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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: How much does the Minister think is available in savings in CIE which can be spent on the provision of public transport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I have said on the record that we have industrial relations machinery in the State. I am not asking the Minister to become involved in the industrial relations. However, the parties must have something to negotiate. There must be the funds to negotiate. Other than that, what the Minister said in his opening statement about low wages and so forth is nonsense. If the only thing that is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 15 November 2016, the status of a pilot scheme for the re-opening of Garda stations; if the six stations for re-opening on a pilot basis in line with the commitment in the programme for a partnership Government have been identified; the dates on which they will re-open; if the wider review being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of children on local authority housing lists according to the last count, by authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10821/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the basis on which the qualifying income thresholds for local authorities are set; when these were last set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10822/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of landlords who have dropped out of the rental accommodation scheme in each of the past three years, by authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10823/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Archives (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider establishing a consolidated mechanism for record keeping, in view of the fact that Government Departments, State agencies and the broader public service are responsible for their own off-site file storage and archiving arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's role in providing financial assistance to any other Department's Brexit unit; his consideration of the costs associated with each Department's Brexit unit when allocating each Department's annual budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11064/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs associated with his Department's Brexit unit; the number of staff allocated to that unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11065/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amounts collected per year from every tolled road here, broken down by annual toll amount collected per toll facility for the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10825/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Private Partnerships Cost (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in 2015 and 2016 in respect of public private partnership, PPP, operational payments as compensation to PPP companies in view of the fact that toll income was less than anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10826/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Private Partnerships Data (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to tolling companies in respect of shadow tolls per year for the past five years, broken down by company and toll locations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10832/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Have they come back to us on the other issue that they were written to about?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It must be a month since we wrote to them on that issue. They had sent a fairly light reply.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is totally unsatisfactory, and we should badger them for that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Are uncollected winnings held or are they transferred somewhere?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I believe a discussion of the children's hospital is on the timetable.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I want to get it into my head about how things actually happen, for example, in relation to motor tax. I believe that was ring-fenced in 1997 for the local government fund. In fact, many things were bundled together at that point, including the abolition of water charges and property tax at the same time. This was being made into the local government fund and ring-fenced for that. Funds...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will deal with that separately. Perhaps Mr. McCarthy would just concentrate on the motor tax fund.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: What goes into Irish Water now? I believe that €1.1 billion is collected in motor tax and less than that amount goes into Irish Water.