Results 24,581-24,600 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I always think legitimate expectation tends to be for the upper echelons. I have heard that on numerous occasions with regard to legitimate expectation. I would imagine there would be a degree of legitimate expectation and that there would be an increase if something is fully funded.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: It might not be the only semi-State body but certainly if we deal with this one, it may well help us with another one.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: And the commission with responsibility for energy.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Unaffordable housing, was it?

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: We can come up with all sorts of reasons why house prices are so high in this country but I do not see any real attempt to drive them down. This is an island off the west coast of Europe and there is a need to bring in materials and all the rest so, in terms of a comparison, I will look at average house prices on the island. In Dublin, the average house price is €436,000....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Turkish Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2023. [40121/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to appoint a cultural officer to the Embassy in Canberra, Australia. [40122/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current up-to-date position regarding a new coastguard building in Howth; and the amount that has been spent on this project to date. [40114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new bus drivers recruited by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [40115/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of counterfeit prescription drugs and narcotics seized by customs officials at privately owned and State airports and ports of entry and exit that were passed to the HPRA for examination; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [40692/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2024 of reducing the 2% USC rate to persons earning between €12,012.01 and €22,920 to 1%, and for persons earning between €22,920.01 to €70,044, to reduce that 4.5% USC rate to 4%; and the number of persons who would benefit in both bands. [40116/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Compulsory Purchase Orders (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to use a compulsory purchase order in respect of lands at Castletown House in Celbridge County Kildare; if he has engaged with landowners regarding maintaining access from the M4 side of the grounds for public access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39854/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the methodology used by the working group in respect of the review of the allocation of baseline funding in the context of LPT; if he will clarify whether the census of population data were used; the census year the data derived from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39598/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance and State pension (contributory) as of August 2023; and the total spend on each payment in August 2023. [40127/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 710. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda members in each roads policing unit, by Garda division, in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40463/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the total amount paid by the State to a company (details supplied) each year since the start of its most recent contract for its services in monitoring and enforcing speed limits on State roads. [39581/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are minimum quotas or targets that operators of a company (details supplied) must meet in terms of recording speeding vehicles; if so, what these quotas are; and the way in which are they determined. [39583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to have 1400cc motorcycles in use in the Garda fleet; and the number of moped bikes in the fleet. [40118/23]