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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: I will start with Mr. Conlon's remarks about OPW staff. I agree that we have great staff around the country but, unfortunately, it appears that some staff in Dublin have let those staff down. I do not think the issues we are facing around the precincts of Leinster House actually occur around the country. The disregard seems to be Dublin based. I know several OPW staff who carry out their...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: What was the projected cost, pre-tender, for the bike shelter?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: It actually came at less than that.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: That did not raise any red flags. Okay. The problem is the excuses given for that type of elaborate structure. I have no doubt that the materials in it warrant the cost. However, the question is whether the bike shelter warranted such materials and this question has not been answered. It appears that the answer from everybody is "No" except for Mr. Conlon and the OPW. Nobody is taking...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Conlon was not even in position.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of social enterprise representatives that are on departmental committees or advisory groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42891/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether persons ineligible for the auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme due to be introduced in 2025 because they already pay into a company pension plan will miss out on company and Government contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43231/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: I said in Wexford.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: To the Tánaiste, I say that is what elects Independent Deputies.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: The rubbish that you talk.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: Well, good for you. Let me tell you every time someone ends up in the Slaney, you will get your moment.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: I note the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is behind the Tánaiste. Slaney Search and Rescue is a voluntary organisation based in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, that was founded in 1995. It provides water cover for many local events but unfortunately, most of those are body recovery of persons from the water. This is recovery to distraught families who have tragically lost a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: The Government has led to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: Good morning everyone. The witnesses are all welcome. I will stay with this issue for a minute. To go back to the consultancy costs, IT expenses totalled approximately €475,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: Was there an upgrade to that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: They are included in the figure of €550,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: There are legal fees totalling €163,000. What type of legal work are they attributed to?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: As regards the report carried out on the Peter McVerry Trust, a list of recommendations was made, one of which pertains to the Charities Regulator, namely, recommendation No. 32. That recommendation states that fundraising will be receipted appropriately and in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Regulator. That status of that recommendation is in progress. What does that mean?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: As I understand it, while it says it is in progress, the first time the Charities Regulator became aware of the action was from the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.