Results 13,141-13,160 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I did not know, for example, that it was the Irish Coursing Club that is responsible for the stud book. It might be worth sending some of that information, or even that document, to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine; it will come under that Department in terms of welfare. This is a wider welfare issue that is not in our remit but it is not getting to the totality of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: That is correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: It is also costing us billions to service that debt every year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: When we last discussed this matter, I raised the issue of the categories into which the appeals fall. For example, a dispute may relate to a pharmaceutical company writing off research and development expenses. I read an article in The Sunday Business Postor The Sunday Timeslast week or the week before. The article was a bit eye-watering as it outlined that the amount paid is 10% of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: That is correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The article has jogged my memory. This issue is incredibly important because it these cases do not involve Joe and Josephine Soap. Most of them relate to corporation tax. We have a very generous corporation tax system and when that is in dispute, it brings it into disrepute. The commission gave us a very graphic description of how it functioned when it was set up first, making reference...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Alternatively, we could build institutional capacity and not have to go outside.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I think we all recall the Garda Commissioner giving the information on this case. The committee subsequently received a letter stating that there was an error in his response to us. Whether he was before this committee or whether the information was given by way of correspondence, that certainly happened. Obviously, the Commissioner did not get the correct information internally from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The manner in which the investigations came to light will tell us something about the system in place for carrying out disciplinary investigations. If these cases came to light through a total review of, for example, sick leave, as opposed to somebody making a decision to carry out an investigation based on a belief that something was incorrect, that would be a totally different thing. Is a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: This is not the first time this kind of issue has been raised with me over a number of years. I would be very surprised if it has not been raised with other Deputies. What control does the Department have at individual school level? Can we ask it specifically about this critical issue? What inspections and controls are in place? Is there a complaints mechanism? What controls are put in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I think there is a difference where it is a staff resource. We all know that schools are often-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: They are under pressure to stretch a limited resource. They often have to share a resource among a number of pupils. We might have to differentiate between certain things. I received a complaint about a laptop that was provided for a pupil, when in fact the pupil did not get access to the laptop. That is the kind of thing that has been brought to my attention. We might have to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I asked some questions on this several years ago and was told that the Department of Finance does not ring-fence funds. I cannot remember the exact terminology that was used.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: It went into the central fund. That is what I was told.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We talked about the Revenue Commissioners earlier-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Sport Ireland was due to appear before the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport but then there was a delay in the publication of its report-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Yes and the joint committee-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I want to make a point. Caranua talks about their survivors, but they are all of our survivors. We have a role here as does the Comptroller and Auditor General. Weaknesses in controls can have consequences. That is why we pay particular attention to these. I do not want to duplicate what Deputy Cullinane has gone through on the level of the sample and the numbers which have been repeated...
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Is it to the disadvantage of people who are not homeowners in terms of level of payout?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Is that where the lion’s share of the money was spent?