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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the particulars of a case concerning a prison officer on unpaid leave from the Irish Prison Service since May 2011 (details supplied); if he will engage with the person on the matters concerned; if he has received a protected disclosure in respect of the person; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the particulars of a case concerning a former prison officer; if he or his predecessors have received a protected disclosure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18966/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 684. To ask the Minister for Health the status of financial assistance for persons seeking IVF treatments; the date on which financing persons for same will commence in 2019; the way in which the application process will be governed; the eligibility criteria for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18666/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times per year since 2008 that funding has been applied for to provide a residential placement for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting since 2008 for this allocation of residential care; the number of applications for funding refused; the dates and if applications for part-time residential care were requested; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 1268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs incurred regarding the 2016 Olympic ticketing issue to date in 2019, by year; the breakdown of costs; if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of payment or financial support and-or other supports to date from Sport Ireland and-or an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies Expenditure (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 1316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland respectively in engaging influencers and their associates in the past three years to date; the amount paid to each influencer by both organisations; the name and nature of each project they were engaged on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 May 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 1538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances and-or differences in which a Part 8 planning process is decided by a decision of a full council as opposed to a municipal district; the role of county councillors in deciding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18805/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I agree completely with the point made about conflict of interest. It is not only the fact that there was a double payment, but also the fact that that information was relied on to make a decision. Anyone making a decision will want expert advice in order to ground that decision. If that expert advice is in conflict it causes a corruption of the process, as I see it. It is really...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There has to be some consideration of the potential conflict in the selection of the company that will do the work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: And the right people in front of us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There has been a lot of criticism. We are told an unemployment rate of 5% is really close to full employment. Obviously, there is a bit of movement among people and so forth. We are paying quite a large amount of money for the scheme. People from around the country, not only members' constituencies, do not ring about this for no reason. When one starts hearing the same things from...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: This scheme is due to be renewed or reviewed, and I think that consideration will happen this year. I could, however, be wrong about that. Can we find out when that is happening?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: If that is being relied on-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is a great deal of money.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Many different Departments allocate money from the reconciliation fund to sporting bodies. It is a relatively small amount of money and my query is to see if spot checks are carried out when these payments are made.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McCarthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Part of our problem is that we have huge fragmentation. Charities are doing work that should be done by public services. There is a problem in that we are finding it hard even to get a coherent map of who does what and where. It is very difficult to test value for money when there is that kind of fragmentation. It is not that there is not very good work being done by all of these...

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Would the Chairman tell me when I am five minutes in as I want to divide this into two topics?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Ms Burke is very welcome. From her opening statement, she indicated fines and costs totalling €390,000, and that related to inspections of urban wastewater sites, and 57 drinking water sites. Would they have been primarily local authority sites?