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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Verona Murphy: It is a "Yes" or "No" question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Verona Murphy: Mr. Hogan needs to answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Verona Murphy: That means they are not in law, does it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Verona Murphy: The answer is "No".
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Jun 2023)
Verona Murphy: 305. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the current status of respite services at Mulcahy House in Gorey, County Wexford; the discussions he has had with regard to the re-opening of the respite service at Mulcahy House; the expected date for its re-opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26758/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 May 2023)
Verona Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s allowance review initiated on 7 February 2023 for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26115/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 May 2023)
Verona Murphy: 778. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current status of the application for a new 97-bed ward block at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26266/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (30 May 2023)
Verona Murphy: 801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to Ukrainian students at higher level education who do not meet the three-year residency rule to qualify for a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26073/23]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: My apologies were given at the start of the meeting. They were meant to be that I was going to be late rather than not appear. On paragraph 6.4, page 43, I note there is a huge disparity between the legal costs that are paid out by the Department and shows almost €11.7 million was paid but the compensation was just over €490,000. Please explain the disproportionate fees...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Does the Secretary General not think the legal costs are quite extravagant at €11.7 million? Does that amount mean her Department is paying literally for both sides of the judicial review? Of course the applicant receives legal aid.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: I would say the compensation is lower certainly. What is the success rate in judicial reviews for things like asylum seekers or international protection appeals?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: The Secretary General might submit it because it needs to be-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: It is about value for money and whether we are adjudicating decisions correctly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Will Ms McPhillips submit data on the number of appeals taken, the success rate, those that were dismissed and those that were never heard at all for whatever reason, perhaps because they were withdrawn?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: To go back to something that was said earlier, does Ms McPhillips not think these are extravagant costs?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Okay. Regardless, I would consider that they need to be reduced. When compared with what we see from other Departments, they seem quite high.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: How many of those were then allowed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: All right. We will leave it there. There were initiatives the Department followed through on to reduce its legal costs.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: What were the challenges?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: I suppose you cannot do much about judicial reviews when it comes to-----