Results 11,401-11,420 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (5 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists and the average waiting times for BreastCheck services by location; the reason for the delays (details supplied); and the work that is being done to reduce the timeframe persons must wait to be assessed. [34495/20]
- Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: This not the kind of legislation that any of us wants to be debating or supporting. My colleagues and I will support the proposal for a reduced timeframe, as provided for in the Sinn Féin amendment. There is no doubt that some measures are required to be available to the Garda to deal with non-compliance. However, as colleagues have pointed out, the pubs are closed at the moment, as...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: We had several hearings with different entities on the children's hospital. I raised this last week with the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. This change is fundamental. Value for money cannot just be about the past. If we are to learn, surely we have got to look at where there is a process failure. One of the aspects we dealt with when we had hearings...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: It is a matter for the Dáil reform committee. That is from where the Standing Orders emerge.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: No. The Dáil reform committee proposes changes to the Standing Orders. The Committee on Procedure will-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I did. My concern is the lack of clarity with regard to how the Courts Service captures the information. I tabled a parliamentary question seeking information, which was disallowed on the basis that it would require the Minister to speculate on the legal situation. The net issue was that, while we know it is an offence for a person to drive while disqualified, gardaí who have been...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I am happy to do that. To be honest, the issue does not lend itself to an easy solution.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: All I know is that there is a problem in this area, which I believe is acknowledged. Every year we see figures put into the public domain regarding the number of people disqualified and the number of these individuals who have not surrendered their licences. This either works or it does not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I will check it out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I would include this in the same category. It is fine. I am okay with it being noted and published.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I am okay with it being noted and published.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: No, there are a couple of other issues I want to raise.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: In fact, I have a comment on non-compliant procurement. The Comptroller and Auditor General did some work on some of this, particularly in regard to the HSE and disability services. Is the Comptroller and Auditor General undertaking any other work, just in case we duplicate work with regard to updating any of that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: We are going to be writing to the HSE on something that arose earlier. The area I am thinking about is where somebody has a disability and the HSE does not directly provide a service but it is outsourced to another entity. Obviously, there is a service level agreement to do that and the level of service that is to be provided to the client arises.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: Yes. If we are writing to the HSE, we need to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: It was something we dealt with in private session. If we are writing to the HSE in regard to processes, this is one we need to include. We need to know what the service level agreements are, what the oversight is with service level agreements and, when that service is completed, what the completion process is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, certainly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: This is a carryover from the last Committee of Public Accounts. It concerned the broader university sector, where many people are employed on a very precarious basis, with many working a small number of hours. We are being told that the university also engages people on an occasional hourly basis. Obviously, this deals with public holidays and holidays in general, but the point we were...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)
Catherine Murphy: It was, yes.