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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 730. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the costs paid to companies (details supplied) for projects for which they were engaged by his Department in each of the years from 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason each was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29449/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 740. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects for which it was engaged by his Department in each of the years from 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason it was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29558/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 753. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can opt out of the JobPath scheme in cases in which the client has found and secured employment outside of the JobPath programme such as in a case (details supplied); if JobPath providers are not rewarded financially in instances in which a person secures employment arising from their own endeavours; the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 782. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the costs paid to companies (details supplied) for projects for which each was engaged by her Department in the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason each was engaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29442/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 786. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects on which each was engaged by her Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason it was engaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 846. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the costs paid to companies (details supplied) for projects in respect of which each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason each was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29446/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 849. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects in respect of which each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason it was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29555/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 875. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the costs paid to companies (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by her Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason each was engaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29439/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 876. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by her Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason it was engaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29548/19]

Report on the Wards of Court: Motion (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. One has to look at this matter in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Ireland has ratified. When discussing the ratification of that convention, many Members made the point that it would be inconsistent for Ireland to ratify it without actually putting in place the nuts and bolts that actually...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I noticed the gender balance as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We should thank Mr. Morgan for coming in and for providing this additional material that we can all use individually as well. It is important to say that it is not falling on deaf ears. He has gone to considerable effort, and some of the principles he discussed on to how projects are approached were very useful. It re-frames one's perspective when looking at overspends on large projects,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We should also draw the State Claims Agency's attention to it, because there is a risk assessment aspect to its work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Approximately 50% of its turnover is public money and we need to look at it. We had representatives before the committee in early 2017 and the process was quite chaotic. The Harold's Cross property has been sold in the meantime. We should have the representatives before us to look at the next set of accounts, which I presume are available.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We are concerned with the finance and value-for-money aspects.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We can discuss the scale of funding relative to the amount provided to other sports, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: In some areas we have focused on bogus self-employment. I am not saying it happens in universities but there can be fairly unorthodox employment practices with respect to the employment of tutors. I became aware of somebody recently who had spent three or four years tutoring but was finding it difficult to get contracts. That practice is kind of repeated in various universities. There was...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Many of them do not have contracts.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The perception is that if somebody is employed in a university, it is a good job, but some tutors find themselves drawing the dole during the summer.