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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I was going to make exactly that point. There is some information that would be useful for the report. In recent weeks, an issue with regard to the cost of turnkey as opposed to direct build was revealed and we should include it. It is something that was raised here and we got an undertaking that the categories would be published separately. On average, it costs about one third more to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When are we talking about doing the housing report?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What timeline do we have on it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I am sure the Government would appreciate the timing. It did not have a problem with it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The sitting of the Dáil had to be suspended for a time because the data only came out at 2 p.m. I do not want to labour the point. The aspects related to the metropolitan area networks, MANs, are very important because they give some insight into the cost of broadband provision. The Analysys Mason report was very helpful from that point of view in terms of the lack of transparency....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Exactly. Roads are more predictable, and local authorities, which very often lead the development of roads, have fine-tuned the work on those. Regarding the point that Deputy Cassells made about the local property tax, the more complicated one makes something, the more one gets away with it. Local government funding is just so confusing. The Government in the last general election...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to make one further point.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I think we should plough ahead with the housing report-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: -----and get it finished as soon as possible in order that we have one thing cleared.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with that. We all say that whistleblowers are valuable and important, which I completely accept. They have to see, however, that there is follow through and that it does not fall back on them. We cannot be in a situation where they do something and then ask "What was the point?". I believe the same is probably felt in Limerick. I understand it is a separate issue but there is the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I refer to the powers of the HEA.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We must keep this issue under review. We should ask the director-general to keep us updated on progress in the context of the new timeline of the second half of the year for publication of the review. Another issue that strikes me is that I would have expected this matter to be picked up by the auditors. We should not have to do it for them. Do we know which auditors were employed by RTÉ?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is this something that should be identified in the course of an audit?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Do we know what was involved there?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome our guests. In the opinion of the Commissioner, should the overtime for parading or briefing before the day starts be more properly a fixed charge?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: At some point, when that work has been done, the Commissioner will be able to address the issue.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to overtime and where it originates, as anyone coming into a job does, the Commissioner inherited a situation he might not have designed himself. A few years ago, I compiled information because I wanted to get an overview of the spread of the force because I felt my area was not doing particularly well. The replies to many parliamentary questions showed that areas that had grown...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We get a good idea of what is on people's minds when we knock on doors.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We are getting a decent overview at doors. I have never experienced the number of people who are raising concerns about burglaries and things like that in my area. I am not complaining about gardaí but, rather, their numbers.