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Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The suicide rate has reached shocking proportions. Mass emigration has returned, bringing with it social consequences. Vulnerable people, including the elderly and those with disabilities, have been directly impacted by cuts in services. This is not our debt. It was not our debt in 2008. It was not our debt in 2011 when, during the general election, so much was said about Frankfurt's way...

Other Questions: School Patronage (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I spoke to the CEO of the VEC in respect of this because a number of parents contacted me who were concerned about what they understood to be a re-designation of the school as Catholic with the new school being a multidenominational school with an intake from a variety of different sources, some of them outlying schools. The only conclusion I could draw from the conversations I had was that...

Other Questions: School Patronage (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to change the status of a school (details supplied) from that of a multi-denominational school to that of a catholic ethos; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school is not regarded as a denominational school; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the school is seen an inclusive school that...

Other Questions: School Patronage (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Maynooth post-primary school currently has 1,300 pupils. It is a very successful school educationally from the point of view of inclusiveness and it is a unifying force within the town. The decision was made recently that its footprint was too small and it is to move to a new educational campus. The decision was made to create a second school - a community college - but also to change the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undertaken a cost benefit analysis of the school transport scheme operated by Bus Éireann; if he will account for the high cost of operating the scheme compared to school transport systems in other jurisdictions; if he will confirm if Bus Éireann makes a profit from the scheme; if he will provide the latest accounts...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance if the continued applicability of the Central Bank's CCMA now depends on the regulatory status of the ultimate acquirer of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book; if this position differs from the position stated by him on 6 February 2013 that it is critically important that mortgage account holders understand that their situation following the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the code of conduct on mortgage arrears will be available to those whose mortgages are part of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book which is currently for sale as a condition of sale; the way that might be done in practice; if that condition will limit the selection of bidders for the loan books and if so how; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the right of first refusal was not offered to the 4,000 Irish Bank Resolution Corporation performing mortgages at or above the valuation level; the consideration that was given to this; the reason it was not decided to proceed in this way; the conditions that have been built into the sale that comparable lending rates and conditions will apply;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if the independent valuation has been completed in respect of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan books; if not, when same will be completed; if so, the way each loan book differs from the prior valuation; the estimated cost of the discount by loan book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50210/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that were transferred by division to new divisions in 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013; the extent to which this occurred because of the Garda Commissioner’s policing plan; the extent to which it occurred because of changing demographics or crime trends; the difficulties in transferring gardaí...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Juvenile Liaison Service (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers in each county to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50532/13]

Road Traffic Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Dooley for bringing this Bill before the House and commend the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, on his acceptance in principle of the Bill. I hope it will proceed at an early stage to Committee Stage and that it, like future legislation introduced on Fridays by Opposition or Government backbenchers, will become law. While it is the wish of Members who avail of the Friday sittings...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in his programme of reforming the public service, he has included a detailed regional or sub-national planning model for the optimal development of the public service around the country into the future; the extent of input his Department is having in the development of a new national spatial strategy; if the public service will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The question is about the planning under way to ensure we have the optimal public service. We are heading into a new national spatial strategy. It is not just a dry strategy based on where one would develop; public services must accompany the development. One of my concerns is that demographic change does not play as significant a role as it should in order for services to be matched with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I am pleased to hear there is a whole-of-government approach, as that brings in the national spatial strategy in terms of forward planning. The distribution of public services around the country is most unequal, but I do not need to tell the Minister that because Wexford is a case in point. For example, in terms of local authority staff, County Meath has half the number of staff in County...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The issue is critically important. The Minister did not answer the part of the question about how public service reform would dovetail with the national spatial strategy in the future. I fully understand it is part of the role of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. We have a difficult situation to deal with and a dispersed pattern of settlement. We do not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Issues (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the pronounced gender imbalance between senior and junior grades in the public service, the way the restricting of working time patterns and flexible working arrangements under the Haddington Road agreement will not exacerbate this inequality further; the measures he proposes to encourage a greater representation of women at...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance if any consideration is given to commercial data, including client data, client projects, correspondence with the Revenue Commissioners or solicitors, in situations where the Revenue sheriff seizes computers; in situations where goods seized are owned by customers or clients where does the burden of proof lie, the way damages to third parties are defined;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance what if any data protection issues arise in situations where computers are seized by the Revenue sheriff; the protocols that are in place in situations where such seizures are sold on; the obligations there are to sell seized goods for the maximum amount possible; if goods seized are sold below a reasonable value, the recourse available to the aggrieved...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue sheriff can make more than one seizure for the same offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50060/13]