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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 10 February 2021, if the further information requested from An Garda Síochána in relation to localised data is now available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge notices issued by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by Garda district and division to learner drivers for the offence of driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver; the number of drivers that failed to pay the fixed charge notice in each year; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers issued with a fixed charge notice for driving while holding a mobile phone by Garda division in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of drivers per year that failed to pay the fixed charge notice; the number of drivers that were summoned to court for failure to pay by District Court in each of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if PULSE was updated in 2019 providing a field whereby gardaí must report the reason a vehicle was seized under section 41 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 to include the offence of driving while disqualified; if data can now be provided through this avenue to give the number of vehicles and drivers who had their...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to deal with the issue of the policing reform implementation and whether it is the role of the Garda Commissioner to allocate the necessary resources. One cannot have policing reform without some changes. Obviously, the previous Government endorsed the report, A Policing Service for the Future, and an implementation group, which is chaired by Ms Helen Ryan, is dedicated to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [22858/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Ireland was allocated €1 billion of the €5 billion fund in January 2021. The fund was intended to mitigate the losses to Irish businesses etc. in the context of Brexit. It is said that some member states are trying to reconfigure how that fund is being distributed. Are we secure in the allocation we have been given? Has any part of it been drawn down at this stage? In...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to ask the Comptroller and Auditor General about two sets of accounts. In respect of the accounts of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, I do not know whether the Comptroller and Auditor General would have looked at the difference between the number of staff from year to year or whether it would have shown up. One thing that caused the last Committee of Public Accounts...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McCarthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The spend per student can throw one sometimes. An issue I raised with regard to the National University of Ireland, Maynooth is the fact that very often the precarious nature of junior or part-time lecturers might skew the spend. When we look at that, we must look at the reason for it. That was quite a sizeable issue. Primary school teachers have far more rights than people at entry level...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, this is going to form part of the report we will produce. We must keep on top of this. Most of us are managing to do business over Zoom. I am concerned that the idea of this having to be a face-to-face meeting is prolonging this. The important thing is that this is resolved without going down the legal route, which could end up being counterproductive in terms of the overall...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I would like to speak on a number of issues. In regard to the Department of Education, we had all expected that it would bring forward legislation winding down Caranua. As yet, that has not happened. This matter will drag on until that happens. In the meantime, what happens to the files and can people have access to their records? I ask that the committee secretariat would check that...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Residents of an unfinished housing estate will feel very much that they are the meat in the sandwich where the bond system fails and they have no recourse to get the estate completed. It can delay the estate being taken in charge when it is not completed. It is a significant issue. This is a useful reply. It indicates that there were 20 responses. There are 37 local authorities now. We...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I am okay on this one.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. With regard to the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General in terms of looking at such significant spend and not having an integrated system, what does that present in terms of the issues or problems? We know the HSE has a significant staff and spend. The past year showed the kind of exposure from not having systems in place in terms of not being able to achieve value for money,...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with that. The level of resourcing may well play into that. It would be useful to have an engagement with GSOC. Other than that, I am fine with this item.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: A number of questions were not answered. We need to have the aged debtor analysis. The whole point in discussing this is to ensure the money was spent on what it was intended to be spent on. The target was the small and medium-sized business sector to fill a gap in terms of ensuring adequate funding sources were available. I do not believe Bibby Financial Services has answered the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is about what the reply does not say. I wanted to deal with retrospection. I believe the Deputy Murphy referred to was Deputy Verona Murphy. I will wait until the next reply comes and hope that it will deal with the issue of retrospection and employment rights.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We have to go back and look at how this site was chosen. It was not on the original list. I drive by it quite often, or crawl by it, more accurately, because it is a very difficult site to get in and out of. I would have thought that access alone would have excluded this particular site as there would be quite a lot of movement from this building. This building would never have been big...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The key issue was whether the Defence Forces or Air Corps would be considered. I sent on a couple of replies to parliamentary questions on a review that was done. The structure of any procurement process will determine what will be possible. If it is for the complete service, the possibility will obviously be excluded. It appears it would be perfectly possible for at least part of the...