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Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment. I have not had the opportunity to address him in his position. He is a man of some knowledge, having spent a long time in the political sphere. I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward the motion, even though I do not agree with much of it. Nevertheless, we are discussing a very important topic. The reason I do not agree...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter, which is highly concerning. First, I want to commend those who have helped to bring it to light, which has allowed us to discuss it in this fashion today. What is involved here is the State bullying into submission those who could not afford the risk of high legal fees to seek justice and compensation, those who were wrongly charged but...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: I welcome the witnesses. Is it fair to say that Mr. Watt is not the Secretary General of the Department of Health who presided over any of this historical nursing home or disability issue?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: I think that is a yes-no question. Mr. Watt did not preside over them. How long has he been in his current position?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: No. For how long has Mr. Watt been Secretary General of the Department of Health?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: I am sure it does.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Was Mr. Watt instrumental in preparing the brief for the Attorney General's new report? Who was involved in it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Did Mr. Watt?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Is that brief available?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Not the report. Is the brief that was provided to the Attorney General available?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: I asked whether the brief that was provided to the Attorney General for this report – he probably received it in the past fortnight – was going to be made available publicly, to this committee or to elected representatives. I do not have much time. I am being cursory and candid. I am asking a binary question. Is the brief, as provided to the Attorney General, available to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Is the brief that was provided to the Minister the same brief that was provided to the Attorney General in the advice that was then provided in the report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Does Mr. Watt not understand the question?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Okay. The Attorney General's report is 192 paragraphs long, so I find it extraordinary that the issue we are discussing – people who paid for private nursing home care because they could not get public beds – is not addressed in it. This is the real issue. What is addressed is the strategy that was employed to avoid repaying the illegal charges or, as Mr. Watt says, for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: With which part does Mr. Watt not agree?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Watt is saying that people went into private nursing homes by choice.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: It was not really addressed. All that was addressed was the fact it was ultra vires. The actions following that were to have seen people be repaid. That was the recommendation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: We will move on because they were not, which is why we are here. I want to question-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: No. I have five minutes left, Mr. Watt. I am asking the questions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Fintan O'Toole published an article. In 2004, a letter was prepared by the then Department of Health and Children - by its board, as it is put in the newspaper - that its Secretary General was supposed to send to the Attorney General asking for advice. The minutes of the meeting record that it was signed and sent by the Secretary General of the time, but it never happened in 2004. Mr. Watt...