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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. I would have thought if you are receiving your funding from an entity it puts you in an impossible position. If we are making a recommendation, we should draw attention to that. It is far from ideal.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I would not regard it as good governance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The Department has a much bigger role than was appreciated. There was an expectation that the IHRB had a role but the issues that emerged are down to the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is still a lot of money, even at that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: On the second page, there is a reference to 41 new rail carriages. Are those the same 41 carriages that were announced by Shane Ross when he was the Minister for Transport? Are we still talking about those?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Can we ask the NTA if that is the case and what the lead-in time is?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: If that is the case, it looks like the NTA is currently reviewing the proposals, rather than it being the case that these rail carriages have been constructed and are on the way here. I would like that clarified.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with sending a reminder.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Absolutely, it was. In fact-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There are a few weeks to go before we go into recess, but you have expected to see an announcement by this stage.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Often the wording is important. In terms of page 25 and the recommendation on bringing RTÉ back under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the response is that the Minister for public expenditure is informed by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media that the recommendation is accepted in principle by Government, noting that such a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: When did that happen?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Can I jump back to one thing? It relates to correspondence No. 2642 and Inland fisheries Ireland. It has insurance advice regarding uninsured vehicles. It an amount of €2,337 in 2022. It has an amount for each of years. Presumably, it only had to get advice once.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: No. 2642.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Legal costs in Inland Fisheries Ireland.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is three separate years. The heading insurance advice regarding uninsured vehicles is the same for three years. Why did it require legal advice on three different occasions for something-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The item is listed as insurance advice regarding uninsured vehicles.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The figure is very specific to uninsured vehicles.