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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Would there have been any discussion about the difficulties? Were there any internal political considerations in relation to that and around the culture of an American vulture fund coming in and being preferred in terms of dealing with NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It is very strange to imagine that a vulture fund would have been preferable. My last question relates to the senior bonds. The rates at the time in 2014 were at practically zero. It is my understanding that there was sufficient space so there would not be a need for a fire sale so why the rush? I cannot figure out why there was a rush to sell. Was NAMA directly engaged with the ECB or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the prisoner population and the number of staff employed within Mountjoy Prison for 2012 to date in tabular form; the number of staff on maternity leave or long-term sick leave for 2012 to date in tabular form; the provision in place for such absences of staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30575/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the prisoner population and the number of staff employed within the Prison Service on a prison-by-prison basis for 2012 to date in tabular form; the number of staff on maternity leave or long-term sick leave on a prison-by-prison basis for 2012 to date in tabular form; the provision in place for such absences of staff in Irish prisons; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of visits by Customs and Excise officers to a location (details supplied) in 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of those visits that were not notified in advance to the owners and staff of the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30567/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding training boards have been given to build new kitchen facilities in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the amount allocated for 2017; the locations of each of these kitchen and or culinary facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30479/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the culinary curriculum for the education and training boards sector is being set by education and training board Ireland or each individual education and training board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30484/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation made to St. John of God, St. Raphael's adult services, Celbridge in respect of adult services in 2014, 2015 and to date 2016; the number of persons it was to fund; the way it proportionately compares to other adult services in the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30256/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if staff ratios are sufficient from a health and safety perspective at St. John of God, St. Raphael's, Celbridge, particularly at the beginning and end of the day, for adult day services and where staff members are deployed driving the bus as part of their normal working hours; if sufficient resources are provided to cover this aspect of the service; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent securing services for adult services associated with St. John of God, St. Raphael's, Celbridge; the companies and providers which were involved; the amount they were individually paid in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30336/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the methodology that is used in deciding which persons attending St. John of God adult services, St. Raphael's, Celbridge are provided with transport to and from the services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that very vulnerable adults are expected to use public transport and that there is a lack of transparency as to the way decisions are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the alternatives which will be provided to persons who have been receiving day services at St. John of God adult services, St, Raphael's, Celbridge when the day services are ceased as announced to the families of those persons some weeks ago; the alternative services being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30351/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies still unfilled in respect of speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and so on; the locations involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30258/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Availability (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the respite beds that are currently available to persons from the adult services at St. John of God, St Raphael's, Celbridge; the way that compares to 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30315/16]

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I shall pick up on the same topic, to begin with. Obviously there was a high level of co-operation with designing the new fuel marker. The measure has assisted, eliminated or reduced a significant issue that has been damaging in a whole lot of different ways. In terms of that level of co-operation, we are moving into a different era in which the customs and excise element will be a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: To go back to one of the other points raised on the general area of the Apple tax issue, the Revenue Commissioners look at it exclusively from tax law. I am concerned about a number of issues from this point of view. Who informs or questions Brussels? Is there any role for Revenue when it is asked to adjudicate on something, as was the case in 1991 and 2007? We are not isolated, we...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I am trying to get it in my head who has responsibility for considering such a scenario as outlined by the Commission and looking at it from the point of view of state aid. How would a Department know that, for example, a company was seeking a ruling from Revenue on the scenario we saw? Who would consider the other side of it? Does Revenue have any role in considering the other side or...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: No revenue authority would want a situation in which very large amounts of tax are stateless. This is what happened and this is the central point. This is what the BEPS process is aimed at.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Regarding the audit gap measurements on which Mr. Cody says Revenue will embark, what will its methodology be? There are obvious examples such as tobacco. No revenue is paid on some of the cigarettes that are imported, some of which are even more dangerous than regular cigarettes. At the top level, would Revenue look at it from the point of view of aggressive tax planning? Is that where...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The Revenue's systems will be evolving. How evolved are they? What are the plans for the audit gap measurements?