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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: The Joint Committee on Social Protection.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: Only in the last week there was a report on just how difficult it is to get services and it was stark stuff. Wherever we send the correspondence we should write to the Minister as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: There are two elements to it. One is the fact that Enet was awarded the contract in 2004 and the contract was then extended until 2030 without going back to the market with a tender. Much of what has gone on in relation to the issue is opaque and requires scrutiny. In mid-2017 the infrastructural investment fund invested €200 million in Enet. To be honest, I find that curious given...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, because it is the kind of thing one could predict in the future would require an additional spend. That additional spend could very well be by way of another inquiry or a tribunal. This is highly unsatisfactory and it is something we must look at.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: Thank you, Chairman. I am curious as to whether the Comptroller and Auditor General has done any report on this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: Would Mr. McCarthy please circulate that information?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, and the number who do not send a Christmas card the following year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: Who did it come from?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: There are awful ancillary charges and very-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: People have been charged for a mattress. Perhaps when we get the reply, we can discuss the matter again.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: I have a question on No. 1526, which is from Mr. Ray Mitchell, director of the Health Service Executive. I sought a copy of the Hannaway report but we were provided with slides rather than a report. If the slides exist, are we sure that the report does not exist?
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: 213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount and proportion of plastic waste generated that is sold or diverted to incineration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38933/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if recyclable plastics that are coloured black are actually recycled here; if not, the steps he is taking to address this issue, inform the public regarding same and to prevent such material from entering the waste stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38935/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: 214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if plastic waste generated here and sold or diverted to incineration can be counted in the measure of recycling rates; if he will seek assurances from a company (details supplied) that its reported rates of recycling do not include plastics sold or diverted to incineration; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)
Catherine Murphy: I listened to the Minister on "Morning Ireland" today when he dismissed legitimate criticism as a stunt and repeatedly claimed he was making progress. I believe the numbers do not lie but I do not accept the Minister's numbers. The numbers tell the real and harrowing story of four families a day becoming homeless. The Minister speaks about needing to solve the housing crisis and his...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Catherine Murphy: I welcome Mr. Fraser. I want to put on record that I think all public moneys should be subject to scrutiny. I do think, however, that the timing of this is very unfortunate, to put a benign interpretation on it. Once the writ was moved, I think we should have delayed this until after the presidential election. So be it. The committee has decided to have this hearing today. There is...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Catherine Murphy: I will take that up at a different forum because I believe there is a legitimate reason these public moneys should be scrutinised. I do not think that it is in respect of the general headings that possible concerns arise. The Comptroller and Auditor General had most of the responsibility for this in the absence of the audit committee. I recognise that the audit committee was put in place...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Catherine Murphy: It is obvious, from looking at page 7 of the accounts, that 2016 was a significant year. It would not have mattered would was President at the time but the incumbent played a central role. Is the Comptroller and Auditor General aware whether the difference for 2016 relating to the Office of Public Works involved physical changes to the Áras or would that all have been accounted for by...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Catherine Murphy: There would have been a programme of events also.