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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The development contribution comprises a huge proportion of the development levy - probably between one third and one half. Is it intended that Irish Water will access that funding or has that provision been removed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: How is that to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Am I correct that Part V might result in RAS or leasing houses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Will all that be under Part V?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Sheridan’s statement summarised the heads of the Bill very well. There are some good ideas in it but it is important that they are workable and that there are no get out of jail clauses in it. I am concerned about the subjective aspects. What scrutiny will there be on the vacant site levy because much of it will be done at local level? Will it be exclusively the executive that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Sale (16 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in its disposal of a company (details supplied) in March 2012, acted in the best financial interest of the State; if his attention has been drawn to the company being sold to a much lower bid; if so, if he sought a satisfactory answer as to the reason; the reason the company was not put into...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I am aware that the definition of a customer is contained in the 2013 legislation but there seem to be contradictions in this legislation. It is not redefined anywhere that a customer is any different from the definition set out, but there appear to be voluntary and involuntary customers and a separate range of rights and entitlements. I presume that all of these pieces are supposed to hang...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I support the amendment although I would have the same reservations about people becoming customers of Irish Water. I do not see in the definitions section how a customer is constituted or defined. We heard last night that anyone who sent a pack back to Irish Water is regarded as a customer. Yet the declaration under section F of the application form states:By completing and returning this...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Two million.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Several serious points have been raised and I would like to pick on the one made by Deputy Shortall. We all know there are certain Departments whose work results in a lot of activity in our constituency offices. The Department of Social Protection will be such a Department for all of us. It is outrageous that people who are struggling for a long time to get a decision on an invalidity...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 27:In page 7, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:"(5) The Minister shall ensure that all information transmitted in accordance with subsection (4) is done so in a manner consistent with the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003.".I welcome the change whereby householders are no longer required to provide a PPS number to Irish Water. This was an issue I raised...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I do not have a need to put a whole lot more on the record. While I agree with much of what has been said I have a number of questions about the borrowings because the numbers will be the make or break of Irish Water. We are continuously told there will be a need to borrow and that borrowing can happen off the balance sheet. I ask the Minister to tell the House who will pay back the...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: There was an interesting and important intervention from the former Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd. It is all the more reason why, if this Bill is passed and Irish Water goes ahead, this section needs to be significantly strengthened. Is the Minister talking about a binding plebiscite? A plebiscite is a very different proposition from a referendum. Whether it is right to put the right...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: We had all made an initial contribution. I understood that on Report Stage, it was possible to come back on-----

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: And Report Stage.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: How did the procurement process satisfy EU rules? Why did IBRC choose to accept a bid from Denis O'Brien's Millington for Siteserv when it was actually the lowest of the bids and resulted in a loss to the State of €105 million?

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach has committed to giving me the answers. I ask him to put them on the public record-----

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: -----rather than providing them to me directly. It is essential that we move to address people's concerns. There has been a sizable engagement on this issue for some considerable time, mostly via social media and online. It is critical that this be above board. We all know that European rules apply to these matters and that one must comply with statutory provisions on the treatment of...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: As we speak, thousands of people are making their way to Dublin for this afternoon's protest. I believe they are coming for two main reasons. They want the Taoiseach to listen and they want to get answers. Yesterday, the Taoiseach claimed once again that all the issues of concern with regard to water charges have been addressed. I hate to break it to him that the thousands of people who...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (10 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that where a young person who is having a domiciliary care allowance payment awarded in respect of them reaches 16 and applies for a welfare payment in their own right, pending the successful outcome of that application the parent-guardian concerned loses their payment entirely, and must wait to apply...