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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]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We cannot have land use planning without transportation planning along with it. They have to be consistent with each other. Going back to the Dublin transportation initiative, for example, it was an exercise in land use and transportation planning. The problem was that we did not get delivery on the transport side. What we got was the other developments without the transport aspect....

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to objective evidence and where the balance is struck between the Minister or the regulator, there is the supposition that it will be the same Minister all the time but there could be a great variety of different attitudes if the ministerial route is taken, as opposed to a regulator, which would create a consistency. That is absolutely required. The whole point in planning is to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will pick up on the last point on the Mahon tribunal. One of the central issues is a powerful, independent planning regulator. Many of the criticisms of tribunals were on the basis that they cost a fortune and there is never a consequence. Not only is there not a consequence for people who are found to be corrupt in many cases, but there is an inability to learn lessons. We will repeat...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will make two points. First, the right to be consulted is meaningless unless the Minister sets out how that consultation will happen. It has been my experience that it is very much a box ticking exercise and it is regrettable that this is not being expanded. Second, with regard to the extension of duration, it appears as if there will be no re-screening of an environmental impact...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is welcome that amendment No. 85 specifies what form the consultation should take. There is a lot of box-ticking and I have spoken repeatedly about the Aarhus Convention and the right to be consulted, but it is a two-way process. Unless it is specified, it will not happen in that way. The very fact that an EIA would be required would indicate that there was a significant environmental...

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We are all in a unique position because we interact with the public all the time. One of the issues on people's minds is the cost of living. One of the major concerns is the cost of insurance and motor insurance is a significant factor in that context. The high cost of living has undermined the ability of many families to make ends meet. Motor insurance becomes one of those...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 to remove certain exemptions applying to the vacant site levy, to raise the rate applying the longer a site remains vacant, and to require the zoning and area of the site to be published on the vacant site register. I believe it is fair to say that we are living in the middle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The role of these hearings is pre-legislative scrutiny. When that is done well, it assists the passage of the legislation. That is why we are asking different people for different perspectives. I have a number of questions and would like short answers, so that I can get answers to all of them. I am not being rude but I might stop the witnesses. We are looking for robust evidence....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I wanted to get that aspect out of the way. There is a tabular statement on the second page of the chief executive officer's statement. I have questioned this aspect before. I have not figured it out but perhaps it is an anomaly. A higher number of people have been killed in the 21 mg to 50 mg category than in the next category of 51 mg to 80 mg. Why? Is it an anomaly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The data makes it look like one is a higher risk in the lower category.