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Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (26 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the relationship framework, which governed the interactions between his Department and the former management and board of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, prior to its liquidation; if he will indicate the precise financial thresholds under the framework which would have triggered mandatory consultation in advance of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (26 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extra staffing that has been put in place to administer the forthcoming introduction of the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme; the number, and the locations; the amount that has been allocated for this; the new information and communications technology systems that have been put in place to administer the scheme; and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the perilous funding situation of an organisation (details supplied), which conducts vital suicide prevention work in the community; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that funding to tackle suicide has never been of more critical need, considering the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made in respect of which organisations formerly in receipt of Pobal funding and now in receipt of associated bridging funding will continue to be awarded funding; the amount that will be allocated; the number of organisations in receipt of bridging funding; the number that have applied for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (26 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he appointed any persons to the board of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland without a recruitment competition; if so, the reason for same; if he is satisfied that all persons on the compliance committee of the board of the authority have no conflicts of interest, in adjudicating complaints made against...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that her Department, by instructing schools to collect and hold personal data relating to primary school students and their family backgrounds, under the primary online database scheme, is not exposing those schools to potential legal difficulties; if, in view of Government legislative proposals relating to data sharing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on removing the cap for enrolment at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for the next three years until construction of new school buildings is complete; the number of parents of pupils of the school concerned that have initiated appeals under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 concerning enrolments; if she will arrange a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency has conceded that Ireland will fail to achieve its binding EU 2020 greenhouse gas reduction target by as much as 15%, the financial contingency planning he is putting in place to cover this eventuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9222/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the perilous funding situation of an organisation (details supplied) which conducts vital suicide prevention work in the community; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that funding to tackle suicide has never been of more critical need, considering that the number of suicides reached its highest ever number...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will itemise the public car parks at each acute Health Service Executive hospital and voluntary hospital in the State; the private companies which operate them, where applicable; the income derived through car park fees and clamping activities at each carpark; if his attention has been drawn to any case where the proceeds derived accrue to hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Down syndrome has been added to the list of disabilities for which individual resource teaching hours is automatically provided; if she will provide an update on the roll-out of this scheme, which was committed to one year ago; the amount her Department has spent in legal challenges brought by parents seeking such resource hours prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of days that elapsed between the coming into operation of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013, generally, and the commencement of the statutory authority of Irish Water to issue and collect composite connection charges under section 8 of the same Act; if section 8 still is in effect at this date; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the levying of a composite connection charge by Irish Water is consistent with Ireland’s obligations under the Aarhus directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9117/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the rationale for the absence of greenhouse gas reduction targets in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015 is that Ireland already is subject to binding European Union targets, and that the Minister is on record as stating these same targets are unrealistic and unachievable...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the Minister. Discussion of this matter is welcome as it pretty much dominates our daily routines. For example, this morning six new families visited my constituency office. All of them told me they will be out the door of their accommodation within the next week or two. Also, there are people with families who are homeless.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The problem is out of control in some places and, therefore, it is important that it get the necessary attention. Just as there are two Irelands in terms of the recovery, there are two Irelands in terms of the housing issues. Six local authorities make up exactly half of the housing waiting list - three in Dublin, the two Cork authorities and the Kildare authority. Their prospective...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. People may not be sleeping rough, but what I have described is homelessness none the less.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. A family may no longer live together or they may be split up, so they are at risk of being made homeless as they will be out of their accommodation in the next two weeks. If one can captures statistics on a problem then one can deal with the matter. Some local authorities have a different way of capturing such information than others. We need a constant way of capturing the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: By auctioneers and so on. Some auctioneers will say part of the reason they do not encourage people to engage in RAS or rent assistance is due to the red tape involved. Therefore, the schemes need to be simplified. The number of people on waiting lists differs from area to area, as do the staffing ratios in local authorities. Some authorities have the ability to deal with an additional...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: That is the way to approach this. Can the Minister give me the number of people who have moved from RAS to HAP and from rent allowance to HAP? An issue that has not been specifically addressed here is the delay in the PRTB process, which causes problems for landlords and tenants. That matter needs to be addressed.