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

Catherine Murphy: 392. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of driving licence centres in the State, broken down by the number of licences issued in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date 2013; if his attention has been drawn to delays in the issuance of new licences in any particular locations; if he will provide a list of average waiting times for the issuance of new...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Safety Issues (19 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources being made available from his Department to address serious problems at level crossings at each point on the Connolly to Maynooth railway line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54933/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the delegates for responding speedily to the request to appear before the committee. I want to elaborate on some of the questions already asked. What has probably taken most of us by surprise is the extent of the need for external consultants. It would be very useful for us to see the scoping document that would have been presented. The delegates might let us know whether this is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It would be very useful to have the scoping documents and some time to go through them, followed by a further range of questions. This goes back to the central point of what capacity was available. I accept that no one knows who will tender for a project. Mr. Tierney spoke about how unfortunate it was that these matters were compressed into a short timeframe. Does Mr. Tierney have a view...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I will go to another range of questions. In respect of the €2 billion, it is the language of government. I am always keen to look at the exact words you are using. There is a €2 billion saving to the Exchequer. That saving also factors in income from a source. For example, it is turning citizens into customers for the want of a description. Could the witnesses tell us the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: On the sum of €2 billion - tell me what is in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Does it include domestic customers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Is the figure of €80 million plus in consultancy fees the extent of the consultancy fees that will be signed off on or required to complete the set-up project? Is a PR component included in that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: From the outline here, from page 11 on, it is clear the Department was fully aware all along that it was signing off on amounts, so it should not have come as a surprise that very significant amounts of money were being expended and drawn down. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The fact that we are discussing this in retrospect is part of the problem. We need freedom of information because there is a lack of transparency in how we do things. Whether one can have full transparency here is another matter. It is clear that we did not know, but the Department knew, there were very sizeable amounts and I will not ask the witnesses to comment on that because, as they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I have a number of questions. Going back to the savings to the Exchequer, the witnesses stated there was a hybrid model and some of that includes payments directly from the Exchequer towards the capital works. It is only a saving to the Exchequer if there is an actual saving, through procurement, etc., or through additional charges. That is the relevant point. One could end up with a good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: What of the oversight of the quality of the work?

Private Members' Business - Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister, Deputy Hogan, said on television last night that the committee was told in advance - when representatives of Bord Gáis came before it on 6 November 2012 - that consultants were to be appointed. I would like to remind the House of what the committee was told on that occasion:With regard to resources, Bord Gáis Energy is being sold. The billing system we use in Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (15 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to seek a relaxation of the public service embargo for recruitment for the post of Head of Genealogy and Chief Herald at the National Library; if consideration has been given to the self-funding nature of this post; his plans to amend legislation that requires that such a post is filled from within the staffing of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (15 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the most up-to-date figures relating to the number of persons presently on local housing authority waiting lists, broken down by local authority and by age profile of applicants, by family status of applicants and by gender for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2073/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 542. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the settlement of claims made by survivors of Magdalen institutions, that where written records relating to survivors are utilised in the assessment of compensation, and where such records are disputed by the survivor concerned by means of affidavit, the way it is proposed to resolve these conflicts; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (21 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to forthcoming post-primary school plans for Maynooth, County Kildare, he will consider, on a pilot or temporary basis, the amalgamation of the two schools in view of the fact that no planned temporary school buildings will come under the board of management of Maynooth post-primary school; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (21 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister is aware of this issue. An existing post-primary school in Maynooth is in one of the areas identified as requiring additional capacity. Parents campaigned for the patronage of the new school, with the VEC and other potential patrons. They had an expectation that when the VEC was selected it would mean that there would be one large school in Maynooth. The parents’ group...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (21 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister said there will be two identities. This is one of the key issues which the parents’ group did not want. The current post-primary school in Maynooth has a great reputation with great progression to third level, on a par with the private school sector, while catering very well for students at the other end of the spectrum with special needs. The school is a good model....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (21 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I attended and was deeply involved in some of these well-attended public meetings. Together with the other Deputies, I was aware that people were very clear as to what they sought. There was no expectation that there would be two vertical schools within the community on a single campus and I note this is replicated nowhere else in the country. However, part of the fall-out from that...