Results 17,701-17,720 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I am curious as to whether this is something ever sought by the Comptroller and Auditor General, not within the context of accounts, obviously, but people often bring forward information. Is the Comptroller and Auditor General made aware of such protected disclosures? There would also be a value in this committee writing to each Department and asking how many protected disclosures they have...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We should write to each Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The response does not contain any information on costs for awards or legal fees. We should request that information.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Has Caranua wound up at this point? My understanding was legislation from Department of Education was required. I do not recall that having happened.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Were any residual funds to go to Department of Education?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I do not expect there to be an awful lot, if any.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: How does it exist if there is no staff? Is it there as an entity?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: What is required to wind it up?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Have we been promised that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Essentially, the purpose of SBCI, or this particular aspect of the entity, was to ensure that the funding was to be used exclusively for the Irish economy and for the benefit of small and medium-sized enterprises. The legislation was clear. We all recall that such companies were struggling at the time to get finance from the commercial banks. This was to be a facility. Obviously, Bibby...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We have to ask ourselves what we would be doing if we were not in a situation where we are so restricted because of Covid-19. Would we be having this discussion in public? We probably would have the opportunity for extra sessions. Time matters. I believe we would be doing more of this in public than we are doing if circumstances were different. That has pretty much been the routine. ...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, but I think-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We have to isolate what is for the Committee of Public Accounts and what should go to, for example, the health committee. There are operational issues in relation to this and I appreciate the concern in relation to delivery of healthcare. What particular aspect relates to the Committee of Public Accounts and what can we do? What questions should we ask? We should not get into the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I think we should.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: While Covid is front and centre in people's minds, which is very understandable, other issues are not getting the attention they deserve. One is the jaw-dropping decisions being taken on housing. I want to focus on one of those, namely, the long-term leasing of social housing. Incredibly, social housing is now being actively sold as a financial product. One website states: There is no...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The State will end up with nothing at the end of all of this. The housing list will be postponed for another generation. Is that really-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that building needs to happen more quickly and output needs to increase. I do not think we disagree about that. That is not the issue I am trying to raise. I do not see the evidence on the ground. Housing is the number one issue I hear about on my phone, and has been for the past ten or 12 years. I am acutely aware of it. This is the most expensive and least satisfactory...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a schedule will be provided of outbound and inbound international flights in respect of airports not listed on the passenger locator form field (details supplied) and-or place of arrival from 1 to 18 March 2021; the number of passenger locator forms processed in respect of these airports as an entry point to the State over the same...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with his counterpart in the UK and-or their officials in view of their decision on travel to and-or from Portugal regarding the procedure and protocols for travel here in view of the fact that London and Lisbon are destinations that are flight transfer hubs to other world destinations and given Ireland's relationship...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he or bodies under his aegis had in respect of redundancies at a company (details supplied); if he will encourage the company to negotiate an enhanced redundancy payment in respect of those impacted; his plans to review and report on the reason for the company making these redundancies; and if he will make a...