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Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: There is no question of there being any difficulty similar to the other scenario we spoke about.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: There is potential for 1,000 housing units in Kildare on one site and 8,000 in Fingal-----

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Is there anywhere else?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I understand this is a technical Bill. It provides for the dissolution of Ervia, the transfer of its functions, assets, records and staff to Gas Networks Ireland. I understand that. The first thing stated in the explanatory memorandum is: In 2018 the Government decided that Irish Water (Uisce Eireann) should be separated from Ervia and made into a standalone entity. On 20 October 2020...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I too want to commend the joint task force. I think it was an exemplary piece of work. Obviously, resources are a significant issue. I want to raise the issue of school transport. When will the review be published? This comes up every year, but I do not believe I have seen a year worse than this one. There are special needs children without school transport services. We are seeing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: On the same subject, some of these services will collapse. There is no obvious mechanism to resolve this because the State is the funder. As the Taoiseach said, if the section 39 bodies did not exist the State would have to provide the services directly. The problem is that if the State does not come back to the table, there is nothing to negotiate. We cannot talk about the industrial...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 94. To ask the Taoiseach if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [40957/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Information and Communications Technology (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the National Cyber Security Centre has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) within the NCSC; if any section of the NCSC currently makes use of A.I.; if he can outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if NCSC has consulted with any consultancy firms...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of exemptions in respect of local property tax, and the number of deferrals sought and granted in respect of local property tax, in 2022 and to date in 2023; the value of LPT forgone as a consequence; and if he will provide the information in tabular form. [40956/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify whether the OPW has entered into a mediation process with landowners at Castletown House and boundary lands. [41362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which OPW and or a contractor engaged by them inspected the mature trees at the Kildare Street gate entrance and Merrion side of Leinster House; if it has been established whether the trees are in a stable condition and are disease-free; and if there are future plans to inspect the trees in the context of their long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers listed in court for speeding by District Court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41230/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers listed in court for holding a mobile phone while driving by District Court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41231/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal road traffic collisions each year in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in which the surviving driver was injured in the crash; the number of injured drivers involved, by year; the number taken to hospital; the number of these drivers that were not tested for intoxicants each year in hospital; the reason...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 556. To ask the Minister for Health if he and or the HSE have developed guidance for end users in respect of blue light from computer screens and digital devices in the context of eye health; and the number of persons in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 with eye complaints as a result of prolonged exposure to blue light. [41244/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in respect of the case of a person (details supplied). [41104/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Breeding (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 622. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date on which the schedule of the restricted and specifically banned dog breeds was updated; if she has added the Presa Canario; if not, if she will outline the reason for same; if she has given consideration to adding and/or evaluating the need to add the American bully XL as a prescribed ban-dog to the schedule or restricted...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cross-Border Co-operation (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 623. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date on which her officials last engaged with their counterparts in Northern Ireland in respect of developing an all-island schedule of the restricted dog breeds. [41123/23]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: We can come up with all sorts of reasons why house prices are so high in this country but I do not see any real attempt to drive them down. This is an island off the west coast of Europe and there is a need to bring in materials and all the rest so, in terms of a comparison, I will look at average house prices on the island. In Dublin, the average house price is €436,000....