Results 9,561-9,580 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Were they Covid-19-related costs?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: BAM has a reputation of going in at tender with a lower price and then making up by way of claims. Essentially, it is demoralising to other construction firms that tender in a different way. At a previous Committee of Public Accounts session, BAM was described as hostile and was said to have a culture of claiming. How the NPHDB matches that is the key issue in terms of fighting fire with...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: A two-way contract.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Is the NPHDB withholding any certified payments at this stage?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The compliant programme is two years behind schedule, however. Is it compliant with the contract?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance the date and the way in which changes to the local property tax system will be introduced. [38014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Records (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will initiate a dialogue with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in order to make available or release or both, Land Commission records in the context of the Decade of Centenaries events and themes for the period 2019 to 2023; if steps will be taken to make the pre-1922 records available; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce changes to baselines in respect of the local property tax; if he will continue to use an equalisation fund; and the way in which he proposes that that self-fund aspect will be determined. [38020/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to instances of delays in paying a social protection support (details supplied); the number of persons impacted by same; and her plans to resolve the situation as a matter of priority. [38030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Records (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make available access to pre-1922 Land Commission records in view of their historical and cultural value to the citizens of the State. [37452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all aspects and clauses in relation to governance, oversight, compliance and due diligence have been met in respect of Horse Sport Ireland’s interests in a site (details supplied); if he has ever sought this information or information pertaining to other serious corporate governance responsibilities...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The Government is tying itself up in knots trying to explain the screeching U-turns on the cuckoo funds. Yesterday, the Taoiseach said this capitulation to cuckoo funds had been signalled when the stamp duty increase was announced in May. However, when Deputy Donohoe announced this measure, he said three bodies would be exempt: local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister described this as a short-term emergency measure - for 25 years. Let us just talk about what this entails. A builder builds a housing estate and a cuckoo fund comes in and buys it in its entirety. It is exempted from the 10% stamp duty because it will lease it to the local authority. The local authority will pay the equivalent, if not more, in terms of a mortgage for 25...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. Ms Maney's presentation is very different from the one we received when representatives of the Tax Appeals Commission appeared in front of the previous Committee of Public Accounts. It was a very memorable meeting for the chaos that was presented. Many of the things that have happened since then represent a positive change. I compliment Ms Maney on...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Ms Maney. She might try to keep her responses a little shorter because I have several questions to get through and time is tight. All ten of the big cases relate to corporation tax. What range of corporation tax dominates the rest of the cases, or does that relate predominantly to the bigger ones?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: On the other taxes that feature, what is the next category after corporation tax?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The commission has a relatively small staff. When it gets through the caseload, it will become more manageable, and, as Ms Maney told us, it is a different structure. She stated that the commission brought in some additional legal staff. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I might stop Ms Maney there in order that we can push on with this. Are the legal staff employed on a temporary, contract basis or daily basis, for example? What is the basis for their employment and what is the cost in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Does the commission intend to move away from that to a more permanent-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The commission had a case management system configured to its requirements. It appears a great deal of effort went into providing it but it did not function as it was intended. The commission dispensed with it and is now using a system that was built in-house. It has now sanction to purchase another case management system. How confident is Ms Maney that the new case management system will...