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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Advancing the Low-Carbon Transition in Irish Transport: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: No. We were told it is about where the company is based. That needs to be examined. The headquarters here is important from that point of view.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (12 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his engagements with the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the context of audits, inspections and-or financial examinations; if he has given further consideration to include Irish Water as a body that will be subject to scrutiny by the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There are several issues. We have set aside the issue of the contingent liability in regard to the HSE, but this is a significant issue, as is the matter in respect of the Air Corps. We must examine further the role of the agency in pre-empting matters such as this and what other illnesses they are screening for in addition to looking at the lessons that can be drawn from this kind of...

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...applications is often related to staff numbers. It is not that staff are not doing their jobs. In areas where there is a shortage of staff application turnaround times can vary. This needs to be examined in addition to legislative change. It may well be that legislation is not required if administrative ability is strengthened where necessary. The means testing for some of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...and Reform does not agree with the Minister because he was very forthright in his response on the cost not outweighing the benefits. Would this not, in its own right, prompt the Minister to re-examine the exposure of the State to the cost being talked about in respect of the contract?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, the corporate culture of the companies being examined will be important in determining what kind of a bond will be required. There is a company in my area that one can be sure will do everything by the book. If there is a criticism, one hears it often goes over the top, which I much prefer. Let us consider circumstances where there is a changing environment. For example,...

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is a financial gain if we can reduce the number of people getting cancer. That is the realm in which this issue needs to be examined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...pretty sad life. Essentially, it looks as if some of it was copied and pasted. For example, for related parties there is the same figure each year, which does not look right. I ask that the matter be examined. The other important issue is that there was an absence of people who felt they could come forward in terms of whistleblowing, perhaps in the belief there would be a consequence...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: In the third periodic report, which was published in May 2018, one aspect that we examined was RTÉ and the Eversheds review. I have been contacted by somebody to say the person is one of the people affected but that nothing has happened almost 12 months later. Can we have a full update on the progress on that in order that we can follow through on the matter? The committee had an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...who make a big investment of time in this sport. If we could multiply it by ten, I would support as much spent on sport as possible. We are not at cross purposes on that. However, we are examining the sustainability of an important and big organisation, and there is a doubt about that. Will Sport Ireland do an audit in respect of that year given the things that have been unusual about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...in at some point because he has given a commitment on that. That might be something we would come back to, possibly tomorrow. Regarding the loan, one of the issues I would ask Sport Ireland to examine is that the loan was given at a particular time of the year and we were then told it was paid following the submission of an invoice. An invoice is for a service as opposed to a loan....

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Would that not be a reason to examine the national procurement strategy and ask, given that only two entities provide that service, why we would do that because we would be held over a barrel? Surely one could make that argument for many things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...can be made for one if the argument is not made similarly for the other. Does the NTA have the figures for the scenario testing that was carried out? It would be useful for the committee to examine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...could legally be made outside of those parameters is another matter. We all know the limits of the committee. There was a referendum on foot of the Abbeylara case. Let us not just merely examine the terms of reference but instead consider what they might or might not deliver. It is not the case that we are demanding a head on a plate. It is a question of where we can fit into the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his engagements with the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the context of audits, inspections and or financial examinations; if he has given further consideration to include an organisation (details supplied) as a body that will be subject to scrutiny by the office; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...stakeholders in Northern Ireland. It is essential that a legislative framework is in place. The heads of the Bill did not come out of nowhere. It came from teasing out some practical issues and examining the document that the European Commission published. Some of the practical issues will not need legislation but will need consideration. The Minister mentioned talking to...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...would have been welcome and there would be high value turnover in some of those locations but generally there is not. I will come back to other aspects of the Bill shortly but we cannot examine rates in isolation. For example, if we look at the difference between the profile of income for local authorities in say 2009 and look at a chart for 2016, which is not terribly different from...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is there a Department or a body that specifically examines capital projects in regard to expertise or is that the responsibility of individual Departments?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I have said previously that a number of things were conflated when the State Claims Agency was before the committee. The whole issue of open disclosure is an area that we will have to examine thoroughly. I understand the State Claims Agency has a function in supervising or assisting or advising some parts of the public service in mitigating against claims arising in the future.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It would be useful if this played a part in our examination. Entities such as the Air Corps would fall into our examination when the State Claims Agency is again before the committee. It would have done some supervision and there are issues which certainly require scrutiny. There is also the matter of open disclosure in non-clinical claims. We need to look at a range of things including...