Results 14,201-14,220 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Murphy: 905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount withheld in the context of sanctions imposed on persons who failed to fully comply with their referrals to the JobPath scheme since the scheme commenced to date; the amount that was refunded to persons on appeal over the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23796/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Murphy: 989. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reintroduce town councils; if so, the process he plans to follow; the timeframe he is following; if there will be a consultative process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24069/19]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We may not publish them, but an article dealing with the matter was published in a newspaper today. When taken together with No. 2174, it is obvious that the State Claims Agency is indicating-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The State Claims Agency seems to be taking a whole-of-prison approach. It is welcome that it has indicated what are the lessons. However, it was quite a sizeable outbreak. It is a very serious illness and a very expensive lesson. Large sums have been paid out in settlements. Obviously, people suffered significant damage. We should put this matter back to the appearance of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: There are several issues. We have set aside the issue of the contingent liability in regard to the HSE, but this is a significant issue, as is the matter in respect of the Air Corps. We must examine further the role of the agency in pre-empting matters such as this and what other illnesses they are screening for in addition to looking at the lessons that can be drawn from this kind of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Prisons are a unique environment, but a significant number of prisoners with an illness may have attended court, hospital or elsewhere. We should follow up on how the State Claims Agency deals with that particular aspect because it must be wider than taking a whole-of-prison approach.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I find that appalling.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: It is right that he corrects the record, but he was categoric in his responses, so somebody must have given him the relevant information. I find this a little unbelievable because a person has been-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Yes. This is not a minor matter. Obviously, the record of committee proceedings must be correct, but I am sure he was advised and he gave a categoric response as a consequence of that. This is not without consequence for the individual in question. I am not happy that correcting the record is sufficient in this case. I would like to know who briefed and advised the Commissioner on this...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The Committee of Public Accounts has played an important role but it needs to be asked if we should have had to play that role. On page 3 of the correspondence it states that there has been further dialogue with the congregation of Christian Brothers on the proposed transfer of playing fields. That does not tell us anything, other than that the two sides are talking to each other. We need...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Where it is found that someone should more properly have been in the PAYE system, it is important that is recognised from when employment commenced or when this was found. In other words, there is a question of whether the decision will be backdated, because there will be issues arising with pensions and so on. We should seek clarification on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I would have thought so. Let us check for our own information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We have to time this and have some output from it. There is no point in meeting and not doing anything about it afterwards. We have to timetable in such a way that we meet the individual and then follow up, but we need to know what the follow-up is likely to be. Could we get any correspondence we have on this in advance of the meeting? There are matters concerning the OPW in regard to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Will members turn up to the meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We need to understand better where the GDPR impediment is. If one names anybody now it could be used. Surely the report can be done without mentioning particular individuals. We need to understand this. If we accept this without understanding where the GDPR is the impediment, it will be repeated.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Can I ask if the Comptroller and Auditor General has come across situations in which general data protection regulation, GDPR, has been an impediment to his work?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Does the Chairman not agree that €198.7 billion is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I actually saw it on a league table. Ireland was way down the league table because it was counted as GDP. Obviously that is distorted by our unusual economy. The mind boggles that anybody in the Department of Finance does not think that the debt figure is high.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I second the proposal. Normally liquidations are supervised by the courts. What is unusual about this case is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, this liquidation is supervised by the Department of Finance and it is out of sight. Given the cost that the public have paid for the liquidation of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society, there is a public obligation to make sure that we have some oversight of the assets that were liquidated. It would be helpful to have these experts before the committee. I support the...