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Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The independent person appointed by IBRC was himself a former director of IBRC. The person who acted for Davy in the sale and now works in the shareholder management unit at the Department of Finance was a former KPMG employee. KPMG's Kieran Wallace and Eamonn Richardson were sued by Mike Aynsley, Tom Hunersen and Richard Woodhouse, following the winding up of IBRC. KPMG's own global code...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The interest rate represented a subsidy. I cannot understand why this is not a factor, given that more money would have had to be borrowed to purchase the company. As I understand it, it was the State-owned AIB which put up the money for the purchase of Siteserv to Millington. I must say I find it really astonishing. Surely it is clear that the proposed review is not only conflicted; it...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Fianna Fáil for tabling the motion and allocating me some of its speaking time. While Siteserv is at the centre of this controversy, it is part of a wider set of issues. I want to refer briefly to an article in The Sunday Timesfrom last Sunday. It states that in summer 2011, around the same time as the decision was made to sell Siteserv, Sierra Support Services, a Siteserv...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Various sources involved in the process have indicated to me that they always felt that all bidders were not playing from the same starting line. In the information pack sent to prospective bidders who had signed confidentiality agreements it stated that it should be assumed that the company will be acquired on a debt free and cash free basis, yet I have had strong indications that when...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of a reduced jobseeker's allowance social welfare payment in each year 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17660/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, up to the time of its liquidation, was recovering 100% of loans repaid by a person (details supplied); whether this person had any outstanding loan balances after the corporation went into liquidation; if the special liquidator received a 100% repayment of these loans, of if the special...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the report of a person's departure from Allied Irish Banks (details supplied), if he will provide full details of all forms of remuneration, including all benefits, temporary or otherwise, housing allowances, travel, or any type of payment, provided to the person on an annual basis, during that person's time at the bank; if that person will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 288. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a young person between 18 and 25 years of age is disadvantaged in accessing a medical card due to having an income below the income threshold; his strategy to ensure that young vulnerable persons can access medical care in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17662/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 289. To ask the Minister for Health if a young person between 18 and 25 years of age on a social welfare payment and independently living can be considered more disadvantaged than other citizens of the State due to the fact of having an income threshold that is too low to make that person eligible for a medical card; his views that these persons are considered to be less entitled or in need...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Funding (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons under 25 years of age who were in receipt of a reduced Youthreach social welfare payment in each of the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17661/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (6 May 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households currently in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment; if the roll-out of the Payment is on track to be available in all local authorities and to 8,400 households by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17674/15]

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Will it be independent?

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (30 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department is making available to the National Library of Ireland in its impending task of placing the entire collection of church records online; the estimated time frame for this project; the staff resources which will be involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16821/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (30 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will describe the quality of the working relationship between his Department and the senior management and staff at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in the months leading up to the appointment of a special liquidator to same; if he will release all correspondence and documentation in the period from the sale of Siteserv plc until the appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Dialogue (30 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the dialogue his Department had with the European Commission regarding its concerns as to the quality of some of the managerial decisions at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will release all documentation and correspondence concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17174/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (30 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the dialogue his Department had with the European Commission regarding the appointment of a special liquidator to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will release all documentation and correspondence concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17175/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (30 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or any of his officials expressed any concerns regarding the fact that the winning bid presented during the sale process of Siteserv plc was apparently presented as matching the precise requirements of the seller, in this case without any prior engagement by said bidder with the sale process; his views that such a concise bid is unusual and raises...

Other Questions: Cycling Facilities Provision (29 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: There are lots of new initiatives underway including, for example, greenways and the use of the canals. In the case of the Grand Canal there is a very good quality cycle way up to the Dublin boundary but it needs to be extended to Naas, for example and I hope that is included in the list to which the Minister referred. Funding is required but the amount is relatively small for what will be...

Other Questions: Cycling Facilities Provision (29 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: All of those projects are very welcome. What impressed me about the Dutch cycle route model is the fact that it knits in with the train network. When one goes to a train station in Holland one sees that provision has been made for parking bicycles, getting them up and down ramps and so forth, which is also important in these projects. We need people to shift or mix their modes of...

Other Questions: Cycling Facilities Provision (29 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 8. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an itemised list of all cycle routes, and proposed cycle routes, which are being supported financially by the National Transport Authority; if he will indicate the way the authority is supporting cycling initiatives in the commuter belt counties of Kildare and Meath; his plans to address infrastructural deficits in...