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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: I welcome the witnesses. To follow on from Deputy Devlin regarding the interpretation and translation case, where was the advice given or who gave the advice to take that appeal to the Supreme Court?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: Are other cases of a similar nature ongoing?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: They are both about interpretation and translation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: Okay. The final cost was €360,000, although there was an estimate of €1 million. Was that set aside or is that part of the return for the year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is the judicial review ongoing?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Quinn mentioned 6,000 competitions. How many of those does the office actively review on an annual basis? The OGP has 225 employees. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: It currently has just over 6,000 competition tenders.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is the OGP a watchdog on each of those? It would work out at something like four competitions per employee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: Thank you. I appreciate that. As we are almost out of time, I have one other question. It is in regard to the promotion of the use of environmental and social considerations in public procurement. Can Mr. Quinn give some examples of contracts where the OGP has been successful with that, where it is relevant?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate that and frequent updates on that would be great. On another issue, there were reports across the EU that when PPE was purchased, there was fraudulent interception of payments, so PPE was purchased through the process but, when the payment was made, it never reached the suppliers. Is the OGP aware of any incidents like that in the Irish case from our purchases?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: Rosslare Europort is one of Ireland's most important pieces of infrastructure, particularly in the context of Brexit. In the early 1900s, the British constructed Rosslare Port having identified its strategic location as being the most accessible and closest in terms of distance to mainland Europe and the UK. Despite its strategic importance, successive Governments have failed or neglected...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister. I hope the ownership issue will be the last thing at which he looks because it is the least relevant. He stated that nobody could have expected the figures to grow exponentially from 1 January but I repeat that everybody in the industry expected that the figures would grow in that way. The only people who did not expect it, it appears, were those in the IMDO. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional supports being considered for the hospitality sector in view of the extended restrictions on the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports being considered for the tourism sector in view of the extended restrictions on the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been given to including the sport of gymnastics in the elite sport category in view of the fact that many gymnasts are due to compete in European championships later in 2021 with a return to training crucial to preparations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: 106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the considerations being taken to allow for school-aged children to return to their preferred choice of sports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10596/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (25 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contact tracers presently operating within the Covid-19 test and trace system; the additional recruitment of contact tracers that has taken place since the start of level 5 restrictions in December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccinators currently assigned to the Covid-19 mass vaccination centres nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10908/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccinators currently assigned to the Covid-19 vaccination centre in Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Verona Murphy: 279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) will be withdrawing from the world championships 2021; the considerations being given to the sport to allow for participants to return to training in preparation for the European championships; and if she will make a statement on the matter....