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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: The growing areas are worse off because they are compensating for areas that could not be made worse off. I understand there has to be a social transfer. I understand all of that. It is not true to say no area is worse off, as some counties are worse off because they are growing. I would also like to ask about the development contributions that were capped. Councils could only spend what...

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: Some of them have money in the bank and they are not allowed to spend it.

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: Do we know how much it is?

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 hope I will get it separately from Mr. McCarthy. In his opening statement, Mr. McCarthy spoke about the 13,375 who had their household needs met under the programme in 2015. I presume some of that would have come from the housing assistance payment, HAP.

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: It is a recurring cost and it is temporary. Most would be accounted for by long-term leasing and not much by new house builds.

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: Yes.

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: They are not necessarily new because if they are transferred from rent supplement to HAP, they are not new people. It is a new transaction.

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: The bulk of this is a recurring cost, a temporary, albeit a little more secure, arrangement.

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: Much of this is like a three card trick, the motor tax fund, Irish Water and property tax. There are more three card tricks in this Department than in any other. It gives the impression that 13,375 people have a permanent housing solution, but that is not necessarily the case. There is a very significant reliance on existing housing stock to satisfy that housing need through the HAP and...

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: Some local authorities, and Mr. McCarthy said these are mainly in the big urban centres and commuter belt areas, are allowed to hold on to 80% of their local property tax but they are told that a portion of that 80% must be spent on housing and roads. Is that not correct?

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 this clear: at a given time it was decided that they could hold onto 80%. Can they retain more than the 80% if it is spent on roads or housing? I am not clear at all about what Mr. McCarthy is saying.

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: It is.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide more performance spaces and exhibition spaces using properties held by NAMA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11719/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the system used in determining approvals during the assessment process of the creative arts and culture capital scheme 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11717/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (7 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty collected, by amount and fuel category, on light oil, heavy oil, liquified petroleum gas and substitute fuels in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 28 February 2017, the reason his Department acted as a guarantor for a bank (details supplied) regarding the €10 billion facility deed from the Central Bank; the purpose and or intended use of the €10 billion facility deed, in view of his Department's involvement; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to establish dedicated units in each Department to deal with Brexit; when recruitment will commence to fill those units with the appropriate expertise; if the positions will be advertised and recruited by the Public Appointments Service; when he expects the Brexit units to be fully functioning; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (7 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to reconvene the all-party consultation group for the decade of centenaries programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11771/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (7 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the consultation process regarding temporary absence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (7 Mar 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 787. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase capacity on commuter trains from all regions surrounding Dublin; if he has satisfied himself that Irish Rail are utilising their full complement of rolling stock at peak times; his plans to increase the amount of rolling stock available to Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11600/17]