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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: One of the key issues for me is that people will have availability of water without necessarily having to pay for it. Obviously, there would be a limit on that, which is what I was attempting to do. It is difficult to deal with these two pieces of legislation separately because one is judging one piece without having the detail of the other. This has been mentioned by others here today....

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I am not talking about poverty proofing but about changing a culture. Clearly, I would be concerned about low-income families. We keep taking money out of the pockets of a lot of these families. This is an environmental issue. It is about changing a culture and people being very careful about their water usage. This is not about poverty proofing. The idea of a free allowance is to allow...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I refer to the relationship between the roads authority and Irish Water when it is established. I ask whether licences will be required and the arrangements for the restoration of road surfaces. Other costs will be incurred if the work is not carried out correctly, as well as great frustrations.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The National Roads Authority will not make the final decision; that will be a decision for the local authorities with regard to most of the roads. Houses will not generally be constructed along national primary routes. This will be an additional oversight responsibility for local authorities which may result in a resourcing issue. In many cases because of the recruitment embargo there is a...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I would just like to indicate that Deputy Tom Fleming tabled amendment No. 11 in my name.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: On the section, the 1983 Act introduced water services; it was the service charges. The 1997 Act discontinued those charges. Is that correct?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: In terms of what it did, the 1983 Act introduced service charges as a water and bin collection charge.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The 1997 Act abolished those.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: If we agree with this measure, therefore, we are-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: An individualised allowance would be quite important. I agree with the thrust of what is being proposed by Deputy Stanley but there will be situations in which there is an exceptional need for water supply - for example, for people on kidney dialysis and for children with disabilities. It cannot be about people going around scrounging for extra water supply. As was said earlier, we are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (28 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy in 2012; the sum collected under the levy in the same period; the number of persons that are declared non-resident for tax purposes; the number of these that would qualify for the domicile levy in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10496/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Legal Cases (28 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the legal actions that were underway against Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time of its entering into special liquidation; the total amount spent by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on legal fees defending against such actions; the projected cost to the State of resolving such action; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Passports (28 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the change in criteria regarding the issuing and holding of diplomatic passports; the number and names of former officer-holders and others for whom holding such passports are no longer allowed; the circumstances in which passports were issued until the change in criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10746/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (28 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in respect of the low income subsidy granted to some holders of local authority shared-ownership loans, his attention has been drawn to the fact that the subsidy is assessed by local authorities at a single point in the calendar year, that as a result the benefit is often not available to persons who would otherwise...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I will be sharing time with Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Joan Collins and Clare Daly. We would much rather more time but the guillotine is being imposed to allow the Revenue Commissioners to send out tens of thousands of letters to people, most of whom are already prepared for it. The reason there is no vote today is because the Government does not want to debate the Bill. It is...

Meath East By-election: Issue of Writ (5 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the moving of the writ for the Meath East by-election. We have seen the last of the protracted delays that were a feature of the past in terms of the holding of by-elections, which is a product of the court ruling in the case taken by Deputy Pearse Doherty. With the late Shane McEntee, I was elected in a previous by-election in March 2005, a day which held fond memories for us...

Meath East By-election: Issue of Writ (5 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: It is hard to see how this will not feature as a major issue, particularly in households which are up to their tonsils in debt and, because of recent large-scale development in Meath East, may have forked out huge sums in stamp duty which will not form part of the expected exemptions. The by-election will be seen as an opportunity to make a statement on the performance of the Government, as...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: That there is such an inadequate amount of time is the nub of the problem. Some of us went to the trouble of framing amendments in good faith, but there is no good faith in dealing with them. Even the Title of the Bill belies its intent, as there is nothing local about the tax. It is not raised locally, the money spent will only replace the money withdrawn from the local government fund...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (5 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending to the highly populated area of north Kildare the same provision for the highly populated portion of County Wicklow in which residents may avail of rent assistance at the Dublin rent limit level; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10958/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Enterprise Initiatives (5 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will develop a dedicated youth entrepreneur fund along the lines of the proposal submitted to her by a youth council (details supplied); if she has considered preparing a list of projects that could potentially be funded from the recent financial commitment by EU leaders to tackle youth unemployment whether as part of a wider scheme or not; and...