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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, residential households. Mr. Horan indicated that 2% of people are not getting flood insurance. Some people may not even be looking for insurance because they will not pay for insurance that will not cover flood where that has been the biggest exposure for them. It may well be that they are so heavily loaded that they do not seek that. Does the 2% reflect the real situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: As the Chairman said, there are cases where there might have been a flood in a small area in a valley following something that happened on a hillside and the entire area is put on some sort of floodplain, which is nonsensical. I could bring Mr. Horan to places where that is happening today. Huge investment has been made in flood defences. There does not seem to be any kind of certification...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The figures provided include the bad winters of recent years, when there were blanket spreads of claims rather than claims from specific geographic areas. Many of these claims were initiated by burst pipes, which occurred across the country, rather than specific flood events which tend to occur over 30 year intervals. It is unusual to experience two very bad winters consecutively. We...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020 Strategy (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will state, as Chair of the High Level Implementation Group, if it is still his view that Food Harvest 2020 is not a plan or programme as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2001/42/EC and therefore subject to a Strategic Environmental Assessment; if he will explain the reason that it is not considered as such by him in view of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Genetically Modified Organisms (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will state his precise policy in relation to the outdoor field trials of GM potatoes currently underway in County Carlow; the ultimate goal of conducting the research trials; the implications of the trials for Government policy on the use of GM; his view on whether this information is required to be disclosed under the Aarhus...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the number of times the Cabinet sub-committee on Climate Change has met since its formation, the dates concerned. [40303/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any element of the lifestart project is funded by his Department directly; if so, if he will outline the way it is funded, the locations and the amount of funding provided; if there is scope for any further funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40138/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending the claw back element of the affordable home scheme to discount legal and auctioneering fees in the event of the sale of the property when it is within the claw-back period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40150/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Lifestart Project receives funding from her Department by way of grant aid; if so, if she will detail the locations the amount of grant aid and if there is scope to assist with funding the Offaly/Kildare Lifestart Project which is about to cease operating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40140/12]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: While I had no expectation that the reforms in the health service would be delivered overnight, I had an expectation that by now the direction would be shaped, a vision outlined and a credible plan of action put in place. Where I agree with Fianna Fáil's motion of no confidence is that the budget put forward was completely unrealistic from the outset. For example, the notion that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Policing Plans (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the factors which are taken into consideration when the annual policing plan is being prepared; if population growth trends and projections across the country that have been taken into account when previous policing plans have been prepared, especially with regard to the geographical distribution of Gardaí; when he expects the next policing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Policing Plans (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I have a copy of last year's plan and I see how it is broken down. The Garda Commissioner does not take population into consideration and there is no evidence of him doing so. For example, based on a number of comparators Kildare is the worst policed area in the country. If the whole country had the same level of gardaí as are present in Kildare, we could let 4,800 gardaí go....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Policing Plans (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Moving people between regions is just not possible in that situation. Seven Deputies sought a meeting months ago with the Garda Commissioner and he has given us the deaf ear. We have been advised that the resources are not nationally based but regionally based and what we have we hold.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Policing Plans (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: These Garda reports are only works of fiction unless there is a real prospect of using resources where they are needed rather than where they are located at the moment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Policing Plans (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: It is a welcome suggestion. The Minister of State said the Minister has his job to and the Commissioner has his job to do. Our problem is that we are going around in circles making this demand with the Minister saying it is the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner, the Garda Commissioner refusing to meet us and the regions insisting that what we have we hold. At the same time people's...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The thrust of the Bill is positive. However I have some concerns which I would like to address. We have had too much legislation which does not have a solid practical application and uncertainty about how it will be applied. It is important to consider this legislation not only in its own right but also where it fits into the jigsaw in terms of the suite of child protection legislation....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Extension (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the enhanced mortgage interest relief to first time buyers who signed contracts for their home in 2008 and were therefore obliged to pay inflated prices, but who did not draw down their loan or incur interest payments until 2009 because they purchased off the plans; if so, the criteria that will be required to prove that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a variance in the numbers of stationed Gardaí per capita across Garda districts; his views on whether there has been a significant and consistent failure to take population growth trends into account when policing plans have been prepared and that this is the primary reason that there is a large variance in Garda resources...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a variance in the numbers of stationed Gardaí per capita across Garda districts; his views on whether there has been a significant and consistent failure to take population growth trends into account when policing plans have been prepared and that this is the primary reason that there is a large variance in Garda resources...

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: We do not have a local government system in this country in the real sense of the word, we have a local administration. If we are to change that, it will not happen as an event but through a process. Could the Minister outline how he sees that playing out? Will there be legislation next year followed by a process over a period years after that? What will be the final shape of the local...