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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: English Language Training Organisations (17 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence which has arisen with students of a college (details supplied) and other similar institutions. [25667/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 757. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the involvement he has in the introduction of the new bus rapid transit between Blanchardstown and UCD; his views that the new BRT should be introduced in a way that makes the operation of the service compatible with pedestrian and cyclist safety in order that it does not have a negative impact on residents living in the city centre,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding hereditary angioedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (18 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update regarding his engagement with the National Transport Authority on the possibility of a pilot partial footpath parking scheme. [26318/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (24 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving disability allowance, illness benefit and invalidity pension this year, and every year since 1994, broken down by benefit category; the total number of persons in receipt of one or more of these allowances each year; and the total cost to the Exchequer for each of these years. [26734/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (24 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider making provision in regulations for the introduction of a new bike scheme (details supplied). [27013/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (25 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish definition of hatred as per the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 does not include gender as its basis, or gender identity or expression, as per EU law. [27580/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 191. To ask the Minister for Health when and the way the Health Service Executive is to clear the waiting list for bariatric surgery in Loughlinstown weight management clinic; if additional funding will be provided; and if he is committed to reducing the waiting list for bariatric surgery to a maximum of one year [27570/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sporting Events (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed bid for the Rugby World Cup. [27316/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sporting Events (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Will the Minister give an update on the proposed bid for the Rugby World Cup in 2023?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sporting Events (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: The Minister of State has been doing a good deal of work on this exciting project and it is progressing very well from what we have heard. He said in his reply that he expects to receive a report in the summer. Does that mean we can expect to see it in July or is it more likely to be in August or September? Do we know what that report will look like? Will it be one that will say "Yes, we...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sporting Events (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: We are well placed to make a bid. It is good to know that the International Rugby Board will publish the criteria in 2016 because we will have already completed the work and know if we are ready to make a bid. Has there been any discussion yet of funding or is it too early for it?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the performance of the tourism sector here to date in 2014, in comparison to the previous two years and projecting forward for the rest of the year, including the increased numbers in employment. [27315/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide assurances that he will not allow banks here to impose any further increases in variable rate mortgages while the ECB rate remains as low as it is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27629/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering regulating the live-in au pair market as in other European countries in order to reduce the occurrence of abuse in the sector; if her attention has been drawn to the exploitation in the live-out au pair market where au-pairs regularly have no protection due to the fact that this type of employment tends to subsidise...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Mr. McCarthy and his officials are very welcome to the committee. Mr. McCarthy is probably aware that over the past three years this committee has been back and forth with his predecessor on the Poolbeg incinerator project. That is the issue I wish to address with Mr. McCarthy today. To date, about €108 million has been committed to that project over a ten-year period. The...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Everyone who has looked at this project, from Europe to the Capita report and the local government audit services, has had a problem with it. The costs have now gone over €100 million but nothing has been built. It has been delayed for ten years. At what point will the Department look at this properly, given that it is the biggest local authority under the Department's remit?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I do not wish to cut across Mr. McCarthy but he talks about accountability and how the CEOs will consult with councillors. The responsibility rests with the managers, however, not with the councillors. That is because this is not a function for councillors but for the management. Mr. McCarthy is talking about a figure of just under €100 million but which will, by the end of July, be...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: They said that to us. We know that one of the conflict of interest cases with Europe concerns how the tender was awarded to the initial consortium that came in with the local authority. There have been massive problems on the private financial side over a number of years, hence the delays. Departmental officials know that but still they have not intervened. We know that the value for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: It has still to be adjudicated on at European level.