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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Customer Charters (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 1960. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to issues and or problems in having complaints registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35647/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Investigations (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 1975. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a report (details supplied) will be published regarding alleged serious planning irregularities in County Donegal; the reason for the delay in publishing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35993/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Internships (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 1982. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons that took up unpaid internship roles in that timeframe; if his Department continues to offer unpaid internships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36151/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 2022. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by her Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent on the renewal of such licences by her Department over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35337/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Consultancy Contracts Data (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 2028. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of preparedness and ongoing upskilling of staff regarding the regulation; the cost expended on the external advice and training of same to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Customer Charters (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 2029. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of complaints her Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if her attention has been drawn to issues and or problems in having complaints registered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Internships (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 2033. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in her Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons that took up unpaid internship roles in that timeframe; if her Department continues to offer unpaid internships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36144/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: In addition to asking Sport Ireland to do that, the Chairman should, on behalf of this committee, write to the FAI stating it is a requirement. The lack of permission to ask questions and have them answered at AGMs is a long-standing problem that must be addressed if we are to have confidence in the governance of the FAI. It is not down to Oireachtas scrutiny but a matter of allowing people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I believe that is about squaring things for Volkswagen. I have no issue with competency being left with the European Union but I do not believe what is proposed in respect of emissions from diesel engines will necessarily improve air quality. It is more of a technical, housekeeping matter than a profound change to improve environmental standards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses for being here and for their opening statements. I want to put on the record that it is very positive that some of the changes put in place by Sport Ireland will also a apply to all of the other organisations it funds. It is evident that there has been good learning out of this process. It may well stop us from having situations such as this in the future. Sport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That may well have given cover for this. I agree with Sport Ireland with regard to this. The witnesses have just told us how difficult it was to get a forensic accountant because of the risk of reputational risk. We know its own report is due in September and that a serious review by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement is under way. That brings with it reputational risk,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: As we are aware, the nominations have closed. I must question whether these people have been validly nominated. It will be up to the AGM to consider and I think it needs to do so. I presume it will be open to it to convene an AGM and then possibly adjourn it because Sport Ireland's review is due in September. That will be available to those in attendance. It will convene without a set of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Again, there is further potential for reputational risk in this. It is so disappointing that we are here going into an EGM and then an AGM and instead of the new future that was hoped for, there is a real sense of "here we go again". That it is a great disappointment. With regard to those-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I have one more question. The people who are eligible to go forward for officer positions need two years' service on the council. Only one of the 58 members, or one out of 206 people with votes, is entitled, which is a very narrow focus. To run for election, a person must be one of 58 council members. This excludes the vast majority of people, including some very good people who have put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: However, it will take some time for that to be put in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to the forthcoming AGM, no FAI rule underpins the election of the president and vice president. A lot will be decided at the EGM. Given this is all about governance, have the candidates for president and vice president been validly nominated? Does Sport Ireland have a function in this? The FAI's constitution specifies what should be transacted at an AGM. It specifies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I would like the answers to my questions. Will they be put to the FAI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What about the election of the president and vice president? Is that in accordance with the rules?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Are they validly nominated according to their own rules? Are those rules going to be decided on at the EGM? Has this approach excluded people from running validly? These matters are critical to good corporate governance.

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister of State does not need me to repeat what has been said. It has been made abundantly clear by the thousands of members of the Defence Forces that the proposals put forward in this report are simply not going to cut it for them and their families. We know that the report was hamstrung from the outset by virtue of its terms of references and what it could and could not look at....