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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures made to her in relation to the Irish Prison Service in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the third parties she has appointed to investigate same. [26384/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Correspondence (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has met or plans to meet and or engage with a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 710. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received the necessary information from the Garda Commissioner in respect of Parliamentary Question Nos. 930 and 932 of 14 July 2020. [26832/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 711. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects all Garda specialist training courses either held in Garda Headquarters or the Garda Training College to resume. [26834/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 712. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to have 15,420 sworn gardaí by the end of 2021; and the estimated cost for same to be increased to 16,200 by the end of 2022. [26835/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Advisers (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and or recruited by her since her appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee in tabular form. [27057/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 884. To ask the Minister for Health the medical assessment units, urgent care centres and minor injuries clinics that have extended hours of opening to weekends since 2017, in tabular form. [26826/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 885. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the expansion and upgrade of the intensive care unit at Tallaght University Hospital; when works will commence; and the estimated time frame for completion. [26830/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Advisers (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 939. To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and or recruited by him since his appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee in tabular form. [27055/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1015. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of salaries, expenses and so on paid to members of the board of Horse Racing Ireland. [26823/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Advisers (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and or recruited by him since his appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee in tabular form. [27064/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ministerial Advisers (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1045. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and or recruited by him since his appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee in tabular form. [27063/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Election of Vice Chairman (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Thank you very much and I thank colleagues for formally nominating me. I appreciate the support.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Very often, when we start looking at the financial side of things, other things turn up, and poor processes can be one of those . We can make a real difference in relation to the change in how things happen, and often that is where recommendations come in. There may well be a variety of categories that could generally capture the reasons cases are struck out, but if we are going to have...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It might be useful in the first instance to write to seek an update on this particular aspect see what comes back as it could be a while before we timetable the Department in again and there may well be other issues that we may want to discuss with it. This might shortcircuit things. Is the Courts Service doing a separate piece of work? If it is it would be useful to ask it the same questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Every Committee of Public Accounts operates differently but I will outline what we did in the past. A comprehensive report is produced following a body of work. In some cases, Departments say they have noted our recommendations but we all know that means they accept what we said, they say they have heard it and they will keep things under review but then they do nothing. We all know the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We had many hearings into the university sector which stood out in the Committee of Public Accounts of the previous Dáil. There is a high degree of casualisation of work, including by people who are giving lectures, which might be even more precarious now. In that context we asked some of these questions. In some instances people told us that they had been paid in book vouchers. They...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What have we agreed? Have we agreed to write-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is an old chestnut for those of us who have served previously on the Committee of Public Accounts. First, I find the situation unacceptable and we need to get the best value for money. This cannot be done unless there is a system in place to do so. We need to understand that the way the HSE has developed over the years, with chopping and changing, from the old health board system to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I have no issue and an update is fine, but are there boundaries with the likes of GSOC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and others? Maybe the Comptroller and Auditor General might give us some sort of an indication on it.