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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person or body that will manage the promotion of Garda sergeants, inspectors and superintendents in the future under her Department’s planned reforms. [46859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the CSO keeping Garda PULSE data under reservation; the actions her Department is taking to improve the quality of Garda PULSE data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46861/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person or body that is responsible for the collection, input and centralisation of data under the new Garda operational model; and the person or body that will hold the position of data controller in each division. [46862/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the ongoing pay dispute with senior officers of An Garda Síochána in relation to the availability allowance; and the impact of this dispute on current GSOC investigations. [46863/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: There is an inevitability. It will not-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: There is an inevitability about the OECD and a minimum rate, and I noted the Taoiseach's comments last week. I am very aware of Intel's investment in Ireland because I live in the town where Intel is located. That was in the late 1980s and early 1990s before the facility was up and running. There was not the housing crisis there is now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: There were not some of the cost-of-living issues that there are now. It would be short-sighted not to look at a unique selling point that factors in some of the issues, for example, the deficit in energy. Data centres are an issue in that regard. We tend to have quite a short-sighted approach to crises. We are very good at crisis management when we get there, but planning to make sure we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: -----that would be a unique selling point other than the corporation tax rate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: For decades we have been known as a low-tax economy. Our 12.5% corporate tax rate has been the most identifiable thing about our industrial policy, the one constant that multinationals could rely on and a rate that was retained when the country went bust and had to be bailed out. However, the OECD will turn our 12.5% north star into a supernova. We all know change is coming with the global...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I think by the time the OPW gets the letter we would both agree that it will probably be near the end of the quarter. We need to make sure we do not go beyond that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We all know that the only item on the agenda is the measurements.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is indeed and it is not just the State that would be the big loser here. It also affects the individual employees when they come to require pensions and welfare payments. There is a very different status. We saw this very clearly with the case of RTÉ. It is a potential loss but it is also very precarious employment. I believe that social welfare or social protection is another...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Part of the reason that we asked the commission in was because on a previous occasion they came across as very chaotic and we wanted to see if things had changed. I think we were quite impressed with them when they came in as they were quite forthright. The tables certainly demonstrate that a lot of work has been done to deal with outstanding cases. At this stage the caseload looks...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: That judgment is quite useful in terms of it pointing to the obligations of the drivers. It is extraordinary that they were using their own phones, insurance cover and so on. It is worth reading just to get a flavour of it because I think more and more we are going to be looking at the issue of precarious employment. The judgment gives a flavour of the obligation from the drivers' perspective.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: On the DART interconnector, I requested some of this information because we need to make sure that, where possible, the work previously done on it is reused. This project is the game changer. I recall Barry Kenny making the point that if it came online, it would ensure there would be up to 100 million journeys per annum. It is the kind of project that requires to be done if are to get to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: In the main we will deal with that in some detail when we have NBI in front of us. I remember that debate very clearly because we discussed things like road projects where, for example, if a lane is closed there is a penalty for the duration of the loss. Essentially, it was to keep this on track. During Covid-19 the need became even more obvious. If people are going to relocate to work...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: There is one paragraph on which we should seek more detail. It is on the second page and starts with, "The statement also acknowledges that as large customers of electricity, data centres also pose challenges". It goes on to talk about energy and states that "the Government will seek to ensure that any downside costs of growing energy demand are minimised by encouraging data centre...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I am fine.