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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Can I just raise a matter on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: It was just those two points I wish to come in on. No. R2275 C is in relation to the various questions. I refer to point No. 4 on the front page. I raise this because it might be something that could be picked up in a recommendation. It states: As Chief Executive and an ex-officio member of the Board of RTÉ, as provided for under statute, the former DG had the authority to bind...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: With house price increases, sometimes people cannot proceed with a purchase. Though there have been changes to the scheme, it would be low in some parts of the country. It would be difficult to get a house for €340,000 in the Dublin region, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: The second relates to No. R2276 from Geraldine O'Leary. The opening line is: "The evidence supplied by Mr Kelly does not change anything that I have said on the record." It later states: Separately, in response to comments made by Deputy Catherine Murphy at the Public Accounts Committee on 12/10/2023, I would like to reiterate that the first time I was made aware that there was an issue...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: It also makes a mockery of the claim that it was privileged when no advice was given.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I agree. It is even more important now, given there is another redundancy proposed which is very large, that there should not be a tale from the previous redundancy going unresolved. It is exceptionally important we look at this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Can we add for consideration at some point the Department of agriculture together with the greyhound board?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: We all agree with that. It is like a dawn's silence when there is a consensus.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all active new school construction projects and expansion projects in Kildare and Wicklow; the stage each project is at; and the target delivery date of each. [56122/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of temporary school accommodation requests, that is, new rented space and prefab classrooms, she has received from schools in Wicklow and Kildare in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; if she will provide a schedule of schools that have made these requests; the number approved and delivered; and the number refused. [56123/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the remedy she has for second level schools that can offer only a limited subject choice due to a shortage in the teacher numbers and lack of appropriate learning environments. [56131/23]

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: The Social Democrats support this legislation. Before getting into the detail of it, I want to wind back the clock to April 2023 when the general scheme of the Bill was before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. It sets the tone for where I want to take my contribution. I am not a member of that committee and, as such, I did not have the benefit of assessing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he intends to proceed in respect of his plans to discontinue the long-standing and well-established pay-pension parity link which retired gardaí share with serving officers in An Garda Síochána. [55538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of the number of pupils in each of the 314 school planning areas that did not secure a place in their first preference second level school in 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 school year, in tabular form. [55478/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her officials have utilised the most recent census of population data in the context of the provision of school capacity; her plans to analyse the most recent census of population data in order to and compare it to information collated in respect of the 314 school planning areas. [55480/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of application numbers; the criteria as per admissions policy; and the number of places available and waiting list numbers in respect of all primary- and second-level schools in north Kildare and north Wicklow for the school year 2024/2025. [55740/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE vacancies currently within her Department that are normally filled by staff at the grade of administrative officer and above, as of 7 December 2023, in tabular form. [55606/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of transfers and or access requests received by her Department from the Department of Education; and the headings under which the data was requested. [55479/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE vacancies currently within her Department and that are normally filled by staff at the grade of administrative officer and above, as of 7 December 2023, in tabular form. [55605/23]