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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Is there a 14-day look-back? Will the Minister give us the numbers that need to deliver an effective-----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that used the Dublin to Belfast rail service in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of passengers that used Bus Éireann services to Northern Ireland in 2020 and to date in 2021. [10782/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Good afternoon. I want to highlight one area and ask the witnesses' views on it. Some €14 million was paid to Roqu for Chinese ventilators. I understand that might have been done by the HSE. The standard of the machine was not the standard specified by the HSE. I understand that an internal audit was done. How would lessons about procurement be fed back to the OGP to enhance risk...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Red flags were raised in advance and I am sure there will be analysis of this. The Comptroller and Auditor General said that he would look specifically at this in a special report. How would that feed in to lessons if there was a glaring case such as that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Regarding lessons learned, we had a two tender approach to procurement for the national children's hospital. I think Mr. Quinn was centrally involved in the board himself. What are his thoughts about lessons from that? Would it feed in to other procurement? For example, I am thinking about construction of the new Garda headquarters on Military Road.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Was dual tendering looked at?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I want to go back to the issue of the national children's hospital. Mr. Moloney said the office did a review of the two-tender process. Did that review conclude that it cost more as a consequence or was that a contributory factor? We were told there could not be another competitive process for the second part, which was largely building the hospital, because it would elongate the building...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Moloney is Secretary General of the office of-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: How are we going to learn if we do not know what happened? Mr. Quinn is saying it is appropriate to use these two-stage processes but we could not do a second competitive tender so how would he know that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I do not dispute that but the children's hospital was the one on which I wanted to focus.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports his Department will arrange to be put in place to support those who will be made compulsorily redundant by a company (details supplied); the engagement his Department has had with the appropriate agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussion he has had regarding enhanced redundancy payment for the staff who are to be made redundant given that a company (details supplied) is a very viable and successful enterprise and the jobs are being outsourced to Malaysia rather than being dispensed with; the engagement he has had with the company on this aspect; and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the impact that the outsourcing of the functions of a company (details supplied) to Malaysia will have in terms of reporting to the Company Registration Office; if issues of oversight or compliance will transfer to Malaysia; the discussions there has been with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11057/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of betting duty collected between 1 January and 31 December 2020; the amount collected to date in 2021; the amount in betting intermediary duty collected between 1 January and 31 December 2020; and the amount collected to date in 2021. [11251/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to conduct an analysis of betting duty and betting intermediary duty in the context of the sources it is derived from. [11276/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of value added tax collected from the 9% rate to date since its reintroduction; and the amount forgone since the reintroduction of the 9% rate. [11970/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of value added tax forgone since the standard rate of 23% was reduced to 21%; and if he has conducted a cost-benefit analysis in respect of the reduction. [11971/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which jointly assessed persons are treated in respect of tax on the pandemic unemployment payment in instances in which one person remains in full-time employment while the other is in receipt of the payment; if his attention has been drawn to instances in which the person in full-time employment is bearing the liability (details supplied)....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW made attempts to purchase Garda buildings at Harcourt Square in 2013; the rent paid for those buildings since occupation in tabular form; and if the buildings will be vacated on time. [12140/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (3 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the new Garda building project at Military Road, Dublin; if the project is on schedule and within budget; if his attention has been drawn to delays in delivering this project; if he has been briefed in respect of the anticipated cost overrun; and the estimated amount of expected overrun costs. [12141/21]