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Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I do not believe the Minister of State believes this. He has said the Government needs to raise this tax to place local government on a sustainable footing and that the money raised will be sent to the Department of Finance to pay down the national debt. That is what will be done with the money raised. It will not be put into the motor tax or local government fund; rather it will go...

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: There is no doubt about where it will go. It will not be used to provide a sustainable source of funding for local government; it will go nowhere next, nigh or near local government. The idea behind introducing carbon emission targets and the approach to reducing such emissions were in recognition of the fact that we had carbon change obligations. Transportation is one of the areas in...

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, I am pressing it.

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, to delete lines 23 to 28, to delete pages 4 to 10, and in page 11, to delete lines 1 to 37.I understand my second amendment has been ruled out of order.

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. The Bill is misnamed. It should be the Motor Vehicle and National Debt (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013 because one of the sections actually deals with the €150 million that is being hijacked and sent to the Department of Finance. It will not be spent on roads at all. When paying for something, people are entitled to ask what they are getting for their money. They see roads...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain his decision in making a local authority shared ownership homeowner liable for the full cost of the property tax when they are paying a rental price on 50% of the home to local authorities and repaying a mortgage only on the other 50% to purchase that equity share in their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15384/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the total revenue generated in respect of each of the motor tax vehicle emissions bands in each year since 2009 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15376/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the estimated income which is intended to be derived from each of the new engine capacity bands as set out in Section 4 (a) of the Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15375/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Property Taxation Exemptions (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: It appears that the local authorities are being blamed but they were given a set of instructions which came from either the Minister or the Government. They did not make up these rules. This is not a local authority-blaming exercise.

Topical Issue Debate: Property Taxation Exemptions (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: If one wants to prove that one has pyrite the competent person will be an engineer who will come out and write a report. I have seen the bills for those reports. In some cases they run into a couple of thousand euro. Is the Minister saying that somebody has to spend €2,000 or more, in some cases, to get a report that confirms what is obvious and then claim an exemption that may be...

Topical Issue Debate: Property Taxation Exemptions (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: That depends on how many houses are counted.

Topical Issue Debate: Property Taxation Exemptions (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: That is not true.

Topical Issue Debate: Property Taxation Exemptions (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: In my request to raise a topical issue I included both the list of estates and the pyrite-damaged houses. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. It is clear that the legislation produced before Christmas and the amending Bill produced after Christmas were hastily passed through the House and in advance of the list of exemptions or before we had an opportunity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Kildare County Council (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Would that have been helped by the river being a managed river and a major water source at Poulaphouca and Leixlip? There is an ongoing dialogue with the local authorities along the way. I imagine that the ESB might not be as involved in other waterways, although it has been involved on the Shannon and its involvement in Cork has been very prominent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Kildare County Council (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: There was another point, arising from letters I received, about areas where there is no experience of flooding. Perhaps that issue could be taken up by the County and City Managers Association, although I do not know if that is possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Kildare County Council (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. As they are aware, the joint committee is doing a report on flooding and insurance. Of the various elements involved in this issue, prevention is the best. Bodies such as the Irish Insurance Federation have called for more money to be spent on flood alleviation measures. I proposed that the joint committee invite some of those who have direct...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services Provision (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will describe, with respect to rural transport, the expected efficiencies to be achieved from the proposed establishment of transport coordination units to regionalise transport planning and delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15336/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (21 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 5 March 2013, if she will confirm exactly the way North Kildare is defined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (21 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will describe the way, with regard to the setting of rent limits for rent assistance, the objective of providing assistance to all of the persons with a genuine need whilst avoiding a distortion in local rental rates is achieved; the precise mathematical method used by officials in her Department when calculating the appropriate rent limits for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Elections (21 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the possible change in scheduled date for the eight election of representatives to the European Parliament on 22 to 25 May 2014, he is considering changing the date of the next scheduled elections for local authority representatives to coincide with the former; and if he will make a statement on the matter....