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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It is fair to criticise an organisation only if it is given the ability to do the job it is asked to do, and there are some serious issues in this response in respect of just that. This is not the first time we have had something drawn to our attention by GSOC or Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring, who gave us quite a lengthy response on a previous occasion. A couple of paragraphs in the response...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: May I make a quick point?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: One third of the population of the country lives in Dublin. We must be a little bit careful.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: While I do not disagree with the point Deputy Carthy made, FDI employment should be in proportion to where people live. That is fair enough.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I am fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I want to put a tag on this so we follow it up when the report comes in. Obviously, we cannot see the report until it is published.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I certainly will not go into the area where the courts are involved. We need to keep an eye on when that court case concludes because it is one of the cases we will come back to. It is new information for us to learn that the IDA had engagement, face-to-face meetings, in relation to some of these companies. I presume the desktop evaluation was the only evaluation the HSE did. Presumably...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, I am happy with that. I did not realise he was looking specifically at that. That is fine and I am happy that we are not leaving it. The fact that it is being looked at is the main thing.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: No, I will hold off. We will have an opportunity to have a discussion on this in the next number of weeks.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I want to make one quick point. I see that KOSI has done a report and gave them a clean bill of health in relation to their finances. There may well be other issues that are value for money issues which we might come back to in the future, such as how they selected the location for the facility they are developing. There are serious questions around that and how the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of the amount of Public Service Obligation levy collected since it was introduced to date under the headings of domestic customers, small commercial customers and medium and large customers; the way in which this levy is redistributed when collected; if he is satisfied that all funds are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the properties held by NAMA and leased to the OPW which were subsequently disposed of either through selling of loan books or through placing owners in receivership since NAMA was established. [2705/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of meetings between NAMA and the OPW in respect of taking on leases and or ownership of properties that were within the control of NAMA since NAMA was established. [2706/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the span of control of each of the OPW Management Advisory Committee board members; the requisite qualifications of each; and the reforms that have occurred at this level within the estate management area since the OPW replied on this matter in particular to the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts in October...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons by role (details supplied) directly employed by the OPW by the grade at which they work, that is assistant principal, principal officer, assistant secretary and so on. [2708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reviews (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of recommendations that have been implemented since 2016 in relation to the Capacity and Capability review of the Estate Portfolio Management function carried out from 2014 to 2016. [2709/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the multi-disciplinary teams are structured in OPW estate management; and the level of professional expertise at which this is usually controlled and led by in relation to property. [2710/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider permitting sports clubs that missed a deadline to upload documentation relating to their Sports Capital and Equipment Programme application permission to do so now in view of the fact that during much of 2021 due to public health guidelines and restrictive measures imposed made it exceptionally difficult to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 16 November 2021, if she evaluated the exclusion of non-teachers from appointment as examination superintendents for the State examinations in the context of the Equality Act. [2695/22]