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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Dec 2022)
Catherine Murphy: I will leave it to Deputy Carthy first.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Dec 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Has the Charities Regulator been contacted already?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Dec 2022)
Catherine Murphy: In actual fact, it is heavily advertised. It is possibly a spin-off from the toy show, but it is in the convention centre. I want to see innovation from RTÉ, and it is a departure, which I hope is successful. I think there was a spin-off in regard to Riverdance as well, but it would be quite useful to see this in terms of the prospect of income from it, so we might just ask RTÉ.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Car Test (19 Jan 2023)
Catherine Murphy: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he will take to address the difficulties that persons are having in obtaining an appropriate date on which to put their vehicle through the NCT. [2608/23]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Car Test (19 Jan 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Driving a vehicle without a national car test, NCT, certificate is an offence under section 18 of the Road Traffic Act 1961. That offence carries a penalty of five penalty points, a €2,500 fine or three months imprisonment. This is pretty serious stuff. We are being told that insurance providers will be pragmatic. Part of the reason there is a backlog is that people are trying to...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Car Test (19 Jan 2023)
Catherine Murphy: The contract with this particular company was rolled over for another ten years in 2020. A contract is a two-way thing and they are reaching their contractual obligations. If I were to apply for a test for my own car, for example, the first available date at my nearest centre is 24 August. I had a look nationally at the 49 centres and none of them come in within the 28 days in terms of the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Car Test (19 Jan 2023)
Catherine Murphy: One of the penalties on companies is that they are required to provide the test free if they are not in compliance. Why is that not happening? Has the Minister of State talked to the RSA about that? Will the Minister of State tell us how many are on the priority list? If everybody was on that list, it would not solve the problem of the lack of personnel to do the job. The priority list...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: The witnesses are very welcome. I will primarily focus on the enhanced long-term leasing of social housing. Obviously, value for money is a critical issue. We have to be prudent to get more for the money we have. The Housing Agency has a responsibility to deal with the local authorities in respect of leasing, which we were told was going to be phased out. Do we know how many leases are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: I have very limited time. This is really important. I have found it really difficult to get this information. I would nearly have to write to each local authority. This is madness. My local authority has 2,250 leases. The information given in response to a parliamentary question a year and a half ago was that the average cost was €17,000 per annum. Doing my calculations on the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: The Minister said that he was going to bring in legislation to exclude Part V units. Has that happened?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: That is still happening and I am seeing it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: Okay. The units are mostly purchased.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: Does the Housing Agency go to any lengths to look at or do an overall analysis of this long-term enhanced leasing? Ms Feeney said that it is carried out by individual local authorities. The Housing Agency has a role in this. Why would it not have overall statistics through which to look at this issue, the value for money achieved and how this is applied in each local authority? I am...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: These units are only available for leasing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: How many are only available for leasing in respect of, for example, the Part V obligation on build-to-rent developments?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: We are back to inadequate information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: When the agency does a cost-benefit analysis, does it include whether the State has an asset at the end?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: How could a cost-benefit analysis possibly prove that leasing, that is, paying the mortgage for 25 years while not ending up with an asset at the end, is a better option?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: That is a very different thing. How is the cost-benefit analysis done with regard to value for money if the option to lease is not compared with the option to build or buy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023) Catherine Murphy: Does this cost-benefit analysis mean anything if that option is not on the table?