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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 498. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the National Competitiveness Council has undertaken an analysis of the potential impact a full Brexit will have on Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33498/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 499. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has requested the National Competitiveness Council to prepare an analysis of the potential impact of a full Brexit on Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33499/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputies Seamus Healy and Eamon Ryan. The issue of water has dominated the political agenda for the past number of years, not just because of the injustice of the charge and how it was couched but because of the very dishonest way it was implemented. I have said repeatedly in the House that this is not just about water. There are many reasons for the unrest....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the practice of online betting companies using software to track persons' online betting habits to target them for marketing purposes in view of the fact some betting companies claim the software is an anti-fraud measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33998/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to appoint a dedicated gambling regulator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33999/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for certificates of personal fitness from remote operators and terrestrial bookmakers not ordinarily resident in the State made in the past five years in tabular form broken down by company name and year; the number of successful applicants and the number of those refused; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for certificates of personal fitness from remote operators and terrestrial bookmakers resident in the State made in the past seven years in tabular form broken down by company name and year; the number of successful applicants; the number of those refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34006/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 110 and 111 of 2 November 2016, if he will consider the introduction of a method to record the information returned in VAT returns to include the identification of the yield from a particular activity and or product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33904/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Authority Staff (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason local government employees employed post January 2013 pay PRSI class K contributions and not A1 contributions; his plans to review this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33960/16]

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The Bill, while it contains some very welcome measures such as the increase in the old age pension and the income disregard for lone parents, as well as some other social protection measures, still begs the question as to what is the real value of the moneys for those who receive them. One may say the extra €5 for a pensioner is to be welcomed, but one quickly realises its value...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: People in such societies lived longer. This is the type of society to which we should aspire and that should be at the heart of what the social protection system aims to do. We must find ways to ensure that people can work because it matters that they work and see the benefit of same. Yesterday saw the result of the US election. Essentially, a man was elected who had run a campaign...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Fares (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The recently announced increases in suburban rail fares are due to come into effect on 1 December. The scale of some of the increases is sizable and disproportionately affects one train line. The original destination zones along the line from Maynooth to Dublin city centre showed a clear pattern of having been pushed out by one zone into a more expensive price structure. Leixlip was in...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Fares (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I thought the Minister would understand that.

Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Fares (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: There are three ways to fund public transport and I accept that there is a statutory function for the DTA. One way is to increase fares. The other element is to reduce costs and the third is subvention. A decision has been made in the absence of adequate subvention, but it is a short-term strategy. Getting people onto public transport will save money in the long term by virtue of the kind...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Fares (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It was disgracefully high.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I will not go back over a lot of the territory, except to agree with a number of points. Mr. Keinan, in relation to Brown Rudnick, is a critically important person in all of this, as is Mr. Ronnie Hanna. What it tends to suggest to me is the inconsistency of information that has been given by NAMA and what prompted the whole process in the first place, and obviously, Brown Rudnick is key to...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: -----was never agreed to by it. There is also the issue of whether there were other options or whether it considered all other options. It had not made a commitment, so why would it not have considered other options? I would like that particular aspect to be fleshed out a little more by the company.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Two entities were involved in working out distressed assets. IBRC was one and NAMA was the other. We have been constantly reassured by the Minister in the Dáil any time oversight of NAMA was raised that the Comptroller and Auditor General had a big team in it. I found it quite useful to hear about the practical work the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General does in NAMA. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The reason I raise IBRC is because process is something with which there is a comparison regarding-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Some witnesses stated that the expertise that was available to PIMCO became available to Fortress and Cerberus.