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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension levy is tax-deductible for those working in the public service. [54224/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (17 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding payment of the property tax. [54225/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy on the use of catchment areas as a criterion for school enrolment; if schools are permitted to have an admission policy that does not include catchment area; and if he envisages that the new legislation on admissions will make catchment area a compulsory criterion in school admission policies, either ranked or not ranked....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Events (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed bid to host the Rugby World Cup. [54335/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding being provided to sports in 2013 and to compare this to recent years. [54336/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to request the Revenue Commissioners to issue receipts to those paying the property tax in 2013 so as to ensure complete records for the purposes of future house sales and so on and that receipts are being issued for 2014. [54869/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is her understanding that all the recommendations in the recent Government commissioned OECD report on the pension system here will be implemented, and whether or not she believes that the new pension changes regarding single and double insolvency issues need to be amended so that they are similar to those protections for pensioners and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies Funding (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the liability assumed by the State on behalf of the ESB pension fund: and if this liability will be reflected in the national accounts or on the ESB’s balance sheet. [54868/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing and arranging Health Service Executive physiotherapy appointments in the Pembroke-South Dock area. [54856/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: On that point, I agree with the request made. At a previous meeting we spoke about the need to increase resources for the committee to assist it in doing its work. Is there an update in this regard?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. I was not thinking so much about the Comptroller and Auditor General's office but about the staff of the Committee of Public Accounts. The Chairman said for the HSE alone we could have a standing Committee of Public Accounts meeting week after week because there is so much to do. If we have a more thorough investigation into NAMA next year there...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Does this mean everything is in order with the pension scheme? We heard previously that additional percentages were paid as an add-on simply for processing the money. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Does Ms Daly understand the point Mr. Kiely was trying to make when he was with us previously?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (19 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Someone used the expression - I will not attribute it to him - that it involved the operation of a phantom pension fund to benefit the Mater hospital not to any individual. He felt it was not appropriate and I think he said he tried to raise the issue but had been asked not to pursue it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Will Mr. McDonagh describe this mechanism?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Would the complaint be notified to Mr. McDonagh?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: To date, the compliance officer has not had to do so in respect of any employee of NAMA.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: We discussed the issue of gardening leave at our previous meeting with NAMA representatives when we heard the options available were for three or six months, depending on the individual in question. Mr. McDonagh indicated that, following an internal legal review, the minimum period of gardening leave would be extended to six months. Why was the decision taken to increase the minimum period...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: We discussed this issue in detail in September. Will Mr. McDonagh confirm that the review that resulted in gardening leave being extended to six months had nothing to do with concerns arising from what was taking place in NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: On the valuation of loans being transferred to NAMA from IBRC, is the same process being applied to these loans as was applied to the original NAMA loan book in 2009?