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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (2 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the precise criteria used by consultancy firms (details supplied) in determining to which entity to award the original Irish Water tender in 2012; the amount that was paid to said firms for their services in respect of this advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13852/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (2 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 26 February 2015, the reason appointments were made to the board of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland without a public competition; if he considers it good practice to have made such appointments in the knowledge that the Government of which he is a member viewed such...

Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Many of the 300,000 variable rate mortgage holders will have received mortgages for the same reason as generations of borrowers before them. Their motivation was not one of greed. They were motivated by the desire to set up a home, live independently and have security of tenure. In this country, one does not really have a choice if one wants security of tenure. This is not the case under...

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 16:In page 16, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "17. (1) The NTA shall make regulations prohibiting clamping activities in the following locations:(a) a designated parking place for visitors and patients at Health Service Executive funded hospitals and voluntary public hospitals; and (b) a designated parking place within a residential development with the...

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 17:In page 16, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "17. (1) The NTA shall make regulations stipulating that, in every instance where a charge imposed in accordance with this section is paid before the stipulated deadline, where applicable, the total charge payable shall be reduced by half. (2) The regulations stipulated in subsection (1) shall apply to...

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I will forward the information to the Minister.

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 20:In page 26, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 32. Section 35(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1994 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (l):“(l) specifying, or authorising specified road authorities by resolution to specify, the places in which vehicles may be...

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Minister for his response. It would make life a lot easier for local authorities if they could tweak by-laws six months on from their initial introduction. I presume that the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government will notify the local authorities about this.

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister is looking at clamping purely from a Dublin City Council perspective because it is the only local authority that operates clamping. All the others are private clampers. Clamping has been outlawed in England, Scotland and Wales and the world has not fallen in on top of them. In fact, they regulate parking in a coherent way, which is clear if one visits any of those three...

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously the Minister does not understand.

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: They do not have the power.

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: We had a discussion on these issues on Committee Stage. I wish we were discussing parking in its totality and, as a subset, where clamping fits into it but that is not what the Bill is about and I understand that. The amendments are an attempt to moderate the actions taken in extreme cases in the context of clamping. Many traditional housing estates, which do not contain an apartment,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the departmental review of the sale of Siteserv to Millington by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the process that resulted in him being convinced that the sale amounted to the best outcome for the State; if he and his officials looked at both rounds of bids; if so, the number and name of the companies that made bids in the first round;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed account of the dialogue which took place between his Department and the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in advance of, during and after the introduction of the updated framework agreement governing the relationship between the bank and him in March 2012; if he will provide an itemised list of all such correspondence,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (31 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 399. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the regulations governing public access to the public sittings of District and Circuit Courts; the circumstances in which public attendance at these courts can be curtailed; if it is a decision for the relevant judge concerned as to when curtailments on public attendance can be put into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (31 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 423. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the way the extra €2.8 million to tackle youth crime announced in December 2014, has been allocated; if she will provide a list of organisations, including their location, which have received funding from this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13418/15]

High Pay and Wealth Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Broughan for bringing forward this Bill and for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. We need to imagine the country in a different way. We need to have some sort of vision for the type of country we want to create. We are in re-building mode at the moment. We need to imagine a country with better health care outcomes and lower levels of crime, one in which people...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (26 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January, 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if she will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (26 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if records were kept of the meeting or meetings he or officials of his Department held with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in respect of a sale (details supplied); if so, if he will include these records in his response; if not, the reason; if not, the questions he raised in respect of payment to directors of the company in view of the large debt...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (26 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation extended a €10 million credit facility to an entity which was already heavily indebted to it (details supplied) at any point between 2010 and its sale in 2012; if he will confirm that all due diligence procedures were followed in advance of the forwarding of this line of credit; if this €10...