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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: In the table on page 2, the claims that jump out are the big ones. There were 389 claims for Mountjoy Prison with an estimated liability of €14 million. There were 102 claims against the Portlaoise Prison campus. It is a lower number of claims but the potential liability is €12.9 million. It would be useful to pick out a few of these and ask the SCA to expand on the nature...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: We have had good information in the past where one can see whether the trajectory of claims for trips, falls and things like that is downward. If there is something that is standing out, we should see it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: The correspondence states: "I clearly stated that the Department of Social Protection creates a biometric template of each photograph that is taken during the SAFE registration process, for the purpose of comparing that photograph against the other photographs held by the Department." In essence, the correspondence is saying it is not biometrics that are being used but in recent days it was...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: The Data Protection Commissioner had a report recently. Mr. Martin McMahon, who has corresponded with the committee, made a complaint to the Data Protection Commission, which found in his favour. The Data Protection Commissioner has not been silent on this. This has been-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: The Department of Social Protection counterclaimed within the past few years. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner made its views on biometric data known. The Department challenged that. I cannot remember how it was finalised but there is no doubt that the Data Protection Commission made findings on the matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: It might be useful for us to get the most recent response from the Data Protection Commission to the case that was taken.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I will raise my points by way of parliamentary questions. I was just seeking information regarding geographical indication and why it is under-used. It is probably not a matter for the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Sometimes we end up with inquiries where there has been inadequate investment in oversight. One pays for it one way or another. Sometimes you pay for it more heavily by virtue of reputational damage when something reaches fever pitch and an inquiry is required. Inquiries will always be required. There are recommendations in the most recent report but there are also recommendations in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I presume he will reply to us further once the Department has considered it. We will have to mark that and watch for that response.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: The correspondent is making it very clear in their letter that their original correspondence did not relate to legislation or public policy in respect of housing of applicants for international protection. This is not really about the individuals that are housed in that location at all. I am familiar with it because it is in my constituency. I will go back to the day the Secretary General...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Yes it is.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set out the mandatory accessibility requirements and/or the provisions set in statute in respect of accessibility standards for public transport and public infrastructure projects, to include the planning, design and construction of cycle lanes, bus islands, pedestrian cross walks, pedestrian footpaths and pedestrian shared...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pesticide Use (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is aware of or has sanctioned the use of poisons on land at Castletown Estate, Celbridge, where there are new signs that have never appeared before stating that a particular area of the lands (details supplied) where there are protected species of birds/wildlife, is poisoned; if his Department has ensured that legal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has tested land at an area (details supplied) following the use of poisons on land at Castletown Estate, Celbridge, and assessed its impact on human health where the area is widely used by the public and adjacent to a river that a particular area of the lands are poisoned where there are protected species of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department sanctioned the use of poisons on land at Castletown Estate, Celbridge (details supplied); if his Department ensured that legal pesticides were used and that the landowners are licensed and trained to lay poison on the land and if the records are appropriately maintained in line with pesticide regulations; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (15 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department sanctioned the use of poisons on land at Castletown Estate, Celbridge, where there are new signs that have never appeared before stating that a particular area of the lands (details supplied) where there are protected species of birds/wildlife, is poisoned; if his Department has ensured that legal pesticides were...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Like Deputy Nash, I too would like to express solidarity with the workers in Tara Mines who must be shocked at the sudden announcement. It is essential that every support is put in place in the first instance but very little will soften the blow of the announcement that they have had in the past 24 hours. I thank People Before Profit, PBP, for bringing forward this Bill. If there is a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (14 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total cost of the data protection impact assessment conducted by a company (details supplied) in respect of the Public Services Card, PSC; if the assessment was forwarded to the office of the Data Protection Commissioner and or provided to it by way of request; and if not, the rationale for not sharing the findings with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (13 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 121. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role they filled; and the duration of same. [28186/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (13 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 122. To ask the Taoiseach the number of instances in which his Department availed of services and or consultancy and or advices from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the costs of same; the number of contracts between the company and his Department; and the duration and costs of same. [28205/23]