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- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: I am afraid the time is up.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: Protected disclosures are one of the areas I wanted to look at. In a reply to a parliamentary question, I was informed that a number of protected disclosures that were made to the Department of Justice concerning the Prison Service but some of them were made to the Department of Justice and while others are made to the Prison Service. They are not operated the same. My understanding is...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: Does the Department put in a timeline? I know that there is always a forward and back with these things and it is a case of how long is a piece of string, but at the same time, very lengthy processes are sometimes very off-putting to somebody making a complaint. What is the experience there?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: When we ask other Departments the same question about protected disclosures, they might have very small numbers. There were a total of 13 in 2019 while there were 20 this year, which seems high. Are there threads that run through both? Where would I find the cost of the external investigations?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: Over how many years?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: It is a sizeable amount of money.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: It is a sizeable amount of money, but if it is well spent and lessons are learned, it may well be an investment. That might be something we can explore.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: On the forensic science laboratory, I acknowledge the project is under way. I pass it twice a day so I am keeping an eye on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: I will be watching to make sure it is delivered on time. Will it be delivered on budget?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: To return to the assets that were frozen in relation to cryptocurrency and CAB resources, has CAB sought additional resources and, if so, have they been provided?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: Did it get what it looked for?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: I want to return to the expenditure on direct provision. When we learn of problems in this area very often it emerges in the public arena or people make contact with us. We saw some very unsatisfactory cases this year, with one group of people having to move from one hotel to another owing to a Covid issue. These people were moved from a hotel in Dublin to a hotel in Kerry and there...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: It is fair to say there was a fairly large outbreak in one facility.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: There was a miscommunication between the HSE and the Department of Justice in regard to the HSE not notifying the Department of the situation. Was that resolved in a manner which ensures it will not happen again?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses. I call Deputy Munster.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: If the Department provides the committee with the information, that would be very helpful.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: I have a few quick questions. One subhead deals with coroner services in Dublin only. Why is that the case? I am sure the reasons are historical.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: Is there any proposal to change the remit for the sake of consistency?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: The Courts Services around the country used to be under the remit local authorities for historical reasons. That changed. There are several areas where funds have not been fully drawn down. They include areas where we know resources are needed. I refer for example to a certain item funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund. Some €7 million was available and the expenditure was...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020) Catherine Murphy: The subhead entitled, "Social disadvantage measures (Dormant accounts funded)". Is the process too onerous? Is this an impediment to drawing down funds? Does information need to be packaged differently for these groups to alert people to the fact that this money is there?