Results 261-280 of 10,836 for speaker:Catherine Murphy in 'Committee meetings'
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Just to make that point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: It is incredibly frustrating. First, I agree that we should slot UL in at the earliest possible opportunity. If that is 9 May, then we should do that. I agree with the Cathaoirleachon on the list of people he proposes to invite. It is really important that we have the HEA in because this is not the first time this has happened. Obviously, the Cathaoirleach referred to the Dunnes Stores...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I am nearly finished. There are three or four things in terms of governance failures to which attention is being drawn. I would have expected them to be addressed after the previous significant issue arose. To be perfectly honest, I understand that people get sick and have to be afforded time for leave, but there has been a pattern here. A significant issue arises and a person becomes...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I have a question about Údarás na Gaeltachta. The project in question did not go ahead. I think it is the last one on the list.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Some €661,838 capital and related costs were incurred for the planned building renovation project that did not proceed. What was that spent on?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Is it a reusable amount?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Was there no business case? I would like to know a little more about that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I would have thought Údarás na Gaeltachta would have had an outline done first and then tested it to see if there was likely to be interest in funding it before it spent €661,000, which is a very large sum of money. Údarás na Gaeltachta would have had to spend some money but-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Are there lessons to be learned about taking a more robust approach in advance of taking on a project that did not end up progressing? If we start to look at projects that have started - the metro is a case in point, as is the interconnector - and where money has been spent in advance but it then does not proceed, some of the work is still usable and some is not because it will have to be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: We should ask about the intended use.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: You often wonder is there a mindset that because it is public money, it is Monopoly money and that it is not real.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I am always intrigued by some of the ones on the list. What are they? Take "Public Trustee Account".
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Okay. Thank you.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I am happy to just note and publish this.