Results 17,401-17,420 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider permitting the extension of a placement on a community employment scheme for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4781/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I cannot put my hand on it. I had it here a while ago.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is useful to get the information because there have been several announcements on the same matter over a number of years. It is to get some degree of certainty about what, in fact, is ordered, what has already been paid for and what the lead-in time is. Obviously, the number of companies from which the kind of rolling stock we seek can be procured is limited. As a result, it will be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: If I may make a couple of additional points. There is a DART upgrade on that particular line and work has started on its design. It requires significant changes with things such as bridges. On procurement, it has been announced several times but the order has not gone in. Even the specification will be important in ensuring it is fully accessible. That was one of the components. If it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I have just found it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is straightforward, but we should get periodic updates or monitor the procurement because it is a very sizeable contract. It is fine, we should just publish the information.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: That is the company that has been largely used to source people for the track and trace system in the context of Covid. There has been quite a lot of criticism and complaints about the way some of those contracts have been handled. We should have a close look at that one. It is not historical; it is current in terms of the use of that company. We need also to get from Tusla exactly what...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It jarred with me. An issue that has been brought to our attention concerns an incredibly important fund that is very much focused on the SME sector and the availability of finance. I base my judgment on one of the items of correspondence, No. 296C. The person who gave us the information in the first instance states the Act specifically advises against these funds being used to replace...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I propose the engagement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It would be very useful for the committee, in advance of meeting representatives of SBCI, to talk to the person who has been in correspondence with us, even if it is in private session. That would be of benefit to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I am satisfied with the action that is proposed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: No. It is a very comprehensive response, as is often the case when the Revenue appears before the committee. It is fine to publish it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, a very comprehensive letter went from the Committee of Public Accounts to the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I completely concur that that captured many of the concerns we collectively had, and that letter came about as a consequence of a collaborative effort to make sure the issues we were concerned about were adequately covered. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. I concur that several of us got an email in advance of the meeting. The Chairman read out the notice at the beginning of the meeting about not naming people, but that is difficult to do when people actually give us permission to name them. There is a balance to be struck. Caranua is winding down. It appeared before us after the formal close-off date and is not receiving new...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: May I make just one comment?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, regarding the report that was given to us, we always knew that the amount of funding that was available to Caranua was going to be finite. I do not think there is any doubt that the people who were best able to make the applications were those from whom the applications were first received. I think that because the funding was finite, that was an internal decision of Caranua to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the €2 billion allocated to the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme is in the account of the SBCI; if not, if the funds are drawn down by the bank in smaller amounts as required; if so, the location of same; and his plans for the balance of the fund if at the end of June 2021 there is a remaining amount from the €2...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a tailored support package available to the weddings industry in Scotland (details supplied); and his plans to introduce a similar package here. [5367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (3 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of engagements he and or his officials have had with ComReg and the EU Commission in respect of the extent to which his Department and National Broadband Ireland is intervening in the intervention area in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [5359/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the price per connection paid to National Broadband Ireland in respect of connections made in the intervention areas; and the capital subsidy in addition to the fee per connection. [5360/21]