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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Claims against the Department by members of the public.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I do not have the document with me.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The average claim paid out in 2018 was €5,300.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: This jumped out at me because I asked a parliamentary question in July and I received a table with regard to all the Departments. Up to June 2020, the Department of Education and Skills had a grand total of 71 claims, which was the highest of any Department. Why would this be?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It would be quite useful if the Department could give us a note on this.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: If it could be sent to us in writing it would be appreciated. We can come back on it. I apologise because I had to leave that meeting earlier and I do not know whether Western Building Systems was dealt with. It was working under a public private partnership arrangement as far as I can recall. Did the Department do other surveys in schools that did not involve Western Building Systems?...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is unique to these particular schools.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Where are the legal proceedings in relation to that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to learning from this, Mr. Loftus said it was unique to a particular entity. Are there measures such as changing tender processes or design that will happen as a consequence of this incident?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I will go back to the old chestnut of the religious congregations' contributions towards the cost of redress for victims of child abuse in residential institutions. These date from 2002 and 2009. It is hard to believe but at this time last year, almost to the day, we received a report that a number of buildings had still not been transferred. Where are we at this stage? Is that all...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: There were six instances of fraud or irregularities up to March of this year. Five have a combined value of approximately €111,000. The sixth was only recently uncovered. Does the Department have a ballpark figure for sum involved in that irregularity or fraud? Has An Garda Síochána been notified of these matters? How are they being handled?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: If Mr. Ó Foghlú would not mind.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We know that the public will play its part, but the State also needs to play its part. We need absolute assurance that there will be a system in place after this lockdown about which we can feel confident. Does the Taoiseach have confidence in this recruitment company? I certainly have my doubts. Does he have the confidence that he is being briefed in the way that he needs to be when a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is not unfair to say that we are heading into the second lockdown because we have lost control of the virus. Last night, as has been said, we heard through The Irish Times what happens when the system of contact tracing is underresourced and cannot cope. More than 2,000 people who tested positive at the weekend are being asked to carry out do-it-yourself contact tracing. If each of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I know that. The Taoiseach should have been aware of the issue and how much pressure the system was under. The Taoiseach should have been briefed continuously by the Minister for Health, who should have been completely on top of exactly where we were with this process. We know that recruitment has been outsourced. I am hearing that some applicants cannot even speak to the company they are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of businesses and sectors that qualify for CRSS scheme. [31839/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the situation in respect of civil and public servants who must work from home due to Covid-19 restrictions and their ability to accumulate and use flexi hours worked (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31887/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an issue (details supplied) in respect of the pandemic unemployment payment earnings and social protection assistance for the taxi sector will be addressed. [31840/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which adult and paediatric audiology services and speech therapy services will resume; and the number of waiting lists as of 15 October 2020 for each of the services by location. [31848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he or his predecessor has not published an independent review of the charge rate negotiation system that was presented in May 2019; if he will immediately publish this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31891/20]