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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that the Government approved the appointment of a judge for the independent assessment for the CervicalCheck non-disclosure ex gratiapayment last week and that the decision was to be finalised at the Cabinet meeting this week. Did this happen? When will the details be made known to the women in question? Furthermore, what are the timelines for the assessment and for the...

Tributes on Retirement of Member of Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I too would like to wish Patricia well. There are people in this House who one always expects to be there and Patricia is one of those. Obviously, Patricia is someone on whom one can rely. If she went and checked something, the advice she gave on her return was absolutely right. That is because of years of being consistent. That is to her credit. I wish Patricia well for the future....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a person (details supplied); the way in which neurological conditions are specifically catered for in the school environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11475/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the number of prequalified contractors has been reduced from ten to eight in the re-tendering process for the two schools in Maynooth education campus; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB, has reduced this number to seven prequalified contractors and that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report was composed by the team from his Department that visited Maynooth education campus in August 2018 which determined the application for additional accommodation to be refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11989/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Applications (12 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who fails on an appeal in respect of a payment (details supplied) can further appeal or opt for a mediation process; if there is a sunset clause regarding when a person can make an application in respect of a payment; if she will further review a case in view of the fact that there is a series of mitigating...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I was the one who asked for him to come in given that he is the head of the Office of Government Procurement. We had a discussion about this last week and, essentially, this is entirely within the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts because it is about process and failures of process. We need to understand those failures. It appears that there is an institutional gap and yet we...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome our guests. It is important that witnesses and members have respect for each other. Although I do not want to labour the point, I feel the comment did not get this meeting off to a good start. I think it was utterly inappropriate. Mr. Watt has apologised. I refer to page 9 of the opening statement, on which the public spending code and looking to achieve value for money are...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is that in the private sector?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. O'Brien would be well apprised in terms of tendering, etc. I did not have to go and do research in Harvard, Yale, Cambridge or Oxford. I just had a look at the DIT for an outline of what can go wrong where there are serious project design errors. Essentially, it states that if the design plans are defective, one will inevitably be destined for cost overruns in construction projects,...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I am very short on time.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There are industry norms for many of these things. For example, a programme shown on RTÉ in recent nights put some of the points succinctly, particularly the fact that the lowest tender was 20% lower than the second lowest and the third lowest was 45% higher than the lowest.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Would that raise a flag with Mr. O'Brien in terms of industry norms?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: These are people tendering at the same time for the same project.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What is very clear is that there is a process failure in terms of the way this was proceeded with, and we can see in hindsight that it is a very costly way of doing things. Indeed, had this been presented as a project that was going to cost over €1.7 billion, whether it would even have been proceeded with is in question. It was incredibly important that this was not a guesstimate but...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What really concerns me is that there is a serious institutional gap, as can be seen with regard to the derogation. I do not see where the learnings are. While we are discussing this as a real-time project, there is another project that is being dealt with on this list which is being dealt with internally in the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. What we are...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It should not be on this list then.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I also asked about a greenfield site and the two-stage process.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I want to come back to the point that the lowest tender was 20% lower than the second lowest tender and the third lowest tender was 45% higher than the lowest tender.