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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 737. To ask the Minister for Health if early learning developmental classes for new babies and mothers may take place in the context of level 5 restrictions (details supplied). [35166/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (10 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of dairy ingredients exports to Australia in 2019 on a quarterly basis. [34842/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (10 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 842. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date on which sections 93 to 98 of the Charities Act 2009 will come into effect. [34843/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is for testing at airports. The traffic light system requires a domestic approach to the wider European system. If we are going to open up on Sunday under this traffic light system, is that plan available now? How long will it take us to put that plan in place in a practical sense? The airline sector is very damaged and this sector is also vital for the connectivity of our country as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That was an incredibly disappointing response. This is a known risk and it has been talked about for a considerable time. We cannot take the fingers-crossed approach to international travel. We saw one instance where 56 cases resulted from one case. We must put systems in place that are about more than having our fingers crossed. This system is to be introduced on Sunday. The Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Before last week's recess, I raised my concerns with the Taoiseach in relation to putting in place a robust contact tracing system. We had seen a spectacular failure the previous weekend, when thousands of people who tested positive had to trace their own contracts. We cannot see a repeat of that. When I raised this at Leaders' Questions, I was told that there would be 90 people recruited...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I apologise for missing part of the meeting. I watched some of it from my office so the Chairman might tell me if I go over old ground. The Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, which was a combination of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society, had a huge cost somewhere in the region of €35 billion. It was €30 billion and €5 billion, respectively....

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What about this year? I do not see a figure for 2020.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: In one case, there is litigation between the IBRC and Permanent TSB. Is there any indication of the cost of that to date or the potential cost?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Will the witnesses provide us with a list of what has happened in each year since the outset of the liquidation process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Regarding risks to the economy, corporate taxes have played a sizable role in keeping the finances as on track as they can be in the current climate. That is one of the main risks. What are the Department's projections? What immediate concerns should we have, given what is known about the corporate tax receipts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Annually?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Will we ever seen these figures again?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The witnesses mentioned the low cost of borrowing. We know that because of Covid there is a relaxation of state aid and other measures that would have been part of the fiscal treaty restrictions. We know we have significant deficiencies on the capital side in terms of infrastructure, sustainable transport, social housing and so on. If we are to have a recovery that is job rich, investment...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We have to spend it very wisely and get a return because we are playing catch-up. I would like to move to the whole-time equivalents in the Department. The NTMA banking unit has been seconded to the Department. I have no issue with that. We need to resource Departments properly. How many NTMA staff have been seconded and are they employed on the same basis as departmental staff?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: They are employed on a contract basis with the NTMA as opposed to the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What are they doing in the Department?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from a group (details supplied); if he will update his initial response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34481/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and-or the Revenue Commissioners have conducted an impact assessment in the context of the retail export scheme post-Brexit; and if he and or the Revenue Commissioners have a documented forecasting and or model of the way in which sectors will be effected post-Brexit that fall under the scheme. [34487/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the procedure for students that are sitting the higher Irish language leaving certificate exam in November 2020, in the context of the way in which grades will be awarded (details supplied). [34479/20]