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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are investigating financial matters relating to its brief at Templemore college in view of the ongoing issues relating to the audit report that were discussed at the Committee of Public Accounts over the past two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23721/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons who presented as homeless and were placed in emergency accommodation on a quarterly basis by county in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23765/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons who presented as homeless and were placed in emergency accommodation per county, on a quarterly basis in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23834/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons and households that presented as homeless and were not placed in emergency and-or temporary accommodation due to lack of supply on a quarterly basis by county in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses that were purchased on the open market by local authorities for the provision of social housing by each local authority by county in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23778/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Land Acquisition (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the land acquired by the State in Lucan Demesne and St. Catherine's Park has been retained by the OPW or has been transferred in part or all to Fingal, South Dublin and Kildare County Councils; if a plan was provided by all three local authorities to the OPW; if so, when; if there are restrictions as to developments that may be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Data Protection (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the practice by a company (details supplied) that profiles members of the public, including minors, without their consent or an option of opting into its practice; his views on the fact that the information gleaned on minors may be passed onto other third parties; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which moneys collected from toll roads are paid to the Exchequer by amount and road tolled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23588/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Legal Costs (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount incurred in legal fees and associated costs (details supplied) to date in 2017 regarding the Commercial Court action on tendering for the M50 toll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23592/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: These services were designed to provide for a particularly vulnerable group. Survivors bring up the issues of the legal costs and the fact that it was supposed to be mediated, along with other overheads. When an organisation is asked a specific question by the Committee of Public Accounts and does not answer it, the only conclusion we can draw is that the organisation does not want to...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I was establishing the composition of Bord na gCon's debt when proceedings were interrupted to allow a vote to take place last week. There is a debt arising in Limerick greyhound stadium and another debt carried on overdraft which was related to the site. Is the overdraft facility still in place or is the overdraft now a loan?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I presume the Limerick loan was the hard core one.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We were told at the previous meeting that if Bord na gCon did not sell the Harold's Cross track, it would be forced to do so. The Department of Education and Skills has since made an offer for the site which is going through a process. We found out since the last meeting that the site is valued at approximately €23 million, which is close to the figure for Bord na gCon's current...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: In that case, the valuation exceeds the liability. In terms of the pension deficit of approximately €8 million, where is that factored in?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Has Bord na gCon ceased the defined benefit arrangement?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: To go back to the Department of Education and Skills, it appeared the Department looked at the site in advance of it becoming known that it could be subject to sale. Did Bord na gCon have other people look at it or did the Department of Education and Skills make contact? How did that happen? Who made contact? How did the Department know about it?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Was that 23 March 2017?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: According to a letter the committee has received from the Department of Education and Skills, the site had previously been assessed in early 2016 by the Department's professional and technical staff. It was considered suitable for a school development. That was in early 2016. Was the Department the only group to visit the site or what was the context of its visit in 2016?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is there anybody else here who could answer?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Can Mr. Murnane recall how that came about?