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Centenary of Women's Suffrage: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Few positive things can be said about the First World War, apart from the development of mechanised transport and the changes that occurred in many women's lives. They sometimes replaced men in factories and in services, such the postal service. Some swapped domestic service for factory jobs and earned a relative good wage. This was more common in Britain where conscription was enforced....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Internal Audits (6 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 109. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Auditor standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied). [5386/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Newborn Screening Cards (6 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made to date on a decision on how to proceed following a report that was produced after a forum hosted by his Department in October 2016 regarding the storage of newborn bloodspot screening cards taken prior to July 2011; if he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5394/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (6 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding defined benefit pension schemes in Coras Iompar Éireann (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5371/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (6 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the upgrade and or replacement of next stop announcements on DART services will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5739/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Training Support Grant (6 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount provided in training support grant in each of the years 2015 to 2017, by amount paid, to each supplier of training; the number of training suppliers that are based in Northern Ireland in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5451/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (6 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in the first steps programme who have been referred to JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5454/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (6 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on the JobPath scheme who have availed of the training support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5501/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I should say at the outset that this does not fundamentally refer to local property tax, so I do not believe it falls within the rubric of Government policy. It refers to the allocation of funding to local government, as it relates formally to the local government fund. The information was gathered around 2000 based on what was known as the needs and resources model. It counted what was...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Deputy Connolly will see from the table that I did not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The overall expenditure from all sources gives an indication of-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I will give the example of Tipperary versus Galway to put the cat among the pigeons.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There is quite a large disparity between them. The difference is not exclusively between urban and rural. Sometimes, it is also between rural and rural.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: In fact, the vast majority of cases may not have cost the RTB legal fees. They are done by way of a mediation process. Although that process may have some legal aspect to it, it would be quite useful to see what the client or complaint ratio is and what requires legal attention or not. Any member who has experience of dealing with the kind of issues that go to the RTB finds that it is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 10: Shared Services - Management of Salary Overpayments
Appropriation Accounts 2016
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the witnesses. When we get to this point in the meeting, a lot of the questions will have been asked. I am generally supportive of shared services and consolidation rather than fragmentation. It always comes with a health warning, however. We want it to be effective as well. Some of the examples Ms Lyons has drawn attention to where there is consolidation, such as the likes of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 10: Shared Services - Management of Salary Overpayments
Appropriation Accounts 2016
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Is that employees?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 10: Shared Services - Management of Salary Overpayments
Appropriation Accounts 2016
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Prior to this, they would have gone into somebody within their own organisation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 10: Shared Services - Management of Salary Overpayments
Appropriation Accounts 2016
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: In respect of the staff who have migrated over, that would obviously have been done on a voluntary basis. The office is not necessarily getting people who were in the HR sections of the various Departments. Would that be the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 10: Shared Services - Management of Salary Overpayments
Appropriation Accounts 2016
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Roughly what proportion of the 770 would have come from the human resources, HR, unit in the various Departments?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 10: Shared Services - Management of Salary Overpayments
Appropriation Accounts 2016
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: What kind of ratio are we talking about in terms of HR and payroll?