Results 41-60 of 10,806 for speaker:Catherine Murphy in 'Committee meetings'

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There is a large body of people in the office, and the office also does special reports. With regard to resources, is this something the office looks for or is there acceptance when there are additional audits that are very large-scale that they automatically bring additional resources to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Did this happen with Irish Water?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I would like to go back to the OPW. When the OPW comes before the committee to speak about modular homes will the Department of children also in? This is the Department that is responsible.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: On foot of-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: This is a temporary protection order and it is the Department of children that is dealing with this particular aspect of it. Many of us have been quite critical that there has been one Department with responsibility. We need to check this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It has responsibility for other things like vehicle testing.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: We need to include both of those.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: If its remit purely related to road safety, that would be different. It is so we know what resources are being deployed. We will also have to say to it about the GDPR issues that arise in the context of providing accident information to local authorities.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will read out the line from the Comptroller and Auditor General's opening statement: "In 2022, performance-related deductions applied to public transport operators amounted to just over €17.3 million, up from just under €3.8 million in 2021." That is not just an amount; it is reliability. Reliability is the number one important issue for people. You stand at a bus stop and...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Is Mr. Ryan talking about Dublin Bus or the city? What is he talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Dublin Bus operates in Bray, Maynooth, Leixlip and Celbridge. Is Mr. Ryan talking about all of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: What is the reliability outside of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Regarding KPIs, does the NTA count traffic congestion?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: No. Obviously, the NTA has metrics to decide. There is an investment in public transport. Is there a correlation in the reduction? Is a correlation in the reduction in congestion a KPI as a consequence of that investment?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Where is that measured? To be perfectly honest, you would not need to do a survey, you can just see that congestion is getting worse and not getting better. Obviously, that interferes with the efficiency of bus services. If that is not measured-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I have said this before. The NTA does surveys and will do a satisfaction survey. People have come into my office, including even this week, about a couple of services put on almost two and a half years ago and are still experiencing dissatisfaction even this week. I hope those people will come forward as well as people in other places. It is all very well saying there are 72,000...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I may stop Ms Graham there. Of course it has, because the NTA put a spine and local services in.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There is a double movement of people with BusConnects, so the NTA counts those. That is fine. Of course, if you put more buses on in different places, more people will use them. I understand that. That does not mean that the service necessarily meets people's needs. There are different needs. If you look at cost per kilometre, which is in the briefing document, it is €6.28 per...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Had the NTA factored in the number of out-of-service buses? If you look at local routes, you have to have an out-of-service bus to support that, but they are on the road the whole time.