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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Role of Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to address the issue of the OPW.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Role of Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The OPW makes the application to the local authority and it has a great deal of experience with property and building projects. One of the things that drives us nuts is money allocated but not spent. It is a big deal to get a commitment. What is the impediment? Is there something that could be streamlined so that when money is allocated it is actually spent? If being in a position to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Role of Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Role of Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I would expect that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Role of Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Can we get a note on the strategic investment and what was not spent? We might have a better idea then of how things stand. We can talk about it or consider it then, so that we can get on with the meeting. It is useful to have a look at the profile of that spending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Role of Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Have such incidents occurred?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Last week in the Seanad, the former Minister for Health, Senator Reilly, was critical of the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, in regard to the lack of progression of the Bill dealing with the national autism strategy which was unanimously passed in the Seanad. The inadequacy of autism services is an issue raised continually with Members in their constituency offices. This is not an area...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to award medals to persons who fought in the siege of Jadotville, as recommended by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4235/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for applying the 23% VAT rate to food supplements; if health supplements fall under this rate; his plans to task the tax strategy group with reviewing the decision in 2019 in the context of the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4142/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be funded in order to develop an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit; the procedure the school must undergo to be eligible for a funding stream of this nature; his plans to fund ASD units nationally in 2019, 2020 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a submission by a group (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding the provision of an education campus; if a commitment will be reaffirmed to ensure that the resourcing and accommodation needs will be met for September 2019; if he will engage with the group with a view to setting up a meeting; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional horse boxes purchased in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 for the Garda mounted support unit; the number withdrawn from the fleet during the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3929/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts over the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4029/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Just to press the same point, we assumed that the HEA had a specific remit which appears not to be the case. There is a gap the institutional oversight structures and this committee appears to be the final point at which the institutions can be held to account. The problem is that we could spend a small fortune on the well-known organisations that crop up here all the time. There are four...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is there something to go back to when the agency comes back to us? I reckon there is something more to look at before it comes back to us. It appears that there is a parallel arrangement. The agency has no idea or appears not to have been aware that the remainder of Enet was being purchased or that contracts were being extended when it was considering purchase of it. There is potentially...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is a critical paragraph on page 2. It is the third paragraph and it relates to the valuation. Halfway through the paragraph the commissioner states that the Valuation Office will have no regard to the motives or strategic interest of either party to the transaction. He goes on to state that the duty of the office under the circular is to provide a form of independent professional...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: One point is that the higher valuation would be residential. An educational zoning would result in a lower valuation. Yet the city council assumed a higher valuation. Had it been earmarked to the city council that this was for an educational campus, the council would have zoned it for educational use. In that scenario, it would not have premium residential zoning but educational zoning,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: In respect of Drehid, a planning application was made because we reached crisis point. It looked like there would be nowhere to dispose of waste. I believe the permissions for both the Meath and Wicklow sites were extended on a temporary basis. The proposed Cork incinerator - I am not sure where that is in the process - was being relied on. I am not sure if it is appropriate to this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We are facing a very serious problem. I do not know if this is for the Committee of Public Accounts, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: If the operators of the incinerator in Ringsend do not get a threshold of waste, we have to compensate them. The incineration policy is possibly dictating that. However, the cost of transporting the waste has not been included, in terms of the damage done to roads and the unsustainability of that. There is a cost element to this policy, but it is not a matter for this committee.