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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Deferrals (13 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of deferrals on payment of property tax granted in 2015; the total amount involved; the interest rate applicable to such deferrals; the period for which deferrals were permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1420/16]

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: What of public services?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (14 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 15 July 2014, the schedule and periodic amounts, under which the proceeds of the sale of the Central Bank of Ireland's €25 billion floating rate notes and €3.4 billion fixed coupon 2025 bonds acquired following the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation were disposed of since that date;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System Offences (14 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form, for each month from 1 January 2014 to date, the number of gardaí driving Garda vehicles who have been issued with penalty points and the number of gardaí who have been exempted from penalty points because they were issued for instances where they were driving a Garda vehicle while on duty; and if she will...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: An error was made when the names were sent. Deputies Healy, Paul Murphy and I propose to take the remaining time in the slot.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I will focus mainly on the Government counter-proposal, which describes the transformation of the Department of Social Protection. There is no doubt it has transformed but elements have not transformed for the better. I will draw attention to a few of them. The €70 million contract awarded to a UK company in respect of JobPath is absolutely outrageous. The jobs are being created...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Vacancies on State Boards (19 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 489. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a final decision will be taken regarding the vacancy on the Irish Film Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2188/16]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Statements (21 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I regret there is so little time available for this debate. As the Whip for the Technical Group, I have been raising it at the Whips' meeting for more than six months. During the last throes of this Government and Dáil, we are being allowed a tiny amount of time to talk about this significant issue. The Social Democrats and I accept that as small, open economy Ireland is required to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (26 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) was not informed when commencing payment of pay-related social insurance contributions at the age of 59 years that the person would be ineligible for a State contributory pension on reaching the relevant age; if a person's work as a home-maker is covered under the home-maker's' scheme; and if she...

Social Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Language is one of the first things one gets caught out on in politics. I recall the first time it happened to me. Soon after I was elected to the council in Kildare I received several letters from the county engineer in which he repeatedly told me that things were "desirable". I thought that meant the matters would be resolved. Then I discovered that "desirable" meant that the council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to the investment that must be made, it is correct that it is done in a way that is strategic, but one of the problems is that some very large developers are sitting on land that is zoned and that gives rise to difficulties when an investment is made and where there is capacity in the treatment plants, in particular in the capital, or where there is available water. If such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: If there is no infrastructural impediment to developing the land and the developer is sitting on it while waiting for the value to increase, essentially there is a double cost in terms of the provision of infrastructure in that it must be provided elsewhere while there is existing capacity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 (Section 44) (Variation of Indemnity Amount) Order 2016: Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (27 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It is important to have as broad a range of exhibits as possible. Not everybody has the money to leave the country. From a citizen’s perspective but also from a tourist’s perspective, the more vibrant our cultural institutions are, the better. Surveys by Fáilte Ireland show that a significant number of people come here for a cultural offering. Have there been exhibits...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Over the lifetime of the Government a number of serious concerns have been raised about probity and accountability. Today I want to discuss yet another which I believe merits scrutiny. This is the awarding of the call centre work for Irish Water to the Cork-based company Abtran. The Tánaiste will recall that Abtran got the contract for the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI,...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I acknowledge that both of those Bills are very important, but "speedy" is not a word I would use in respect of some entities that are covered under freedom of information. It is not all of them; some Departments are good, but others are not. For example, the Irish Water call centre contract falls just outside the timeframe for freedom of information requests by a number of weeks. I can...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I find myself in an awkward position in that I, personally, would agree to it but there would be a variety of views on Technical Group.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: For that reason, I do not think the Technical Group would agree to it.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Can I ask, to be helpful, that the Tánaiste at least give me time to consult?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards Data (2 Feb 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Taoiseach the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4624/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards Data (2 Feb 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment, through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4623/16]