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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) (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Could I go back to two questions?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I cannot figure out how a fire sale would have been in anybody's interest. Had all of the assets rather than the loan book been sold at the one time, if NAMA decided to sell them, they would have realised less.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: That stands to reason. Had the focus continued on assets as opposed to the sale of the loan book and that had been done in a gradual way, would there have been less risk and would it have produced dividends in terms of what Mr. Rowntree stated earlier about the outworking of the land banks? Would that have produced a better potential return for Northern Ireland, and perhaps the taxpayer,...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Rowntree said he would not have bought something if he had not done due diligence. I would not either, not that I would been that in position, given the amounts involved. The amount bid for the assets without having done due diligence was remarkably near the amount for which they were ultimately sold.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the individual criteria used for inclusion on the school transportation provision services for adults attending adult disability services nationally; if any anomalies in the assessment occur nationally; the way this is controlled, streamlined and audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30121/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Health the changes that have been made to the provision of transport services for adults attending adult disability services commencing in 2016; if additional transport has been provided in respect of new adults commencing in the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30119/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the assessment of need which is conducted in the analysis of the provision of transport services for adults attending adult disability services commencing in 2016; if any changes to the assessment of care needs have been implemented nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30120/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a recent EU Commission decision to allow the merger of two Irish companies (details supplied) in view of the fact the new company will have a supply rate above the 15% threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30172/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early intervention ABC programmes that are in operation by county; the services they provide; the way they are funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30124/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, we will take six minutes each. In regard to yesterday's budget announcement, there are three areas on which I would like to focus. I referred in my contribution last night to the housing issue. I would like to return to that issue. One of the measures introduced will inflame the problem in this area. One of the areas not mentioned to any degree is the rental sector, which is out...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (12 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the subsidy provided for every one euro in revenue collected by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus for the past five years; the projected subsidy to be provided for every one euro in revenue for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29924/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (12 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount provided to Irish Rail under the infrastructure manager multi annual contract in 2016; the projected amount in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29925/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (12 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to commission a report to give a realistic picture of the way the State compares with our European neighbours in view of the European Commission highlighting the numerous difficulties faced when attempting to accurately benchmark public service obligation subsidy levels across different countries (details supplied); and if he...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We will be supporting this measure. The Irish Heart Foundation and the Irish Cancer Society have consistently called for comprehensive, accessible supports to help people to quit smoking. In their view, what is required is a community-based approach. We support the direction of money towards that aim and to Customs and Excise to help it tackle the smuggling of vast amounts of cigarettes...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Not so long ago, we all fought a general election. It was not defined by the economy, as Deputy Shortall has said. It was defined by the dignified society that people collectively wanted. They wanted to know that the big ticket items would be dealt with. These include health, housing and child care, which issues arose constantly. People were sick of the tinkering around the edges and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made on her commitment in February 2015 to allow asylum seekers living in direct provision to have their complaints independently examined by the Ombusdman and the Ombudsman for Children in line with the recommendations of the 2015 working group report, Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of part-time and full-time staffing roles in each grade and area of responsibility which are filled by participants by their registration for the roles and acceptance into the job roles by community employment schemes, Gateway schemes and Tús schemes within his Department, specifically by county, in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Youth Services Data (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of youth workers specifically allocated to drugs task forces per county and designated to work with young persons at risk of offending or having offended, per service division nationally in each of the calendar years 2012 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29436/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of part-time and full-time staffing roles in each grade and area of responsibility which are filled by participants by their registration for the roles and acceptance into the job roles by CE, Gateway and Tús schemes within his Department specifically by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29679/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Landfill Sites (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the tonnage of waste being dumped in a location (details supplied) in County Kildare for each of the past five years; the tonnage of waste being dumped at that location from Connacht, Ulster, Leinster and Munster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29330/16]