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Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: What is the Taoiseach's view?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I am not entirely sure what to make of that response. The Constitution certainly does include a section on property rights but all rights have to be balanced and, indeed, the section in the Constitution is balanced by a second section which deals with the common good. Essentially, the point I am making is that there is no reason for the Government to make matters worse where there is...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Last week, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission approved the acquisition of the Celtic Media group by Independent News and Media, INM. It is now up to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, and presumably the Cabinet, to accept or reject this acquisition. Earlier this year, a report authored by Dr. Roddy Flynn of Dublin City University identified the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Plans (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the practical interactions between the Garda Inspectorate, the Policing Authority, Garda management and her office in relation to producing a Garda service level agreement, an updated Garda customer service charter and the policing plan; if she has approved the policing plan for 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34843/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 9 November 2016, if she will provide the names of persons and country of origin of the applications made from terrestrial bookmakers not resident in the State in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35166/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the 9% VAT rate may be considered as state aid in view of the fact that it gives a select number of sectors a competitive advantage. [34911/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Collection (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply and remedy will issue to a person (details supplied) in respect of an error by his Department regarding an incorrect rate of PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34647/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that some ASTI members that opted out of supervision and substitution duties before the Haddington Road agreement are facing having their salary deducted despite the fact that they are no longer contracted to carry out those duties and cannot withdraw from them (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Fares (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: There are three ways to fund public transport and I accept that there is a statutory function for the DTA. One way is to increase fares. The other element is to reduce costs and the third is subvention. A decision has been made in the absence of adequate subvention, but it is a short-term strategy. Getting people onto public transport will save money in the long term by virtue of the kind...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Fares (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It was disgracefully high.

Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Fares (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The recently announced increases in suburban rail fares are due to come into effect on 1 December. The scale of some of the increases is sizable and disproportionately affects one train line. The original destination zones along the line from Maynooth to Dublin city centre showed a clear pattern of having been pushed out by one zone into a more expensive price structure. Leixlip was in...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Fares (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I thought the Minister would understand that.

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: People in such societies lived longer. This is the type of society to which we should aspire and that should be at the heart of what the social protection system aims to do. We must find ways to ensure that people can work because it matters that they work and see the benefit of same. Yesterday saw the result of the US election. Essentially, a man was elected who had run a campaign...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The Bill, while it contains some very welcome measures such as the increase in the old age pension and the income disregard for lone parents, as well as some other social protection measures, still begs the question as to what is the real value of the moneys for those who receive them. One may say the extra €5 for a pensioner is to be welcomed, but one quickly realises its value...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I will not go back over a lot of the territory, except to agree with a number of points. Mr. Keinan, in relation to Brown Rudnick, is a critically important person in all of this, as is Mr. Ronnie Hanna. What it tends to suggest to me is the inconsistency of information that has been given by NAMA and what prompted the whole process in the first place, and obviously, Brown Rudnick is key to...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: -----was never agreed to by it. There is also the issue of whether there were other options or whether it considered all other options. It had not made a commitment, so why would it not have considered other options? I would like that particular aspect to be fleshed out a little more by the company.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Two entities were involved in working out distressed assets. IBRC was one and NAMA was the other. We have been constantly reassured by the Minister in the Dáil any time oversight of NAMA was raised that the Comptroller and Auditor General had a big team in it. I found it quite useful to hear about the practical work the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General does in NAMA. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The reason I raise IBRC is because process is something with which there is a comparison regarding-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Some witnesses stated that the expertise that was available to PIMCO became available to Fortress and Cerberus.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Would that fall into the conflict of interest category? Is it a practice that Mr. McCarthy has seen before or does it deviate from process?