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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: I have one question. I refer to significant non-compliant procurement. With regard to the recent revelations about one of the main education and training boards, ETBs, in the country, could the Comptroller and Auditor General elaborate on what is happening there? Did he state the value was €575,000 in the Laois and Offaly ETB?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: The brief states that our attention is drawn to significant non-compliance. Has it been taken in hand?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank Mr. McCarthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: I second it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: I concur with the comments of Deputies Catherine Murphy and Carthy. Again, I stress this is about the process going forward and as this is the Committee of Public Accounts, I feel it should be for our committee. I read the same article that Deputy Murphy referenced. It is important this is looked at and, not to prolong matters, I concur with what has been said.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: Yes. Essentially, this follows on from quite a lengthy inquiry carried out by the previous Committee for Public Accounts. There were two strands to that. The aspect the previous committee looked at was related to the Garda College. The bank accounts and the Cabra account would have been linked to that. The work in this regard was done in a timely and effective way. Some significant...

Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: I do not have questions to be answered. I would like to make a broader statement because of the Minister's senior Cabinet position and her broader knowledge based on her previous experience in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. I am sure that, like myself, both Ministers have been inundated with calls and queries from worried retailers at various stages over the last...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: The county of Wexford is no exception when it comes to fly-tipping and illegal dumping. It is destroying our beautiful Model County’s landscape from Gorey to Enniscorthy, and New Ross to Wexford. Our county council does what it can but is being hamstrung by GDPR legislation preventing it from using CCTV footage in many instances where it wishes to bring a prosecution for enforcement....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: 376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if clarity will be provided to a person (details supplied) given the lengthy period of time which has passed since the initial passport was held; if a new passport application is required; if a passport renewal will suffice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3903/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: My thanks to everyone for coming to take part. I have questions that are possibly for Mr. Ó hÓbáin and Mr. Griffin. I wish to say at the outset that in any engagement I have had with the Department I have always found the officials helpful. I hope that continues. My question is on cybersecurity. I am concerned that we do not have a budget fit to meet the demands of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: I would appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is okay. I thank Mr. Griffin.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: Do we have any intention of moving the National Security Analysis Centre, NSAC, from the Department of the Taoiseach and, if so, will it be any time soon? To go back, I asked what was our most recent cyber attack. I do not need a definitive answer as to exactly what was attacked. What was the most recent attack and when was it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: I apologise. What I meant was that it would have its own proper kitted-out premises outside of the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is not currently a proposal.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is what I meant. Is there a timeframe for it?

Covid-19 (Special Educational Needs Provision): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am slightly lost for words, which the Ceann Comhairle knows is not my style. I have heard it all and everybody has heard it. I do not believe for a minute that either the Minister or Minister of State has turned a deaf ear or do not feel what is being said or have not done their best. Equally, I do not believe our schoolteachers or special needs assistants have done so. I have never...

Brexit (Foreign Affairs): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: Having been involved in the Brexit process from the start, the Minister is only too well aware of the detrimental impact of Brexit on the island of Ireland. Indeed, both he and I attended many a Brexit forum detailing to larger audiences throughout the country just how bad it would be with tariffs. The deal, as we will call it, may have avoided tariffs and, to the Minister’s mind,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will communicate a definitive guideline as to the stage of the Covid-19 vaccine allocation programme that home carers for the elderly and persons with disabilities will be offered the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2247/21]