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Other Questions: NAMA Assets Sale (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It is very difficult to see how the optimum is achieved if people who want to purchase assets are removed. The bundling into very large portfolios at a time when the market was rising does not seem logical in terms of getting the optimum return. Was it considered at the time that the fallout from accelerating the sales would necessitate that kind of approach? We had moved a little bit away...

Other Questions: NAMA Assets Sale (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I am not saying they should not be bundled. It is very obvious that there can be an advantage in bundling assets for sale but some of the portfolios are so large that they are only attractive to very large investment funds from outside the State. It is hard to see how that brings the best value. Is the Minister happy that that was, in hindsight, the best approach and that it brought the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Assets Sale (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance when agreeing to shorten the duration of time for the disposal of National Asset Management Agency assets, what consideration was given as to the way those assets were bundled into tranches; if those tranches were designed for convenience of sale or for optimum return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17498/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to encourage relevant religious orders to contribute to the Magdalen restitution fund; the date of the last contact her Department had with each of these orders; the amount religious orders have contributed to date, if any; the nature of this contribution, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17772/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals to the staffing appeals boards that have been considered in the academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, in tabular form; the criteria under which they were either successful or unsuccessful; the number of schools that met with approval for additional teachers where they did not yet meet the criteria; the level under which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allocate funds to repair a school playground (details supplied) in County Kildare, which has been identified for repair since 2012; if he is aware that funding for such repairs was previously allocated but then withdrawn; if he is further aware that the condition of the playground area has deteriorated significantly to date, representing a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the balance of the summer works programme for schools will be announced; if funding for a school (details supplied) which has been applied for several times and is a risk to children due to its current condition will be considered in this context; the categories that will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the regulations and practices for breakfast and after-school clubs; if he will provide this extra provision as part of a school service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17828/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe in respect of a new school building for a school (details supplied); when the temporary building is expected to be in place; if both temporary and permanent arrangements are expected to be part of the same tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17884/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Arts in Education Charter (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to fully implement the Arts In Education Charter; the status of the implementation group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17900/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Arts in Education Charter (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of artist residencies provided within colleges of education with reference to the Arts In Education Charter; the location of these residencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17901/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent applications that have been refused in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form, stipulating the reason for their refusal; the county the property is situated in; the lender and the approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17701/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Rights (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended, as part of the examination of various housing legislation, to amend the forfeiture of Part IV tenancy rights where a tenant has been in a residential setting, for example a hospital, for over 30 days, and is then deemed to have forfeited their tenancy; if there is a plan to provide a service to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended as part of the administration of the housing assistance payment scheme that some households' contribution to the cost of a private rental part funded by the local authority brings that family under the minimum income threshold; to review this as part of the review of housing issues; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how many local authorities employ an arts officer; if posts are vacant whether they are subject to an embargo; if so, what locations do not have an arts officer because of the embargo; if so, if he is in dialogue with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the anomalies in the Gateway scheme that exist for families in respect of the number of children; if he is examining a review of the refusal to permit families to apply for additional income assistance through family income supplement; if he is aware it financially disadvantages a person with more than two children to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the innovations being made to engage those prior participants of the one-parent family payment scheme whose children are now older in preparation for their re-engagement with the workforce; the vocational training available to them through his Department's schemes; the sector-specific workforce areas that are engaged in providing vocational...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will put in place, following the recommendations of the report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness launched on 17 June 2016, in respect of raising the rent supplement limits throughout the counties and specifically in respect of north County Kildare, which is outside the Dublin Region Homeless Executive's area but where...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 206. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the vacant posts on the board of the National Museum will be filled; the reason for the delay in appointing members to this board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17848/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Plan (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 208. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will publish the promised plan for the arts; her plans to publish the plan as a draft and seek further consultation; the areas the plan will cover; if estimated costings for implementation will be included; if there will be a commitment by the Government to fund the various elements of the plan; and if she will make a...