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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Security (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions the National Civil Aviation Security Committee has met in the past five years to date; if it has identified new risks at airports in that time; the progress made to date in mitigating those risks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9273/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Security (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rule or directive under which airport security officers have the authority to stop and search Revenue Commissioners enforcement officers at Dublin Airport; the date on which this practice began; the body that has directed these measures be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9274/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Expenditure (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated for sustainable transport measures in 2019 by each heading; the funding code of his Department for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9409/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Expenditure (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding and-or grants available in 2019 and 2020 for the provision of new cycleways, pedestrian ways, maintenance and or upgrade of existing cycle and walk ways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9414/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Expenditure (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding under the B8 sustainable transport code by its various subheads for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9667/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 596. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to increase the funding allocation to twelve volunteer centres that are funded below the minimum figure identified in the McLoughlin report; the expected timeline for doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9710/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 754 of 12 February 2019, if he has recovered and-or requested that part and or all of the €1.1 million funding allocated be returned to a central fund by the local authority; if the local authority will be granted further funds in order to expand on the schedule of works...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency Funding (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount borrowed from the Housing Finance Agency in respect of the continuation of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9408/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency Funding (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount granted to each local authority for 2019 in respect of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in tabular form; the number and names of the local authorities that exhausted funds under the scheme in 2018; the number of local authorities that made applications for further funding for the scheme; the number of local...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We know this emergency legislation is very much of a technical nature. As we debate it, the ground is shifting in the House of Commons and, hopefully, we will never have to use this legislation. I noted the Tánaiste's comments about the value of a united front across all of the political divide. While I agree with him on that, and agree most Irish people feel a sense of belonging to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Land Commission (27 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Land Commission records have been digitised to date; if so, the number that have been; his plans to digitise the entire records collection in order to preserve it for the longer term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9924/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (27 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding made available to date for the decade of centenaries programme; the amount that will be allocated and-or provided for in the remaining years; and if supplementary funds will be made available to the National Archive in the context of the large number of records it received on 1 February 2019 and in view of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the conclusions from a report that took into consideration a small cohort of workers (details supplied) working beyond 65 years of age in relation to the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10179/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I requested that the head of the Office of Government Procurement appear before the committee as part of our consideration of this issue. The wider point is that there appears to be an institutional gap in terms of some large capital projects. That aspect would be useful to explore in the context of process. That is part of the reason it is appropriate that the committee have Mr. Quinn...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I have looked at relationship framework documents for banks. They can be lengthy documents but much of the content is routine material. They could absorb all of our time. It would be useful to have a short synopsis of the document from the Department, if possible.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Alternatively, we could include something that was very off the wall and which would be bound to get into the newspapers, thus making the journalist look very foolish for not checking.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We could add a couple of zeros at the end of some figures.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The issue I wanted to raise concerned the State Claims Agency. Do we have any idea as to when we will be coming back to it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Will the meeting with representatives of the State Claims Agency be related exclusively to potential medical negligence cases? We know that there is an enormous contingent liability, but it is not the only area covered by the agency. There is, for example, a significant issue in the Air Corps. Are we going to try to capture more than the contingent liability, or are we going to keep the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That will probably be one of the most significant things we do this year because it leads to things such as a change in culture with regard to open disclosure. There are some serious recommendations we can make that will be valuable in the future. Given the extent of the potential liability, it strikes me that this should be a priority for us, even if we have to spend a number of days on it.