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Development of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility in Ireland: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We banned fracking in this country after significant public and political debate. The argument was clear. Fracking is a dirty way of obtaining gas and we agreed that on public health and environmental grounds its impacts were too serious to ignore. We do not even know the full environmental consequences of fracking, yet we face the prospect of gas that has been obtained by this method...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, when we get more information back, we will come back to this. If we had got a copy of the university's risk register last year, it would not have shown up this. What else is the register likely not to include? Seeing it now, after this has been disclosed, yes, they are taking corrective action, but I am concerned we are not getting a full picture. That is one aspect. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Given the profile of what has happened here, is that a blind spot? Would Mr. McCarthy have expected to see it on a risk register way earlier?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Can we find out if this is exclusively what NORA can spend this money on?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I do not dispute what the Deputy is saying.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The only reason I am asking is that I have a memory of the queues during the oil crisis. I suspect that part of the reason for the levy is to make sure there is security. I think this matter was originally raised in the context of Brexit and the rest of it. Can NORA spend the money on providing for additional capacity, as opposed to covering its running costs? That is really what I want...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The movement to automated systems will always cause glitches to begin with, which I completely accept. We have received a response on the NiSRP. Perhaps it was just me who received that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is stated that the system is working well. The only reason I am putting the matter on the agenda is that this was being trialled in one part of the country, which I understand would be a sensible thing to do. However, it has produced quite a significant difficulty for some staff cohorts, from what I am hearing, to the point that there appears to be an inflexibility in it. The HSE has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I do not know. The HSE is a very complex organisation, as we know, and various types of people are employed, some 9 to 5, some 24-7 and so on.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is probably in a wider context as well. There was a time lag for the investment in some IT systems. It would be useful to understand that because one of the constant complaints was that there were something like seven or nine different ledgers. Getting visibility on the accounts, or even segments of things that one could look at in order to compare one part of the country with another,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is interesting that this correspondence is from a person in Dublin 4. The perception is that everything has visibility from Donnybrook.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It does not cover all eventualities.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: If it is exclusive to the supermarket, is it rateable? That is competing against small shops on the main street which has paid parking. That is just one aspect of the methodology. As I said last week, there are different categories within a floorspace.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is it rateable?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Another aspect is that Go-Ahead has some of the bus routes and that information will be transferred through it. My understanding is there is a different type of arrangement with Go-Ahead, in that the fares go directly to the NTA rather than to Go-Ahead, and that its contract is just to drive the buses. The NTA has a direct aspect on this. It is a tripartite arrangement instead of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I will ask some short questions and I am looking for short answers. I will touch on a number of issues. I refer to strategic housing developments. If a local authority receives a big planning application, a commencement notice is given in order that it can track permissions and commencements. How does An Bord Pleanála do that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: How does the board track strategic housing development commencements?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Murphy: How many of those strategic housing development decisions are conditioned? I presume the local authorities have to deal with Part V and applications that are given permission subject to conditions. Where something is granted permission in theory, the conditions can sometimes take some time to work out and must be worked out at local government level. How many applications would be subject...