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- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (16 May 2023)
Catherine Murphy: 279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which it is expected to complete the Block J Refurbishment at Garda HQ; the contractor engaged for the delivery of the project; the total budget associated with the project; if the project includes fit-out and related items; if he will clarify whether a new telecommunications mast will be fixed to Block J...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (16 May 2023)
Catherine Murphy: 280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs incurred to date in respect of Clyde House, Blanchardstown, in the context of leasing the property; the date on which it is now expected that full occupancy will take place; and the total duration of the lease. [22463/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parking Provision (16 May 2023)
Catherine Murphy: 474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to the IMMA in respect of additional car parking spaces for staff based at the new Military Road Garda building; and if he will clarify whether the OPW has entered into a long-term lease for the car parking spaces or whether it is an annual renewal with the IMMA. [22464/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (16 May 2023)
Catherine Murphy: 493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 17 November 2022, the number of fatal road traffic collisions in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of drivers involved per year; the number of drivers in which the status of their driver licence or learner permit is unknown; and if he will make a...
- Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)
Catherine Murphy: The CSO published the summary report for census 2022 yesterday. We know that households are required by law to fill in the census. They are routinely told that this is done in order to provide and plan for services. Those services do not take account of tenure type, but it matters. There have been big changes in recent years, particularly in build-to-rent schemes. In 2022, for example,...
- Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Says the biggest landlord in the Dáil.
- Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)
Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this debate. Undoubtedly, there need to be serious sanctions for those who involve children in criminal activity. I have concerns about some aspects of the Bill, which I will highlight shortly. The estimate that approximately 1,000 children are being exploited in this way cannot be ignored, but it is a complex matter. Where the involvement of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: On that point, has a cost-benefit analysis been done and, if so, has leasing been included as well as HAP and RAS? Leasing is very current. I can see it in my area, where a whole estate may be leased. This is being done for 25 years, with a rent review every four years, at almost market rents, and then the house will be returned to the developer after it has been refurbished before the end...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: When a cost-benefit analysis is being done, have aspects I described been counted in? Have the costs of HAP, RAS and leasing been considered?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: Mr. Doyle is clearly not going to answer the question in relation to cost-benefit analysis in respect of HAP and RAS
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: I am sorry, Mr. Doyle, even if I had 20 minutes, it would not be enough time, so I am going to move on. I do not understand why the leasing was even permitted in the first place. I cannot imagine how a cost-benefit analysis, in a time when the Department has been not constrained, would have found this to be an appropriate policy position. I will leave the matter there. On social homes,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: There are tiny numbers in proportion to the crisis. This is not a new crisis but one that has been going on for years. Mr. Doyle opened his comments today by talking about the underspend, which is very hard to comprehend at a time when we have targets below the housing need. The Taoiseach has said we have a deficit of 250,000 houses. The targets in place now are below this need, and we...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: I reiterate that in this environment I think it is criminal to see an underspend, but I will move on because, as I said, the time is very short. Regarding the first home schemes, Mr. Doyle mentioned the areas where the pressure is acute, including Dublin, Cork, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. I suspect there are very few of these properties in Dublin city and that they are in the Fingal,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: Yes, and I am looking for information on the other one as well, the help-to-buy scheme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: If the witnesses would, please, because it is very relevant. Essentially, the population is being dispersed. I used these statistics in the Dáil yesterday. In the 1996 census Dublin city accounted for 13% of the national population; it accounts for 11.5% now. The population is decreasing, it is a different type of population and there is a duplication in terms of providing services,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: I could have predicted that, but it would be very useful to have the evidence. May I ask Mr. Doyle about something we addressed very briefly at the last meeting he was at, namely his own salary claim? Is that resolved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: So it is not resolved.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: Apart from Mr. Doyle, why should there be a separate process for particular grades in the public service over and above public service pay agreements?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: How come there is even a potential pay claim then?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023) Catherine Murphy: To be honest with Mr. Doyle, the reason I ask the question is that there is another Secretary General for whom there is a very different arrangement, and there has been a concern about knock-on consequences. This is not just for other Secretaries General, but if it starts at the top, are there consequences then for feeding down where there is a particular level? Is there an assistant...