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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: According to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, the contracts did not set performance measures and there were limited provisions for penalties for underperformance by suppliers. Clinics were then set up as a control measure in terms of seeing what the standards were like. Very vulnerable people were asked for information which they may well have perceived, rightly or wrongly,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The report goes on to say that there were significant levels of dissatisfaction among residents about the quality of accommodation and/or services provided. I read somewhere that there was an intention to set up an independent complaints mechanism. In terms of complaining, people in a dependent or vulnerable position will hold back because they perceive that it may well make their situation...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The Office of the Ombudsman is the independent appeals mechanism. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am very familiar with the Ombudsman process. People can make a complaint to the Ombudsman and if that office decides to take up the complaint, the process involved can be quite lengthy and sometimes the office does not take cases on. Was there a beefing up of the offices of the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children to ensure that there would be sufficient capacity to deal with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: In his opening statement, Mr. Waters made reference to the fact that there were no "cheaper alternatives" to direct provision. As a country we have been criticised repeatedly about direct provision in the context of human rights. We can always do things more cheaply. However, we must look at things in the round. We must balance the cost of direct provision against meeting our human rights...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We all know that there is a very significant housing and homelessness crisis at the moment. In his opening statement, Mr. Waters makes reference to the sizeable number of people in direct provision who should be moving on but cannot do so because housing and other services are not available to them. Is the Department dealing with that issue? Is this coming out of the Department's Vote?...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I ask that the reply be very short because I have two other questions that I am anxious to pose.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: These centres are dispersed around the country.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is there a cluster of people in one location or in a small number of locations who find themselves in this position?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: To go back to another point in respect of expenditure of the Magdalen fund, there was an underspend in 2014. The explanation given for that underspend was that fewer new applications were received in 2015 than was expected. A number of applications could not be processed as further investigation was necessary in order to make a determination in those cases. In some cases there is a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: In this particular case the institution was covered. I will take that up separately. I have written to the Department and given information about the case to the Minister. One often looks at a case and wonders if it is replicated. That is the reason I raised that matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if local authorities can impose commercial rates in cases of unauthorised commercial developments; if he is considering changes to the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22408/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the National Transport Authority's work on the redesign of the DART interconnector in collaboration with Irish Rail; if the study to re-examine tunnel size options is complete; if this work will be finalised in time for the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22484/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which he will commence awarding the next round of capital grants for sports and recreation clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22485/17]

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice. I will take approximately six and a half minutes.

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is worth going back to the early 1990s to consider when the Dublin Transportation Initiative, DTI, was put in place. I was a member of one of several consultative panels. The purpose of the DTI was to deal with traffic congestion in the capital and European funds were available for initiatives to deal with it. The case was very strongly made by Ireland at the time because Dublin was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Comharthaí Bóthair (10 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an aontaíonn sé, nuair a bhíonn comhartha tráchta le huasdátú nó le hathrú, gur chóir leagan Gaeilge cinntithe a bheith air, gur chóir an leagan sin a bheith ar cóimhéid leis an leagan Béarla, agus gur chóir go mbeadh sé i ngnáthchló mar a bhíonn...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (9 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the distribution of public sector pensions in €5,000 bands (details supplied) for each of the years 2015 and 2016 in tabular form;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (9 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 402. To ask the Minister for Health if a psychologist has been appointed to Kildare Network for children requiring such services; if his attention has been drawn to the large demand for such services in an area with a disproportionately large young population; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that County Kildare is now the fourth most populated county; if his attention has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements (9 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1236 of 21 March 2017, if he has been presented with the final report into the circumstances surrounding the distribution of tickets for the Rio Olympic Games and related matters by Judge Carroll Moran; if so, if he and the Minister of State in his Department will meet with the Joint Committee on...