to ask it the same questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Every Committee of Public Accounts operates differently but I will outline what we did in the past. A comprehensive report is produced following a body of work. In some cases, Departments say they have noted our recommendations but we all know that means they accept what we said, they say they have heard it and they will keep things under review but then they do nothing. We all know the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We had many hearings into the university sector which stood out in the Committee of Public Accounts of the previous Dáil. There is a high degree of casualisation of work, including by people who are giving lectures, which might be even more precarious now. In that context we asked some of these questions. In some instances people told us that they had been paid in book vouchers. They...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What have we agreed? Have we agreed to write-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is an old chestnut for those of us who have served previously on the Committee of Public Accounts. First, I find the situation unacceptable and we need to get the best value for money. This cannot be done unless there is a system in place to do so. We need to understand that the way the HSE has developed over the years, with chopping and changing, from the old health board system to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I have no issue and an update is fine, but are there boundaries with the likes of GSOC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and others? Maybe the Comptroller and Auditor General might give us some sort of an indication on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: This comes up from time to time. We want to get best value for money, but sometimes this can be quite a blunt instrument. I use this example. The library service was required to tender, obviously, for the purchase of books. The tender was won by a UK company and many people employed in Ireland, where there would have been a supplier previously, ended up out of work. We are a small...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Advisers (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Taoiseach if a schedule will be provided of advisers and special advisers appointed and-or recruited by him since his appointment; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee, in tabular form. [27061/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 165. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the sector specific supports in place and-or the plans to introduce support services for the wet pub sector. [26312/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the way in which he plans to retain as many of the jobs as possible over the course of the next three, six, nine and 12 months; the level of engagement he is having with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in this regard; if he has established a committee with his Department, the Department of Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Legislative Measures (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will bring forward the employment permits (consolidation and amendment) Bill. [26831/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Ministerial Advisers (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and-or recruited by him since his appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee in tabular form. [27051/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Advisers (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and-or recruited by him since his appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee in tabular form. [27066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sector specific supports in place and or the plans to introduce support services for the airline sector. [26312/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the public transport providers in view of the fact that services will be operating on reduced capacity for the short to medium term. [26314/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with all public transport providers in relation to funding and service level agreements since he became Minister. [26315/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 17 September 2020, if he will provide an update on the number of points the MTPL Insurance Database Project Board aim to deliver (details supplied) and timelines for implementation. [26988/20]