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Other Questions: Irish Water Establishment (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: We do not want to discover in six months time that there is another piece of information. It is essential that whatever is available is provided in order that people can scrutinise it and ask questions. Whatever the merits of Irish Water, we need to have this process. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform constantly comes here to speak about new ways of doing things, stating it is...

Other Questions: Irish Water Establishment (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: My question is whether Irish Water has merits or it has been hugely discredited by virtue of the fact that information has been dragged out of the Department. Even with regard to the amount of money invested, it came as a huge surprise to many that it had gone to private consultancies. To be perfectly honest, I am still trying to get my head around how €40 million could have been...

Other Questions: Irish Water Establishment (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make available a full copy of the foundation document compiled in his Department in 2013 in relation to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4978/14]

Other Questions: Irish Water Establishment (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make available a full copy of the foundation document compiled in his Department in 2013 in relation to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5141/14]

Other Questions: Irish Water Establishment (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: This question calls for all documents relating to the creation of Irish Water to be made available to the public. One thing that causes concern and encourages people to believe something else is happening other than what is put in the public domain is the need for them to respectively root out information. The creation of Irish Water should have been a much more open process from the start;...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I have drawn the attention of the Minister of State to the local authority housing waiting list. Some six local authority areas make up 50% of the waiting list, which accounts for 90,000 individuals or families. The areas are Dublin city, Cork city, south Dublin, Fingal, Kildare and Cork county. At the same time, rents in those areas are some of the highest in the country. The rent...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is about cross-party co-operation. Does the Minister accept we are talking about a different type of homelessness when we see families with children who are homeless as a consequence of a shortage of accommodation? It has a knock-on effect that will be picked up through the damage done to children because of the crisis in their families. They do not know where they will be in a week or...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the data his Department collects from Homeless Officers and Agencies in each local authority area; if the demographic breakdown of those seeking emergency accommodation due to homelessness has changed to include a greater proportion of couples, couples with children and persons with children; if he has had any...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: This question concerns the changing nature of homelessness. There is a major crisis in some parts of the country, including my constituency. In 2011 I recall seeing one homeless family and one single homeless person. In the past month alone, however, I have seen five homeless families, with children being taken out of school. They are normal families one would never consider as being...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any staff at the Irish Water Services Transition Office were seconded from existing roles in the public service or local authorities; if so, the number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4922/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 435. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of workforce planning that was undertaken in advance of the recruitment of new staff to Irish Water; if he will make public documentation relating to this planning process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4918/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies Mergers (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the professional advice obtained from external consultancies in relation to the merger of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland; the budget assigned to the merger working group; if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies Mergers (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 417. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, in tabular form, the professional advice obtained from external consultancies in relation to the merger of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland; the budget assigned to the merger working group; if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policy that will be followed to repair leaks in water infrastructure at housing estates which have not been taken in charge by local authorities but remain unfinished with no prospect of remedial works being carried out by the original developer; if in such cases any liability will fall on the homeowners in these...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the precise stages of the recruitment process which has been utilised by Irish Water in the recruitment of staff; if this pattern was followed in respect of hires at all grades within the new utility; if he will describe the differing recruitment process at each grade level; the number of staff that have been recruited...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Agencies Board Appointments (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 136. To ask the Taoiseach if he will itemise in tabular form the occasions on which his Department has engaged the services of external professional advice such as a company (details supplied) on the appointment of persons to State boards; if he will list the fees paid in respect of such services; the persons who were ultimately appointed on foot of advice received; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Agencies Board Appointments (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 137. To ask the Taoiseach if he will identify any instances where a person appointed to a State board after recruitment advice was received from professional external consultants was subsequently deemed to be unqualified for the duties and responsibilities attached to the role; the costs incurred in obtaining advice in respect of each such instance; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will itemise in tabular form the occasions on which his Department has engaged the services of external professional advice such as a company (details supplied) on the appointment of persons to State boards; if he will list the fees paid in respect of such services; the persons who were ultimately appointed on foot...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify any instance where a person appointed to a State board after recruitment advice was received from professional external consultants was subsequently deemed to be unqualified for the duties and responsibilities attached to the role; the costs incurred in obtaining advice in respect of each such...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will itemise in tabular form the occasions on which his Department has engaged the services of external professional advice such as a company (details supplied) on the appointment of persons to State boards; if he will list the fees paid in respect of such services; the persons who were ultimately appointed on foot of advice received; and if he will...