Results 561-580 of 1,048,031 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Niall Collins OR speaker:Mick Barry OR speaker:Neale Richmond OR speaker:Alan Dillon OR speaker:Catherine Murphy)

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Can Mr. Gleeson provide us with the detail on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Regarding the licence for Shannonside, was there an amendment to the area that was covered from one licence to the next? Did it, for example, include the lairage?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I put questions on the last occasion regarding horse passports. I do not have the transcript with me but the impression I got from the official from the Department replying to me was that they could not understand how this could have happened and there were no concerns, yet we know there were issues with passports going back to 2013 and there was another facility where, my understanding is,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I do not want to go into the areas that are under investigation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Was the departmental officials aware there were problems when they were in front of us? How could they not be?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The horse meat scandal should have made sure it was robust. Given that some horses have been raced and are not suitable for the food chain, there is a double need for this to make sure there is full traceability. There are big industries to be protected, including the racing and food industries. We know that is high risk. I ask about the five complaints. I talked to some of the people...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: This is in my constituency, so I talk to people who live nearby. I am hearing something very different from a professional had gone in and looked.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to skip to something else and I will come back to that, because I have a number of questions. The Comptroller and Auditor General’s opening statement referred to the centralised management system. Is that in place now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Since the 2022 accounts, were any further pieces of land or buildings identified?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I also want to ask about the Department's staff complement. Is it fully staffed or are there vacancies, particularly for vets?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I am not talking about whether one could always do with more staff. Are there vacancies? Does the Department have the number for which it is funded?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: What about the special units?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I presume the fallout from the "RTÉ Investigates" programme would have required substantial additional work. Is there anything additional being done? Are there additional staff being brought into the investigations division?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I am going to leave my questioning there and come back later with some further questions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I have been told there have been cases of veterinary inspectors who declined to take up a post because their duties would include Shannonside veterinary clinic. Can Mr. Gleeson confirm that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Will Mr. Blake check it out and come back to me?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: How long have the current veterinary inspector or superintendent veterinary inspector been in situ?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Will Mr. Blake come back to us with that and tell us how long their predecessor were there? I want to see whether there is churn and what that might be. I often get the impression, when there is European oversight, real attention is paid to it. We can pay more attention when there is European oversight. Would the witnesses accept that is the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that. I saw the programme and that comes across clearly. It is not unique to one location but we have responsibility for here. On another aspect, people will always try to get around systems. We understand that. The responsibility is to make sure to close those off. Presumably the Department would have been aware of precoded or blank microchips or encoding machines. Is that...