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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: In this particular case the institution was covered. I will take that up separately. I have written to the Department and given information about the case to the Minister. One often looks at a case and wonders if it is replicated. That is the reason I raised that matter.

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It has been suggested that the draft heads of a new data protection Bill are on the way on foot of an EU regulation. Essentially, this relates to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. It has been reported that the new law proposes to exempt public sector bodies from huge administrative fines, except when they are competing against commercial interests. The State wants to exempt...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (16 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a site (details supplied) in County Kildare; the progress made to date by the IDA in attracting new business to the area; her plans for the site if the buildings formerly occupied by a company cannot be filled by a suitable employer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23034/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (16 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review of the Connect Ireland initiative; the provisions she has made for financial liability the State may face; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (16 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to address housing transfer lists in cases in which families have expanded and now find themselves in inadequate housing arrangements; the provision he has made in the Rebuilding Ireland action plan for these situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22791/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (16 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to address the cases of persons who availed of the house purchase loan scheme to purchase a home and are now in a situation in which their accommodation is no longer fit for purpose, that is, they do not have adequate sleeping and living arrangements as a family group; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the supports a person with a foetal alcohol spectrum disorder can avail of on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22793/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 365. To ask the Minister for Health if a person with borderline personality disorder may be admitted on a voluntarily or involuntarily basis to a psychiatric hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22794/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and treatments for persons who are diagnosed with borderline personality disorder on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22795/17]

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 to remove certain exemptions applying to the vacant site levy, to raise the rate applying the longer a site remains vacant, and to require the zoning and area of the site to be published on the vacant site register. I believe it is fair to say that we are living in the middle...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We are all in a unique position because we interact with the public all the time. One of the issues on people's minds is the cost of living. One of the major concerns is the cost of insurance and motor insurance is a significant factor in that context. The high cost of living has undermined the ability of many families to make ends meet. Motor insurance becomes one of those...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is welcome that amendment No. 85 specifies what form the consultation should take. There is a lot of box-ticking and I have spoken repeatedly about the Aarhus Convention and the right to be consulted, but it is a two-way process. Unless it is specified, it will not happen in that way. The very fact that an EIA would be required would indicate that there was a significant environmental...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will make two points. First, the right to be consulted is meaningless unless the Minister sets out how that consultation will happen. It has been my experience that it is very much a box ticking exercise and it is regrettable that this is not being expanded. Second, with regard to the extension of duration, it appears as if there will be no re-screening of an environmental impact...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will pick up on the last point on the Mahon tribunal. One of the central issues is a powerful, independent planning regulator. Many of the criticisms of tribunals were on the basis that they cost a fortune and there is never a consequence. Not only is there not a consequence for people who are found to be corrupt in many cases, but there is an inability to learn lessons. We will repeat...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to objective evidence and where the balance is struck between the Minister or the regulator, there is the supposition that it will be the same Minister all the time but there could be a great variety of different attitudes if the ministerial route is taken, as opposed to a regulator, which would create a consistency. That is absolutely required. The whole point in planning is to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We cannot have land use planning without transportation planning along with it. They have to be consistent with each other. Going back to the Dublin transportation initiative, for example, it was an exercise in land use and transportation planning. The problem was that we did not get delivery on the transport side. What we got was the other developments without the transport aspect....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ministerial permissions her Department has given to members of An Garda Síochána to open bank accounts for official purposes in the past 20 years, in tabular form; the reason for the account opening and the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23368/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Data (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of ministerial permissions his Department has given to members of An Garda Síochána to open bank accounts for official purposes since his Department was established by section and-or Garda division that received permission, in tabular form; the reason for the account opening and the year; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Mergers (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 2 May 2017, if the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has provided him with its report and recommendations on the proposed media merger involving the acquisition of sole control of a company (details supplied); if he will publish this report immediately; and if he will...