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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (13 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the non-executive chairman position of Córas Iompair Éireann will be filled; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the vacancy is impacting on the way in which CIÉ operates; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that spending limits for projects are in force while the role remains...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Regulations (13 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to EU COM(2017)548, a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail passengers' rights and obligations (details supplied); if a plan of action regarding the legislative implications relating to the implementation of this proposal has been prepared; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the priority given to applications for grants under the housing adaptation grants for persons with disabilities who are in hospital or temporary nursing home care while waiting for adaptations to be given approval; if no such system is generally applied, his plans to introduce one; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (13 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the staffing numbers by local authority in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the new staff approvals sanctioned by local authority in 2016 and 2017; the outstanding requests pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6684/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (13 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding being allocated to cover the costs of new posts when additional posts are sanctioned to local authorities; if changes are made to local authority baselines to build in future costs of approved posts; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6686/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (13 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects considered under the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, in 2016 and 2017; the projects approved; the locations of each; the funding which was provided to each project; if the funding has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7312/18]

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The issue of child care in its overall sense was very much pushed to the centre in 2005, when two by-elections were held in which child care became an issue because the by-elections happened to be in commuter belt areas. People were commuting and trying to have their children cared for, and I was one of the people who was successful in those by-elections, as was the late Shane McEntee. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McCarthy for following up on the matter but there are a number of issues arising. The purpose of shared services was to achieve a cost saving and greater efficiency but, based on what we are hearing, that is being only partially achieved. It is supposed to be a shared services system but when one drills down into it in some cases it is and in others it is not. Last week, when...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: But the information would be fragmented.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The approach would not be a uniform approach such that there would be visibility from one organisation on that particular issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Has any analysis been undertaken of the likely saving if some of these organisations moved to shared services?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Would it be worth writing to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that there will always be overpayments, time lags and all sorts of other issues. Humanity needs to be shown in all of this. It is very difficult not to highlight the difference between genuine mistakes being made and, for example, the bus shelter advertising campaign relating to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. There is a big contrast to be made.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I was going to make a very similar point. It has not just been picked out of thin air. The request came on foot of a chapter in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report and its purpose was to better understand the interaction. It means we have to assume things because we do not have available information that we can draw from through engagement with the companies. It means our...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I raised this last week or the week before because I do not think I have ever seen a situation where people have come out of a court having settled and talked about the payment securing the future of a child. There is a crossover between inadequate public services and the cases that are taken. It is almost a self-fulfilling prophecy when one has that kind of contingent liability. When one...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: That correspondence is on foot of that being raised by an individual.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The number of greyhound stadiums, Tote Ireland and the horse racing bodies is noticeable. It jumps from the page. There are many small, or relatively small, amounts of money as well. What kind of capacity does that take up in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: We always expected that we would have to come back to the university sector and there is now far more reason to do so. There is a new independent report which I believe was carried out by Crowe Howarth, at which we need to look. We need to include the issue in the work programme. I had intended to address some of the issues raised by the whistleblowers about the Thorn report and with which...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: At what deadline is the Comptroller and Auditor General likely to be looking in that regard? That is important if we are to include the issue in the work programme.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Dormant Accounts Fund (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: One of the things I noted, one to which Mr. Kevin McCarthy drew attention, is that statutory responsibility for the Dormant Accounts Fund was transferred to the Department when it was established. Since the fund was created, this function has been transferred a number of times. When the Department assumed statutory responsibility for the fund, what explanation was it given for the absence...