Results 18,101-18,120 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if persons are permitted to travel to counties in Northern Ireland as part of the proposed commencement of inter-county travel on 10 May 2021. [23670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances in which prescribed medicines for human consumption have been detected in horse meat by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland audit and investigations division in the past ten years to date: and if he will provide a schedule of substances detected by year. [23716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 811. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer a Covid-19 vaccine to Irish athletes who have qualified for the Olympic Games; and if he has engaged Sport Ireland on this issue. [24219/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings the audit and investigations division of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland have had with his officials in respect of investigations relating to horses and the seizure of banned substances and remedies in the past ten years to date; and the number of instances in which his officials have provided the audit...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to ask the Comptroller and Auditor General about two sets of accounts. In respect of the accounts of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, I do not know whether the Comptroller and Auditor General would have looked at the difference between the number of staff from year to year or whether it would have shown up. One thing that caused the last Committee of Public Accounts...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McCarthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The spend per student can throw one sometimes. An issue I raised with regard to the National University of Ireland, Maynooth is the fact that very often the precarious nature of junior or part-time lecturers might skew the spend. When we look at that, we must look at the reason for it. That was quite a sizeable issue. Primary school teachers have far more rights than people at entry level...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, this is going to form part of the report we will produce. We must keep on top of this. Most of us are managing to do business over Zoom. I am concerned that the idea of this having to be a face-to-face meeting is prolonging this. The important thing is that this is resolved without going down the legal route, which could end up being counterproductive in terms of the overall...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I would like to speak on a number of issues. In regard to the Department of Education, we had all expected that it would bring forward legislation winding down Caranua. As yet, that has not happened. This matter will drag on until that happens. In the meantime, what happens to the files and can people have access to their records? I ask that the committee secretariat would check that...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Residents of an unfinished housing estate will feel very much that they are the meat in the sandwich where the bond system fails and they have no recourse to get the estate completed. It can delay the estate being taken in charge when it is not completed. It is a significant issue. This is a useful reply. It indicates that there were 20 responses. There are 37 local authorities now. We...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I am okay on this one.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. With regard to the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General in terms of looking at such significant spend and not having an integrated system, what does that present in terms of the issues or problems? We know the HSE has a significant staff and spend. The past year showed the kind of exposure from not having systems in place in terms of not being able to achieve value for money,...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with that. The level of resourcing may well play into that. It would be useful to have an engagement with GSOC. Other than that, I am fine with this item.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: A number of questions were not answered. We need to have the aged debtor analysis. The whole point in discussing this is to ensure the money was spent on what it was intended to be spent on. The target was the small and medium-sized business sector to fill a gap in terms of ensuring adequate funding sources were available. I do not believe Bibby Financial Services has answered the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is about what the reply does not say. I wanted to deal with retrospection. I believe the Deputy Murphy referred to was Deputy Verona Murphy. I will wait until the next reply comes and hope that it will deal with the issue of retrospection and employment rights.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We have to go back and look at how this site was chosen. It was not on the original list. I drive by it quite often, or crawl by it, more accurately, because it is a very difficult site to get in and out of. I would have thought that access alone would have excluded this particular site as there would be quite a lot of movement from this building. This building would never have been big...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The key issue was whether the Defence Forces or Air Corps would be considered. I sent on a couple of replies to parliamentary questions on a review that was done. The structure of any procurement process will determine what will be possible. If it is for the complete service, the possibility will obviously be excluded. It appears it would be perfectly possible for at least part of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is fine. I just sent them for the committee's attention.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: If I told the Taoiseach that cuckoo funds have been betting on this Government to the tune of €53 million every week this year, he would probably say I am being overdramatic. It is true, however. Despite its claims of ignorance about the activities of these cuckoo funds, the Government is up to its neck in it. Last year, GillenMarkets, a financial advisory firm based in Dublin,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: What about apartments? Are they not people's homes too? What about affordability?