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Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: That is okay. I can do that myself. In terms of the capital spend, rents are increasing right across the country by incredible amounts. In Maynooth last week we saw that some of the houses that were acquired by a developer are likely to be somewhere in the region of €1,900 to €2,000 a month. That is an incredible amount of money and very unaffordable for most. That puts...

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The rent for a tenancy must be notified to the RTB so we know what the rents are in an area but given the top-ups, are we getting a very distorted picture? I am aware of some of the top-up amounts. We have all seen them. They have been a feature for some time. When the rent supplement limits were lowered after the crash to try to keep rents down, top-ups started to be a feature and they...

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The €1 billion in current spending is constant, so if we have a €3.5 billion budget for housing it is really €2.5 billion. Is it the case that it is a growing number as rents are going up?

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I do not see any other indications from Members that they wish to speak, so I remind them to put up their hand if they want to ask further questions. Dr. Sweeney mentioned the substantial difference in long leases. There have been lease agreements right through from 2009. We can see the numbers he has provided us with on the top line of the first chart. However, there is a substantial...

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Even if we do not have an asset at the end.

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I do not see any other Member wishing to contribute. I thank Dr. Sweeney for joining us today, for providing us with that information and taking questions. That will be helpful in advance of our meeting with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Is it agreed to request the clerk to seek any follow-up information and to carry out any agreed actions arising from the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to information that sets out that the 1951 superannuation pension scheme for CIÉ workers is compliant with minimum funding standard rules; his plans to meet with CIÉ representatives to discuss issues surrounding the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27663/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the work carried out to date in respect of reducing speed limits within and surrounding residential housing estates (details supplied); the amount of funding in respect of 30km per hour speed limits his Department has provided since 2015 to date in 2021; and the breakdown of housing estates in County Kildare that have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review further the impact that lower speed limits can have as part of a national roads policy in the context of carbon emissions and climate targets. [27772/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the research used to support the increase in stamp duty to 10% in the context of bulk buying housing; the way the research was sourced and from whom; the parameters that were used; the other taxation measures that were considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the release of a grant to a sports club (details supplied) in County Kildare; if same will be communicated to the club; and if there are outstanding issues for the club to address and or resolve in respect of documentation. [27935/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 667 of 18 May 2021, if she will provide copies of all emails and hard correspondence received from an association (details supplied) seeking a statutory instrument to enable its annual conference to proceed. [28027/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I also want to be associated with the remarks in relation to the gardaí and send my party's well wishes for a speedy recovery and solidarity to both the gardaí and the community who have been traumatised by this. Whenever the Government's housing policy comes under attack, the Taoiseach consistently tells us that the State, and not the cuckoo funds, is the biggest player in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I am on the record, in 2014, when HAP was introduced, as saying that unless it was accompanied by substantial building what would happen would be that we would be paying in perpetuity rents to the private sector. Essentially, that is what we are seeing because the scale of what is being built is being outstripped by the amount that is being spent on rents. If long-term leasing is bad,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: And rightly so.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is Hobson's choice.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Since last March, our response to Covid has been one of emergency thinking, with a heavy reliance on secondary legislation. We rushed legislation through last March in a very different environment. The Minister described that legislation as draconian and I agree with that description. In a million years I would not have expected to have to vote for that kind of legislation but the Covid...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We need to seek that report from the Department of Education and finalise the outstanding issues in terms of the transfers. We did get a report on that in relation to this piece of correspondence. As was said, this goes back to the indemnity agreement. The nation was appalled by the Ryan report where there were voluntary transfers. People took it at face value that there would be goodwill...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: To be honest, sometimes I find it difficult to figure this out. Usually when there is a claim against the State, the State Claims Agency takes that on board. It is difficult to attach a claim to a particular Department in that context. Mr. McCarthy might help us out on this matter. Where exactly is the claim stated? Obviously, the State Claims Agency takes over. We may well be asking...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is important we gather the information and set aside time to consider this. Having engaged with some people who have made protected disclosures or who are whistleblowers, I know that not everyone who makes a protected disclosure will be found to be 100% correct or whatever. We are now at a point where it is unsatisfactory for many people who make protected disclosures, and this committee...