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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There would be entitlements, but they would be reduced.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I am sure that a sizable number of people fell into that category. When some applied for benefits, means would have been found to decide against them and they would have been paid allowances instead of benefits. Given the large fallout at the time, was there any analysis of the cost of not fully capturing people in a system that had a floor below which they could not fall?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. None of us foresaw the extent of the crisis, but the contributions being made by those categories to a system that was self-funded on an annual basis would not have covered the cost, given that they had to be paid allowances rather than benefits.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, the Department has examined Brexit's potential impact on the Social Insurance Fund, SIF. It is no surprise that a crash-out would be catastrophic for us. Has the Department examined other elements, for example, the current reciprocal arrangements for pensions? Are there assurances in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McKeon.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: This will nail the presumption that some of the payments are being made through the banks for the benefit of the banks.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: When witnesses from Holland were before the all-party committee, they outlined the kind of care available in their country. Some of the very good ideas they brought to the committee were helpful, in particular in relation to ancillary measures such as those around unmet contraception needs. They were a very good set of witnesses. The matter of the waiting period came up in the context of a...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Amendment No. 12 is in my name among others and obviously I support it. What is different about this Dáil is that we went through a pretty unique process in advance of the referendum. It is important we leave a marker giving the context of the review. This Dáil will not deal with it because there will be a general election in the meantime. It will be dealt with by a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: If we are including the issue in the work programme for 2019-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: -----we should try to have something comprehensive in one session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: For example, Dublin City Council will have plans for changes that are likely to happen. It will also have some intelligence on behaviour at pinch points and so forth. If we are to do something, the discussion should be reasonably comprehensive. It should not be one dimensional but multi-faceted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I was unable to go. Deputies from Kildare North and Kildare South met representatives of the National Transport Authority approximately a week ago and one of the matters discussed, as the members know, was overcrowding on trains at peak times. At the meeting we were told the refurbishment of 29 carriages would not proceed because of the prohibitive cost involved. They were talking about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: If we are to include it in the work programme, there have been a number of announcements on changes to sustainable transport, etc. There was an issue related to BusConnects and the assumption that there was capacity on the rail network, but there really is not at peak times. If we are to invite representatives of some of the public transport providers to appear before the committee, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: We are all familiar with this matter. We had before us at the beginning of last year the chief executives of the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Irish Rugby Football Union and the Football Association of Ireland. Essentially, we discussed matters of governance. We are not in the business of sitting here and talking about who should be the football manager. That is not my proposal. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: We should invite the executives of the League of Ireland and the FAI to appear before us. If we would benefit from hearing from other, it would be helpful to invite them also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I have a few questions. Every policy requires regulation and enforcement in addition to legislation. My first question relates to the regulatory impact analysis that the Department has provided us with. Where did the analysis of the costs come from? What urban centres are being looked at by the Department? What would the enforcement actually look like? Would the Department work with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: If one is a tourist who has just landed into Grafton Street who does not know the customs and this Bill becomes law, how is one to know what rules apply to what vehicles? One will not be able to tell whether a rickshaw is a bicycle or small motorised vehicle.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Allowances (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of injury warrants issued historically by his Department for members of the Irish Prison Service, An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49807/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a protected disclosure that raised concerns regarding age bias in the internal promotion competition for promotion to assistant principal in 2015 in his Department; if this protected disclosure is under review by a company (details supplied); the timeline for the matter to reach conclusion; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his predecessor and his officials have implemented or directed the implementation of the recommendations and advices contained within a report (details supplied) regarding the review of the operation and management of the MANs, pricing of products and access arrangements relating to the MANs; and if he will...