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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Great. On Analysys Mason, I remember when the report was produced in 2018, there was considerable criticism at the time about the lack of transparency in pricing and on competitive practices in respect of the metropolitan area network services, MANS, contract. I remember it coming from BT and probably others. Following the publication of that report, almost 12 months later an announcement...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I ask that the response is very brief. I have a few other questions I wish to ask.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Finally, on the NBP, has a review been done of the tendering process? It went on from 2015 to 2019. We ended up with only one bidder. We do not need to go back over the points on which we had engagement previously. Has a review happened, and will that review be published?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Griffin will check that and come back. RTÉ was in the news earlier this week with regard to the top earners with substantial salaries. We have had RTÉ in highlighting that it is strapped for cash. It is a concern that there appears to be substantial money laid out for some of its employees, while I recognise that most of them are self-employed. Obviously, not all RTÉ...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: That would be great. I thank Mr. Griffin.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Going back to the national broadband plan, the broadband cost reduction directive of 2014 means that assets, such as ducts and poles, are to be used to try to reduce the costs, and rightly so. Some of the companies were originally bidders and are not now. We heard recently that some of those assets are being leveraged. Is it the private national broadband company, the public purse or the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Will Mr. Griffin send us a note on television licence fee compliance?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I too wish to raise the issue of the new measures the Taoiseach announced yesterday. It is obvious the public are way ahead on this matter and understand the risks from the variants, including higher mortality rates, the potential impact of reinfection and the effectiveness of the vaccines. I also acknowledge the terrible and sad milestone we reached yesterday. There is an understandable...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: This is really tough on people and there is a high degree of fear. That is why people are looking not to punish others but to be protected. It is for this reason that the focus is on issues such as international travel in the context of the variants. There is a public understanding of the risks involved. That is why quarantine is being sought, not as a punishment. It is unacceptable that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The Government did not.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Percentage Adjustment) Order 2021: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The CRSS is vital to qualifying businesses and we will, therefore, support this motion. However, we also support the Sinn Féin amendment because too few businesses are qualifying for the scheme. The current support scheme is limited to public-facing businesses, leaving many sectors badly impacted by the restrictions without the same safety net. Businesses that are not public facing,...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I want to note that the two board members, Emily Logan and Hugh Hume, are very experienced people. Hugh Hume has a long track record in policing as a member of the Garda Inspectorate since 2017 and, prior to that, he was a long-term member of the PSNI at a very senior level. Emily Logan brings a huge level of experience from her background in human rights, having been the chief commissioner...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: This Bill, as has been stated by the Minister of State and the Government, is largely technical in nature, protecting the EU's financial interests and creating offences around fraud affecting the financial interest of the EU. We are generally supportive of it. It is welcome to see legislation that will tackle this issue, given that estimates of the volume of fraud against the EU budget...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Enterprise Support Services (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific funding streams available to local authorities to apply for; the amount that has been given by county; the amount awarded under each scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authority Funding (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific funding streams available to local authorities to apply for; the amount that has been given by county; the amount awarded under each scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which TII will update its statistics resource for 2020 (details supplied). [4047/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected by road toll location in each month in 2020; the amount outstanding to be collected; and the cost of recovering unpaid tolls for 2020. [4048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authority Funding (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific funding streams available to local authorities to apply for; the amount that has been given by county; the amount awarded under each scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4065/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of the stay and spend initiative in terms of the amount of tax credits availed of under the scheme; and the amount spent on administering the scheme. [3839/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent to date on marketing and advertising the stay and spend initiative as it relates to Fáilte Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3840/21]