Results 11,601-11,620 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: General Data Protection Regulation (11 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she has taken in her Department further to the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's statement (details supplied) that the Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 is needed to provide a legal basis for certain data transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31619/18]

Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Alerting people and planning for a continuing problem is the right thing to do. The conservation message is hitting home and it needs to be reinforced. It is important that we do that. There are particular sectors that we will have to be careful about in terms of water supply. The availability of drinking water is the priority, followed by supply for hospitals, industry and farmers. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of the drug Translarna; if he has received a submission regarding same from a group (details supplied); the timeframe in which the submission will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32236/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Websites (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the privacy notice on her Department's website was changed on 6 July 2018; the person or persons that agreed to the change; the way in which special category data will be processed; the reason the online wording of the privacy notice was changed a number of times on the morning of 6 July 2018; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if biometric data is processed and stored by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32255/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the target date for the commencement of an affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall new build housing target he is working to for 2018 and each subsequent year covered by Rebuilding Ireland; the targets for new build, social housing, affordable housing, cost rental, privately purchased housing and all other types; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32362/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets for housing output for 2018 and each year remaining under the Rebuilding Ireland plan by type of output, that is, all newly constructed plus all other arrangements such as leasing and use of vacant units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32363/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new build housing target that was set for 2017; the way in which this compares to output by housing type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32364/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons working in the housing delivery office by grades and profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32366/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: We will be returning to the education sector because there is going to be a report which we had hoped to have before the summer.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to say one thing about this report. Obviously, the progress of the work depends on the material provided and the format of that material. This may be pertinent not only to this inquiry but to other inquiries in future. Page five of the statement refers to where NAMA has believed it has been unable to access and verify the completeness of relevant documentation. This could be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I do not know what we can do.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: People should have their information protected. Data protection is in place for good reason. However, when it works against the common good or has the potential to work against the common good we need to consider it. If a process is not a public inquiry but rather a commission of investigation, we should question whether something needs to be looked at. There is a delay and potentially a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: People have serious concerns about the costs of tribunals and inquiries, understandably. Anything that adds to those costs is of some concern to us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The letter states that the original tender process for the Grangegorman PPP project was completed at a time of historically low construction costs. It also references building inflation, particularly in the Dublin region. As I understand if there was a tender process, a price was agreed. Where does inflation come into an agreed price to the extent that has happened in this instance? I can...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There is a different issue then that we potentially need to examine, namely, delays in the courts which have the potential to increase costs, which questions the robustness of the process to begin with. We have come across a few situations where the process around PPP projects was flawed. This may not be the case in this instance but we need to learn some lessons from this because it can...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It might be worth looking at the judgment.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is interesting that the State is fully vindicated and it cost €45 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: That is €45 million in construction costs and there will probably be additional legal costs.