Results 11,761-11,780 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Carers' Strategy Funding (7 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the community supports for carers for persons with dementia; her plans to expand the support levels for carers for persons with dementia; her plans to meet dementia advocacy groups to discuss increases in funding in the context of budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36448/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (7 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which persons are chosen to participate in JobPath; the way in which persons are selected to enter JobPath for a second time; if there is a maximum number of times a person may be sent to engage with the JobPath programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36454/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (7 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe to publish the Bill to ban the use of microplastics; the progress to date on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36295/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (7 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a cost analysis has been undertaken to evaluate the potential cost per year to the State to house persons who have had their home repossessed by a bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36332/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (7 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections in place to ensure that accommodation designed and built for students remains as student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35466/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (7 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the knowledge his Department has on the profile of the concentration of ownership of land here; the location in which such information is published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36358/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (7 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to deal with construction delays associated with Part V approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36361/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (7 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings that have been acquired on long-term leases for social housing in 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of those dwellings that are apartment dwellings; the number that are house dwellings; the length of the long-term leases per unit of all dwellings acquired; if the cost is fixed at time of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (18 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests, charges and cautions under the new offences of purchasing sexual services from February 2017 to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37255/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (18 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households on the housing assistance payment scheme in each local authority; the number of those recorded as topping up rent in each local authority; the range and average amount by which the rent is being topped up by the tenant in direct separate payments to the landlord in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of commitments given to some local representatives and action groups to date on reversals of certain BusConnects proposals; if these commitments will not form part of the overall maximum limit for changes to the BusConnects proposals as prescribed by the designer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38153/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land zoned for residential use transferred from local authorities under the land aggregation scheme by local authority and location; the dates of completion of the transfers; the number of transfers awaiting completion; the number of units completed on these lands to date by location; and if he will make a...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I have a memory of Mr. McDonagh being quite critical of some of the people who were sold assets sitting on those assets. They would probably fall into the category he describes in his opening statement when he stated in his view "the more pertinent issue is whether all of the sites which are commercially viable are in fact being developed and, if not, why". He referred to sites that had...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: What is the scale of that?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: When NAMA was selling assets or loans, did it put any conditions on how they were to be worked out, given that they were sold possibly with planning permissions, and there were fully serviced sites? Serviced sites are so valuable because there is a double cost for those who have to repeat the servicing of sites and that is a further call on the public purse. Did NAMA put conditions on any...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to the profile of those who may be sitting on those assets, were they involved in large portfolios? It seems they are the kind of people who have the capacity to sit on an asset. Would that be the case?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: So they have been selling it at a profit.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Would where they are refinanced come across Mr. McDonagh's radar? Would it be the Irish pillar banks, for example?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: When Mr. McDonagh talks about par value and somebody writing a cheque for par value, that is the ideal situation. When he talks about par value, is he including the cost of administration and financing?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I want to clarify a couple of issues of language. One is that Mr. McDonagh was asked if the Minister had given him any direction. He said the Minister had not.