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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will be very brief. We are all aware of the money that was allocated for a specific purpose and was then not spent on that purpose. It would be worth our while to write to CHI to ask how that decision was made.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will raise a second issue very quickly. Tusla came back to us with the number of children and young people reported missing. A footnote states that they were in non-statutory, non-regulated and non-procured placements. We understand that non-statutory means that it was not a State agency. It jumps out at me that these placements were non-regulated and non-procured. How can a placement...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I know that that is happening. It is just-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: If we are adding another meeting to that list, Children's Health Ireland is one that comes to mind. CHI will also have responsibility for the national paediatric hospital and there are a few issues there that would be worth discussing with it. How money is allocated and spent is certainly an area I would like to explore further with it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. I am very anxious that we do not push Uisce Éireann down much further because the amount of money involved is gigantic.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Revenue Commissioners customs team conducted an audit of private aerodromes and or airports, for the purpose of ensuring adequate mitigation measures were in place to counter smuggling and storage of illicit substances and items. [30540/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the weight, value and type of illicit substances detected by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and public and private airports and ports of entry in this State by location in the years 2019 to date in 2024; the amount of cash and high value items seized at same, over the same timeframe; and the amount of cash and high value items returned to persons...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, I did.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I have listened very carefully to the arguments that have been made. Before every recess we have last-minute legislation and things that are rushed. It is possible to get one's head around some of the things that are rushed, but this Bill has potentially very serious consequences and I am not satisfied at all with being told that it is like a pat on the head and that it will only affect a...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The State has a central responsibility to put systems in place to protect its citizens as much as possible. In this House, we pass criminal justice legislation and rely on the criminal justice system to do its work. There has been a concern about the consistency of sentencing and the Judicial Council Act was passed in 2019. One of its stated aims is public confidence in the Judiciary and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form (details supplied). [30231/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form (details supplied). [30223/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE geologists and principal geologists for his Department in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [30046/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form (details). [30221/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the musical instruments purchased for the Defence Forces School of Music in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if those musical instruments are insured in the case of loss or damaged. [30050/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the flights flown by the Air Corps Pilatus PC-12 in May and June 2024; and the downtime or maintenance periods, if any, arising from such flights or otherwise. [30051/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of Covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form (details supplied). [30218/24]