Results 23,061-23,080 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reductions in the number of people in receipt of rent assistance between 2010 and to date in 2014; the reasons for the fall in numbers; if she will provide a demographic breakdown of the recipients in this category, if figures are available at a county, locality or regional level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37553/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing associations that have taken advantage of the National Asset Management Agency facility to set up a greater supply of housing; the number properties that have been transferred, broken down by local authority area; the costs incurred in the set up and operation of the special-purpose vehicle to date; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Records (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and location of sites at which the Office of Public Works store public records which are ultimately intended to be forwarded to the National Archives in time; for which Departments of State and agencies are records stored at each site; the total cost in 2012 and 2013 for the storage of these records broken down by costs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Records (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost to the Health Service Executive for the storage of records and archives which are ultimately intended to be forwarded to the National Archives in time; the sites at which these records are stored; the cost of engaging outside professional services in respect of the storage of records; if he will include the HSE as a named body under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amounts allocated annually under the capital assistance scheme in each year of its operation to date; the total amount spent in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37541/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts awarded, broken down by local authority area, under the capital loan and subsidy scheme for social housing in each year of its operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37542/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local authorities that have availed of the NAMA-run special purpose vehicle to bring greater housing stock forward for social housing purposes; the number of transfers that have taken place to each local authority; the number that are in development; the costs associated with each; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish an independent regulator for voluntary housing associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37547/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the full details of the final agreements between local authorities and Irish Water in respect of asset transfers, staffing, compensation, and other issues related to the establishment of Irish Water; if Irish Water has transferred any monetary sum to a local authority or has agreed to do so in future;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total annual cost to each local authority in the State for the storage of records and archives, including those records which are ultimately intended to be forwarded to the National Archives in time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37550/14]

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: -----and there are still more revelations to come about what happened at the time. I am sure the Minister of State is aware of the recent revelations from the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Patrick Honohan, which confirmed the long-held view of most of the population that Ireland had been coerced into maintaining a full, wide-ranging guarantee of all deposits and bonds in 2010. The...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is debt now, unfortunately.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I do not dispute the fact that they are losses, but if the Deputy does not mind, I would like to continue. It will take a further €25 billion out of the economy by 2032. It has not been written off, despite the Labour Party posters during the local elections stating €30 billion in debt had been written off. It is still there and we can use all the spin doctors we like in...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is smoke and mirrors. I do not understand how a group such as the Ballyhea group, together with some Deputies, could meet the Governor of the Central Bank and do something the Government has not done, namely, ask for the money to be written off. I understand the Governor of the Central Bank is part of the ECB framework, but it is extraordinary that the members of a small voluntary group...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: That the Bill is relatively straightforward does not mean that I will support it. In fact, I will not. There is supposed to be significant firepower available to ensure banking crises such as the ones which happened in 2008 and 2010 do not recur. However, it appears that the architecture that has been constructed around the ESM will be onerous in the event of a crisis. I remember the...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The names were provided for administrative convenience. My name was submitted yesterday and I was to be in this slot., but I am more than willing to give way to Deputy Peter Mathews. However, it is not a Technical Group slot.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Changing the law can change behaviour if the law is right and if there are adequate sanctions. Therefore, it is important that we have legislation that goes to the heart of some of the worst practices we have seen in Irish politics to date. The Bill can contribute to this, but the Minister should accept suggestions to improve it on Committee Stage. It is important that the Bill go as far...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I will show it to the Minister. One obvious piece of advice is not to arrange a march to Leinster House on a Saturday. This is a small country and we are all aware of the informal lobbying that takes place, whether in the Galway tent, on golf courses or wherever else. We can see through the document which was put together by TASC to map the golden circle the relationship, for example, on a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected construction works of the DART underground project; if the timeframe for delivery of this vital project will change if extra funding sources can be identified; if it has been decided that tunnelling will take place originating from one site or from two; if the views of residents of the East Wall near the proposed...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Thomas Pringle for framing and introducing the motion. The Technical Group has a rota for Private Members' business and there is always a long list of issues Deputies would like to discuss. Deputy Pringle was particularly determined that the House would debate the issue of direct provision. All Deputies will remember the night we had survivors of the Magdalen laundries in...