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Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: What are those issues?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Is the HEA concerned about overpayments and duplication in payments?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: How many of them would the HEA have concerns about?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: So it is not sector-wide; it is specific.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: When does the HEA expect that audit to be complete?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Where will the HEA share that?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I suspect the Comptroller and Auditor General will get a copy of it and it will come to us at some point but it would be better if we saw it at an early stage. Has the HEA met with UL? Has it talked to UL about what has transpired?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The third level sector was very much a feature of the previous Committee of Public Accounts. In fact, "Prime Time" did a special report on it. There were conflicts of interest and problems with things like spin-out companies and how the accounts were presented. Dr. Wall spoke about taking people on trust. I certainly would not take this sector on trust. Taking it on trust is a...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The universities know this legislation is on the way. Has there been a cultural change, even with regard to the definition of employment? There has been some very precarious employment. In parts of the sector, there are much poorer levels of secure employment than in even the preschool sector. Some of it is deplorable. Is Dr. Wall getting the impression that they are changing, even in...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I refer to the information on employment. Has that been forthcoming from the various institutions and colleges? The previous Committee of Public Accounts got detailed information because we probed the ratio of permanent to temporary contracts. We are not talking about visiting lecturers but people who are being exploited. For example, they do not get holiday entitlements or anything like...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department in preparing a formal commemorative event for all those who lost their lives during the struggle for independence as recommended by the expert advisory group. [37251/21]

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is fair to say that how local government is funded in Ireland is so opaque that most people find it difficult to get to grips with the origin of the system. When the local property tax was introduced in 2013, it was based, as we know, on the market value of a house or apartment. It does not, however, take into account people's ability to pay with the exception of allowing for deferral on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance the date and the way in which changes to the local property tax system will be introduced. [38014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Records (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will initiate a dialogue with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in order to make available or release or both, Land Commission records in the context of the Decade of Centenaries events and themes for the period 2019 to 2023; if steps will be taken to make the pre-1922 records available; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce changes to baselines in respect of the local property tax; if he will continue to use an equalisation fund; and the way in which he proposes that that self-fund aspect will be determined. [38020/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to instances of delays in paying a social protection support (details supplied); the number of persons impacted by same; and her plans to resolve the situation as a matter of priority. [38030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Records (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make available access to pre-1922 Land Commission records in view of their historical and cultural value to the citizens of the State. [37452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all aspects and clauses in relation to governance, oversight, compliance and due diligence have been met in respect of Horse Sport Ireland’s interests in a site (details supplied); if he has ever sought this information or information pertaining to other serious corporate governance responsibilities...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Last week, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan of Fianna Fáil was quite blunt in his assessment of the party's handling of the housing crisis. He said: "[Fianna Fáil] doesn’t understand the scale of the housing crisis". I happen to think that the Deputy was being unfair. It is not just Fianna Fáil that does not understand the scale of the housing crisis, it is the entire...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: That is not true.