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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) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister referred to the European Central Bank. Did the ECB put pressure on NAMA to accelerate the sale of the assets or the loan book? At that point, did it intersect in any way with the timing that Project Eagle was going through? Did the compression of the timeline, from the original date of 2020 to 2018, have an impact at that point in the sales process?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister said on a number of occasions, although he later qualified it, that he had no legal function in the commercial activities of NAMA. However, he has a legal function under the Act to direct NAMA in situations where he is protecting the taxpayer. That can only be done in real time, not retrospectively. To return to the process, this was a bundled sale of a very large...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Are we establishing a commission of investigation precisely because there is the lack of a means, in real time, to protect the interests of the taxpayer?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I have a final question. Obviously Brown Rudnick had a full six months in which to look at putting together and understand the portfolio on behalf of PIMCO. Essentially, Brown Rudnick would have gone in, looked at the data and signed a non-disclosure agreement. It would have had the advantage of having all of that time to understand what the values of the various loans were. I accept the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that has been applied for and utilised under the European Social Fund and skills agenda to facilitate offenders in on-site training and ex-offenders with skills in order to rehabilitate them for work once out of the probation services nationally per county and level and topic of education; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for residency by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29000/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff by grade in her Department allocated to process applications for residence cards under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29021/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff by grade in her Department that are assigned to process applications in respect of Irish nationalisation and immigration applications; the number of staff allocated to each individual office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29022/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the guidelines in the mortgage-to-rent scheme published in August 2015 are still being applied; if there are plans to change the guidelines for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29088/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the guidelines in the mortgage-to-rent scheme published in August 2015 are being fairly applied in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29089/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications Data (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications received per county in each of the calendar years 2012 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29001/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications Data (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications refused per county in each of the calendar years 2012 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29002/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications Data (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications awarded on appeal per county in each of the calendar years 2012 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29003/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions filled by participants on community employment schemes, Gateway schemes and Tús schemes within his Department by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29084/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children referred to CAHMS for assessment in each of the calendar years from 2010 to date in 2016; the number of cases awaiting assessment; the number of assessments completed; the number of assessment results that identify the person as unsuitable for treatment at CAHMS and may require a different level of intervention; the outcomes for those...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Market (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff by grade in her Department allocated to process applications for employment permits for those on the critical skills list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29023/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of positions filled by participants on community employment schemes, Gateway schemes and Tús schemes within her Department by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29085/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The Oireachtas Library has provided me with a table showing that the subvention has consistently decreased over several years but fares have increased because there are only two ways to fund public transport, that is, people pay as they use the service or the public service obligation, PSO, levy is sufficient to keep it in balance. There is a cost of living driver in that respect and a point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: My point was that it is a growing number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I asked about the management. The Minister said that the management had a role to play at our last meeting. I specifically asked if the Minister has carried out an assessment of any money that could be saved that is not based on a contractual obligation.