Results 601-620 of 1,051,314 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Steven Matthews OR speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:James Lawless) in 'Committee meetings'
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: We told there were. We were told there were hundreds.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: It certainly has, so maybe we could flesh that out as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, as long as we raise the outsourcing and decentralisation and what happens there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Agreed. We are going to have that Department in next week anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: No, I am fine. I am going to bring some of the issues up next week when the Department is here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: We will.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: If one reply is matched against the other, they are polar opposites. That programme certainly did not indicate that was the regime.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: The only equine abattoir in the country is temporarily closed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: We will be keen to find out what the word "temporarily" means. Animals have been moved from there to another location owned by the same person and there are serious welfare concerns. Understandably, the question has been asked whether the Department is following up and doing welfare checks there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: That is fine. That is exactly what I am looking for.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: People are entitled to join us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: We are glad to have good people like Liam Quaide.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: To be fair to him, this is an issue he has pursued doggedly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: The fact is that a building remains vacant three and a half years after the HSE purchased it and renovated it. A lot of money was spent. When we talk about value for money, there is an issue here. That is the nub of it. We must deal with it. We must write to the HSE and ask for its plans as a matter of urgency.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: When a business case is made for something, there needs to be viability about the length of time involved. A property should not be acquired if it is not used.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I suspect that the meeting will be dominated by the issue we addressed when Horse Racing Ireland was in. It will not be the only matter for discussion, but animal welfare issues and inspections and the Department's role in that will be to the forefront.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I would be very surprised, but whatever time we are working to, we are working to.