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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Are those recurring posts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I received replies on fines from the authority. Some are quite sizeable, such as €652,000 for Irish Rail over three years. Does this relate to delayed trains? What does it specifically relate to?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It says in the reply it was in the past three years. Would it have been an event in the past three years?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead were fined for punctuality and failure to operate scheduled services. For what are the fines used? Is it part of the authority’s income? Is it a projected part of the income?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: In 2017, there were 251 million passenger journeys provided by Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Irish Rail and Luas. Obviously, these figures predated Go-Ahead. Does that figure sound right? Thankfully, a growing number of people are using public transport, although services are stretched.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The DART underground, a sizeable investment, is name-checked rather than planned for in the national development plan. If that were put in place, Irish Rail expects it would deliver 100 million passenger journeys annually. That would be a significant return on any investment relative to the number of journeys already taken. Why is the DART underground such a low priority? Does the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The €2.25 billion investment in the DART and the electrification of rail services will cover services such as the Maynooth and Hazelhatch lines. That is welcome. It is even more welcome given that it is in my constituency. The tunnelling for the DART underground will cost somewhere between €3 billion and €4 billion. That cannot be included in that amount. Where is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It creates a network. It was part of the Dublin Transportation Initiative in the early 1990s. It went through a railway order and had a ten-year planning permission. Then the ten-year planning permission lapsed and there was a decision not to proceed. This was during the time of the crash and decisions had to be made. It is not a new project.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Irish Rail brought the project through that process. When it went to the level of railway order, a significant amount of money was invested to get it to that point, as well as scoping and checking out the terrain. The longer it is put on hold, is any of that reusable? Does it have to be repeated?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It has been there a long time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I am not disputing that they bring benefits. It is a question of time. It is the one piece that gives one greater capacity in terms of movement and the development of a network. Go-Ahead won its contract through a tender process. It was said that it will be less expensive than the comparator. It will have to retendered in five or six years’ time. It does not count historical...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The NTA owns the buses. Who maintains them? With regard to public liability, I know from discussions I have had at another committee that, when a whole new group of drivers is taken on, public liability insurance costs increase. A high level of training is required to keep those costs to a minimum. Who covers those costs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is Ms Graham satisfied with the level of maintenance?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding stream that OPW used in order to get aspects of Dublin post-Brexit ready; the amount of funding available for the works; if public procurement rules were fully complied with in order to appoint a contractor for the works; the reason that public procurement rules were not followed by the OPW in appointing a contractor for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a list of the organisations and-or bodies that were in receipt of funding from the 2018 and 2019 Asylum Migration and Integration Fund will be provided; the amount in this funding stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational speech and language, physio therapists and child psychologists employed by the HSE in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 by CHO in tabular form; the vacancies that exist by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41454/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review for domiciliary care for a person (details supplied) will be decided; the timeframe for deciding such reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41453/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of medical officers dedicated to assessing medical evidence in 2017, 2018 and 2019 by scheme in tabular form; the vacancies that exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41455/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of refusal for first-time domiciliary care applicants in 2018 and to date in 2019; the level of refusals following applications for reviews in 2018 and to date in 2019; if appealed, the number of appeals upheld for the period; if there have been recent changes in approach; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (10 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which councils recoup the cost of borrowing for housing developments in cases in which the council has purchased land which is then developed for affordable purchase and social housing, in situations in which the council has raised the loan and must pay the loan back and in which the income from the development...