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Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It is important that the figures are as stated.

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I am very happy to give way when there is such a correction. I have some concerns about the bypassing of the planning system in the way proposed. I recognise that there is a crisis, but in bypassing a system, a process can be made more expensive and difficult, as in the making of submissions. Sometimes submissions are full of good ideas. I am concerned that we could potentially lose out...

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We must get to grips with them if we are to get them to work. It is a very good idea if it can be made to work as there would be the least amount of disruption for a family while the equity issue was being dealt with. There are measures relating to starter homes that are likely to be included in the budget. There are families still in what could be described as starter homes who may be...

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome today's action plan for housing and homelessness. We all will agree it is long overdue. In the previous Dáil, many of us could see that there was a housing infrastructure deficit. In my own area, I began to see functioning families at risk of becoming homeless in the period 2012-13 because there was a big construction projection, which was welcome at the time but which...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of anomalies in the property buildings insurance market where flood insurance is available to purchase by mortgage holders, management companies as block insurance and by private unmortgaged households in some areas but where insurance is not allowed by some voluntary housing bodies; the status of interdepartmental efforts to resolve the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position in relation to the obligations of insurance compliances and their risk assessments to indicate flood risk mapping; the origination of this mapping and in cases of disputes where no proof from the lender was supplied to indicate that a property might be on a flood risk map listing; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy in respect of acceptance of registered insurance companies indicating that either a flood risk exists or that no flood risk exists in respect of domestic insurance policies and commercial insurance policies; the position relating to the same for management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22035/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the tax credits legislation to cater for cohabiting couples who are unable to benefit from the tax credit arrangements afforded to married couples where the available tax free allowance gives at least an extra €4,000 in tax free allowances and where cohabiting couples are prevented from claiming this even when living together and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided by his Department to Fingal County Council over the past ten years to finance remediation works due to fire safety structural deficiencies in social housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22128/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provision which excludes specifically adapted bungalows from the tenant purchase scheme; if the terms of the scheme have been examined for equality; the options open to the tenants in relation to purchasing alternative sites where the local authority is not obligated to sell the adapted property and they would have a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the number of social housing units in the area of Fingal County Council where fire safety structural deficiencies have been detected over the past ten years; the number of units per housing scheme or development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22694/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the backlog for assessing medical evidence in respect of schemes is causing significant hardship and delays to families awaiting outcomes of assessments of new claims and those supplying further medical evidence; the way in which he will address this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21926/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which he has resourced the team conducting the assessments of medical evidence in respect of social protection schemes; the number of full-time equivalent staff he has working on processing the medical evidence; the number of outstanding claims; the length of time for the backlogs per scheme; the delays citizens can reasonably expect...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 654. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the transport services for service users once they transition into adults at 18 years of age; the way he plans to fund the services; the savings his Department has made since the termination of the transport services since 2012; the areas to which this funding was reallocated to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22507/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy (14 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the returns generated from the public service obligation levy used to reduce energy costs will materialise; the proposed increase in the public service obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21514/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (14 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is taking to drive down the cost of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21513/16]

Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I move:That Dáil Éireann:recognises that:— the charity sector is a critical component of our civic society which must be supported to operate in a manner that puts it above reproach; and — the recent revelations regarding the Console charity and other instances of poor governance in the sector including Rehab and the Central Remedial Clinic, among others, have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 114. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that hospitals are required to trigger inquiries themselves before action can be taken where statistics show an anomaly in patient outcomes, given the findings of the national health care quality reporting system annual report. [20952/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in the number of critical care beds that are available since April 2016; the estimated increase in same for the remainder of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20996/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal options available to the charities regulator to put in place interim arrangements to the board of a charity following a complaint being highlighted; if arrangements are being reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20890/16]