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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: There was a debate in committee but not in the Chamber. Every year we have a debate in the Chamber. We need a debate in the Chamber between those who support giving €17 million-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: -----as opposed to giving it to disability organisations that are falling or to building more than 80 houses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Deputy will get used to it.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Joint Labour Committees (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason only two out of seven joint labour committees are functioning and have produced employment regulation orders; and her plans to ensure that other sectors including agriculture, cleaning and so on are represented by joint labour committees. [50379/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Telephone Call Charges (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to abolish the daily telephone allowance for travel inside the European Union in view of the fact that roaming charges have been abolished. [49736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Expenses (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Deputies and Senators continue to be paid enhanced subsistence rates for overseas travel. [49737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the two-year delay for a review by the INIS of the EU treaty rights of a person (details supplied) who has applied for citizenship. [49690/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Watt. I want to start by asking him some questions on the procedure whereby Deputies claim travel and accommodation allowance and if he has a view on the way the system currently operates, which is that Deputies have to fob in for 120 days, in which case they are entitled to the maximum allowance, depending on their band. There is no system in place to ensure it is the Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The answer to this question might be the same but does Mr. Watt have any view on or responsibility for the system in place that is provided by a company called FlexTime? This system is used by both staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas and Deputies. When the staff clock in, it records the time the staff clock in at, clock out at and so on. I have requested my own records but it seems that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: It would depend on what Mr. Watt said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I have a separate question. Within the Civil Service for this flexitime system of clocking in, is Mr. Watt aware of any category of staff for whom the time is not recorded and only attendance is recorded in a digital fashion? Is Mr. Watt aware of any such scenarios or does it always record the time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: No problem. I want to ask about the resignation of the chief executive officer of the Office of Government Procurement, Mr. Paul Quinn, from the board of the national children's hospital. Is Mr. Watt aware of why he resigned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Is Mr. Watt saying he resigned because he was too busy with other responsibilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Would Mr. Watt have described his position on the board as being a position he had in a personal capacity or was it related to his position as chief executive officer of the Office of Government Procurement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Is Mr. Watt happy with the performance of the Office of Government Procurement in light of, for example, the multiple changes in specifications of the national children's hospital and the spiralling costs related to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I note in Mr. Watt's opening statement he talks about making the Civil Service more open, accountable, transparent and so on. Does that not include answering questions in the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Chairman might correct me on this but Mr. Watt did not come to this committee about this matter but he went to the Committee of Public Accounts. We asked Mr. Watt to come here and he did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Mr. Watt was here on 7 March 2019 so he must have answered some questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: How did it happen? How did we end up with such spiralling costs over a period? How did we end up with such continuous specification changes? How was that allowed to take place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Watt.