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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for persons that purchased starter homes and have now outgrown them due to family size; the measures being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17469/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the bond that was required by the then Minister for Local Government in the context of planning permission for a facility (details supplied) remains in place; if so, if it can be called in to fulfil a requirement; if the bond was a cash bond; if not, the options available to deal with dereliction at the site;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (11 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amounts of development contributions which have been collected and unspent by local authorities; if arrangements remain in place that only permit local authorities to spend the equivalent of the amount they take in in the current year; if not, when and the way the position was relaxed; if there are further...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Administration (11 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the year in which the assessment of needs were done that now inform the distribution of local property tax; his plans to repeat the exercise; if so, when that will be done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18028/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (11 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 449. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status regarding implementing the numerous components of the 20-year strategy for Irish language report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gorse Burning (11 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 465. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of investigations that have taken place in the past ten years into illegal gorse fires and the illegal burning of uplands; the number of these investigations that have resulted in prosecutions with the relevant fines imposed on the offender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18101/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 736. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an evaluation has been carried out into the fitness to drive guidelines in respect of public service vehicle drivers; if so, if standards will be applied equally between public and private operators; if no evaluation has been undertaken, if he will consider implementing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17579/17]

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Regarding the planning system, how that is handled is very patchy. A person presenting as homeless can wait for three weeks to be processed. A lot of homelessness is hidden because family and friends are helping out. In areas outside cities that would not previously have experienced front-line homelessness, the services are very underdeveloped.

Other Questions: County Development Plans (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will recommend that the changed plan be resubmitted for public consultation in view of the fact that the Celbridge local area plan has changed significantly since it was first advertised for public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16795/17]

Other Questions: County Development Plans (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The Celbridge local area plan went on display over Christmas and during the month of January and there were 2,700 submissions, including one from the Minister's Department. The plan has fundamentally changed on foot of the submission from the Department and I am seeking a provision to go back to the drawing board and put the plan back on public display so that people will have the...

Other Questions: County Development Plans (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am not asking the Minister to comment on the substance of the changes but there are some 6,500 houses in Celbridge, which have been built over several decades, and the proposal is to add another 3,200 houses to them over a seven-year period. The town is already struggling in the areas of social and physical infrastructure and it is a huge amount to absorb over a short period. People were...

Other Questions: County Development Plans (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I can understand the sustainability argument in respect of transport but there are other issues of sustainability in respect of the quantum of new houses in an area that is already struggling from the point of view of infrastructure. If the proposed quantum is pursued, I predict that it will not be realised because of the constraints. It simply gives the impression that something can be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is it to deal with the report on the audit?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: That is specifically what we are dealing with.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am absolutely surprised at the time we will have to expend on this sector. It is only a sample of the sector. That means that oversight on other sectors will be postponed or will be limited. The Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority will have seen the audited accounts that have qualified certificates. In any organisation that would raise a red flag. In...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: What has happened as a consequence of the hearings is that people are coming forward with information that actually adds to our understanding. How that has not been understood in the areas that it should have been understood and acted on is extremely concerning. I concur with the point that this sector has a degree of freedom and autonomy that will potentially undermine its status and from...

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The witness is very welcome. I was going to say good morning but I think we have gone past that. I will try to keep my contribution short and I would appreciate succinct replies. The thing that stands out is the money that was spent on the library services and that DIT did not receive those services. Clearly, that money was not recouped. I note that those services had been contracted for...

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: What efforts were made to recover the money?

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Presumably, different services then had to be contracted to fulfil the needs of the institute. How much did those services cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Catherine Murphy: In regard to this type of company or supplier, does much of the material supplied and made available by them come directly from universities themselves, such as researchers signing copyright agreements? Is that the type of service in issue?