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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: There are a range of different issues here. There are different tables. There are some items on one table that are not on the other and I am confused about that. Obviously I need to go through it further but, for example, nowhere in Kildare is listed in any of those tables except the ones where the cost is associated. I do not know why that would be the case when they are in this table...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to come back in on a couple of issues. All local authorities were asked to identify buildings within their area. I am aware of buildings in my constituency of Kildare North that were identified but were not used and then the local authority was surprised with other ones that were used. I completely agree with the Chair about the Department being overburdened but I think we dealt...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: We should absolutely acknowledge that. My understanding though is that we seem to be taking a very short-term approach to this and that short-term approach is this outsourcing. The Department would have some measure of control by having buildings it leases long-term or owns. Why has it not taken up some of the ideas put forward by the local authorities? This would require a bit of work but...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: The other thing is that 4,000 people now have status in accommodation but cannot move because there is nowhere for them to move to. This obviously knits into the housing crisis. This would be a substantially different issue if we did not have a housing crisis.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Which figures are these?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I have read about the cost of one of these in the newspapers today.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: For what it is worth.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: No, it is on that list.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Agreed

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: One of the difficulties is that things are not coterminous. For example, there may well be a fair distribution based on the population of CHO 8, but it may not be the case that that distribution is fair when it comes to looking at it from the point of view of the allocation for individual counties. It is a postcode lottery with a lot of HSE services. For example, CHO 7 is the area I am in....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Given the age profile in Laois and Offaly, you can see that that will be a particular problem. The CHO areas are problematic from that point of view. For example, when it comes to GP services, we can measure them on the basis of CHO area, but you would not get on a GP's list for love nor money in my area. That has not been possible for the past year. There are people presenting in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Contracts (17 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid to each company for such works, in tabular form. [23407/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (17 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for art scheme in each of the past five years to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts (17 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid to each company for such works, in tabular form. [23405/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (17 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for art scheme in each of the past five years to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts (17 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid to each company for such works, in tabular form. [23402/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (17 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for art scheme in each of the past five years to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (17 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid to each company for such works, in tabular form. [23417/23]