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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There are issues. We should put it on that list. Local authorities are not even applying when they have viable projects because they cannot spend the money within the timeframe.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: One of the matters we engaged with the OPW on before was the number of vacant properties it had. It would be useful to return to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Are any special reports due in the upcoming period?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Why is that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: When are the accounts of Irish Water due?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: If they are cleared, will they be published then?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It would be optimistic to think we would deal with them on this side of the recess.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is a very sizeable amount of money and I would like to see them here.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities completed a review into local government last October. I raised this issue in November and have raised it in parliamentary questions subsequently. The report was scathing. It found, not surprisingly, that Ireland has the most centralised system of local decision making and referred to the balance of power between the...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There are a large number of charities and many of them are performing functions that really are public services. Many if not all of them rely on the ability to fundraise. Very essential services are being provided. It is important to get a balance in all of this. I would be generally supportive of the Bill but we must know exactly, but we cannot have unintended consequences such as ending...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I am speaking to amendment No. 83, which relates to advertising directly related to charity fundraising activities for not-for-profit organisations. I would like to pick up on Deputy Doherty's point. Palliative care should be paid for out of direct taxation. It should not be down to communities to have to do fundraising for such an essential service. Unfortunately, so many of our...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Accident Investigations (23 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 146. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of unpublished military air accident investigation reports that exist covering the years 1990 to date in 2024. [17604/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (23 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of locations at which 23 noise measuring systems will be located by the DAA as directed by the Airport Noise Competent Authority; the projected annual cost of each installation per location; and if he and or his officials engaged with or consulted with either the DAA and or the ANCA in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (23 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified in 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024, by county; the number who surrendered their licence to the Road Safety Authority in 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024, following disqualification, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18115/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (23 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken in respect of the provision of premiums by insurance companies to persons in homes that are not designated as a flood risk; and if his attention has been drawn to instances in which insurance companies are refusing to provide cover in instances in which OPW flood maps clearly identify areas as not being in a flood area. [17554/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (23 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with insurance providers in respect of their lack of consistency regarding the way in which and the grounds on which they refuse to provide insurance cover in areas that are not identified as flood risk by the OPW in the context of their mapping and modelling of flood risk areas. [17556/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (23 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps a person can take in instances where home insurance providers will not take into consideration remedial flood works as a mitigation when quoting and-or providing persons with premiums for their home and-or business. [17560/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (23 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify whether the ISIF holds Israeli government bonds; if so, if he will provide details of same, including their value; and if the ISIF no longer holds such bonds, whether he will provide the date on which they were divested from and the rationale for same.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18093/24]