Results 11,221-11,240 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with the Deputy about the committee's proceedings but we have to do it safely as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: There may well be some merit in us looking at the whole student transport system, even historically, and this could fit in that context. It is the kind of thing we could put on a list and work towards at some point when we have exhausted the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is not for this committee because we do not have a remit, but certainly a piece that jumped out for me was that public funds were being used to complete works where it may well have been the responsibility of the local authority to use the bond for that. It is for the local government auditor, and perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General would give us some guidance on that. To be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We want to know the guidance the Department has given. Where a developer had been less than compliant in terms of completing the estate and where there were issues with the bonds expiring, given most of them were issued for seven years, some of the local authorities had been smart enough to look for cash bonds as opposed to insurance bonds. As I said, the only ones that were ever available...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: This is not my first time seeing this. I asked some parliamentary questions when it arose the first time and I am happy to give the committee the reply from CIÉ, which might add to some of the information.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We could have the Department of Justice on one day and then the Irish Prison Service, Vote 21, on the second day, with the catering and ancillary services, to keep them compartmentalised.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That might be a more coherent approach because we are breaking it up over-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It may be the case that they have a limited number of people they can bring along. It could be broken up dealing with the Department of Justice on one day and the issue of catering in prisons on the second day. Then, they may well bring along different people the second day. While it may be the Secretary General, it may be different people who are there in support.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Could we break it up? We could still have them in but could simply look at the agency staff or even the section 38 organisations costings, which is a big issue in its own right. I have no problem with them coming in for one of the sessions in December and having another one in January, as long as we properly compartmentalise them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The section 38 and section 39 organisations are where the big money is.

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Labour Party for using its time to bring forward this legislation. In 2019, the CSO reported that 18% of people in Ireland were working from home, mostly one or two days a week. These people generally worked in large companies, with home working more prevalent in the multinational sector. The pandemic changed everything. Overnight, whole industries moved to remote working . In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 24 September 2020, if the 323 members that have already been given access to the FCN app completed the training to date and if not, the date on which it is planned that online training can take place for the other 407 members. [37203/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of the engagements she and her predecessor have had with the Israeli Ministry of Public Security; and if she will provide details of the nature of the engagements and her plans to meet and or engage with the Israeli Ministry of Public Security. [37213/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has been briefed by the Garda Commissioner regarding the EU funded research project called ROXANNE. also known as Real time network, text, and speaker analytics for combating organised crime. [37214/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (18 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 202. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review and enhance student and intern nurses pay in view of the fact that many fourth-year students are due to sign work placement contracts in the coming weeks. [37354/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: In 2017, there was a contribution in the House and the question then from the now Taoiseach was about the lack of judicial experience. I would have though it was self-evident that this particular aspect would have been fully interrogated when it came to the appointment of a Supreme Court judge. The fact that the Taoiseach was not made aware that there were other judges who had applied...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I was reminding the Taoiseach of the point he made.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: On the same issue, there is a parallel process in place here. What weighting is given in that parallel process to judicial experience, for example, which is something the Taoiseach raised here in 2017 in regard to an appointment to the Court of Appeal? It does not appear to have been an issue in the case of an appointment to a superior court. There is a dual process here. Given what the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: There is a parallel process-----