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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It was a morning of non-answers on this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: A report was carried out by Indecon. It very clearly said that, if this was going to be replaced, there should be an interim measure in place because this information is required for good governance. The CSO is very fussy about its information and rightly so. Some of the statistics in respect of the Garda have even been put under qualification because there are concerns as to their...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. We should send the CSO's letter to the Department as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister has agreed that access to these records is in the public interest but they are fragile and require digitisation. They are a real treasure trove. It was announced by the Department that there was going to be a move towards providing some access to them. It has moved on a little bit in that the Department is engaging with the National Archives, which was a great deal of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It would be quite useful if the Department would give us an update when there is a change in this regard. I completely accept that these documents are fragile and that digitising them is a great way to allow people to use them without damaging them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: There is obviously a good bit of work going on in the National Archives. The letter references the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. I have been there on numerous occasions. I have toured this modern facility. It used to be in a terrible state when it was in a different location but it is now down in the Titanic Quarter. It collaborates quite closely with the National Archives.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: In the Titanic Quarter in Belfast. It is a purpose-built archive and the office really protects the records. I hope that, when we get an upgraded version here, we will have something similar.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: What was the original target? Where are we compared with that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: We need to ask about the cost. That may will be a decision for the retailers but the Analysys Mason report looked at that issue. This goes way back to when Deputy Bruton was the Minister.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: If people do not have an income, they will not add another bill. That may well be the case. We have to understand what the impediments to take-up are.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It sounds like we are going to have a very interesting weekend next weekend reading through these----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: There is an overall body for ETBs. It has its headquarters in Naas. I would have thought that it would have some sort of co-ordinating role.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: There are also economies of scale such that one would have to ask if things can be grouped and whether that is being even considered when we have something that is so fragmented that each individual ETB is its own kind of satellite.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I am trying to think of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It is based in Naas

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: No. I concur with you, Chairman, about what lies ahead.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: You would not get a whole lot for that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It does not.