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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (15 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases of invalidity pension under review; the number of reviews commenced, per quarter, in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43240/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (15 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases of domiciliary care allowance under review; the number of reviews commenced, per quarter, in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43238/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Collection (15 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data access requests GSOC and CAB have made to telecommunications and social media companies in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested from; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Collection (15 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data access requests the Data Protection Commission has made to telecommunications and social media companies in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Collection (15 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data access requests the special detective unit of An Garda Síochána has made to telecommunications and social media companies in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 469. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by the State Claims Agency in respect of medical negligence claims in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount the agency has paid out in legal costs and in respect of the pay-outs. [43226/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by his Department in respect of medical negligence claims in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount paid out in legal costs and in respect of the pay-outs. [43225/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Increases (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to instances in which landlords are increasing the rental price on their properties that are inside rent pressure zones by storing personal belongings in same; if he will provide a schedule of exemptions to the rules on price increases on properties for rent inside rent pressure zones (details...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) given that they have been classified as high-risk; if she will ensure that the person does not suffer financial disadvantage due to an underlying health condition; and the options available in respect of sick pay and-or other financial supports they may avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been communication from the European Commission in respect of Irish forestry legislation, in particular the recent Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 and the statutory instruments he made in 2020 for forestry, and their compliance with the Aarhus Convention and the environmental impact assessment directive,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: People will continue to have a problem as long as the power imbalance has been shifted so much in respect of Standing Order 218. It almost works against the committee and in favour of the witnesses so I do not see how we can continue, and effectively do our work, without change or a rebalancing of Standing Order 218. We must redouble our efforts to do that. It is like having a pair of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I was a member when it was called the CPP. I think the name was changed to Committee on Procedure in the last Dáil. There have been different interpretations of the Supreme Court judgment. It would be useful to revisit the judgment itself. It required a new set of rules to be put in place but it is the balance of those rules that is the issue. If we are going to have a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I think it would be more realistic to do it early in the new year.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: There is quite a bit of correspondence in regard to several ETBs. Has there been a change? I know guidance was issued to the ETBs. Has the Comptroller and Auditor General noticed a change or improvement since that happened?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The amalgamation of vocational education committees into a smaller number of ETBs was chaotic. If I remember correctly from previous examinations we had in this area, there was some really good practice and some terrible practice. There is also a Garda investigation-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, in one case, but a significant one. It looked like there was inadequate thinking around the amalgamations and that they were not properly planned. Some of this bad practice has come from that. How we stamp it out is the issue. Is there something we need to do in relation to this particular ETB? Has the committee written to it specifically?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: May I say something?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We, on this committee, have learned something about amalgamations. They have to be properly planned. An audit must be done beforehand to understand exactly where the gaps are going to be and what needs to be provided for. It is clear that the amount of planning that went into these amalgamations was not adequate. That lesson should be learned for future amalgamations. When it presents to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I echo the point about what they were intending to do. It is completely understandable that it was interrupted because we have had a very difficult year. There is probably no organisation that has had a more difficult year than the HSE. The 2019 accounts, which are in the urgent category, look like those with the biggest level of non-compliance. That is likely to be a very strong feature...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I presume it stands out when somebody was not in that particular business. They might have been in events management. I am sure this stands out.