Results 11,161-11,180 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Information and Communications Technology (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for replacing the Garda PULSE system; the progress to date on the installation and roll-out of a computer-aided dispatch system in respect of the additional €22 million that was provided for the An Garda Síochána ICT in budget 2021; the progress to date on sources and allocating additional mobile...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Information and Quality Authority (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 352. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the remit of HIQA to psychiatric units; if so, the timeline involved; if not, if he will consider extending the remit of HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 353. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the expansion of the Lakeview psychiatric unit in Naas; the timelines involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39287/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Wise 2025 Strategy (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is planned that the new agrifood strategy to 2030, which has recently been the subject of public consultation, will replace the current Food Wise 2025 strategy; if so, the reason the Food Wise 2025 strategy is being withdrawn five years early; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39448/20]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: In terms of accountability, what we are getting is five minutes per group for questions and answers. If we went into this and there was good faith shown by the Government, that would be one thing. Instead, the question it raises for me is what it is that the Government is afraid of. What has the Government got to hide?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That it is hiding something is the only conclusion one can come to from this very contained scenario that is being offered. What is wrong with a forward and backward exchange with sufficient time - ten minutes, say - to be used for questions and answers or statements, whichever one wishes to do? That is the way we have done things in the recent past. I do not understand why there is a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the witnesses. I will try to keep my comments focused and I would appreciate short replies as five minutes is a very short time. I would like to concentrate on local government funding. In his opening comments, the Comptroller and Auditor General referred to the complex ways in which central government funds flow to individual local authorities. That is a great understatement...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I know many arguments are made to the effect that some parts of the country are different from others in terms of the rates base and so on. In fact, if we consider the gross expenditure and carry out a comparison between all local authorities, the counties with growing populations are always at the bottom of the list in terms of the amount of spend per head. There is a direct impact on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I also want to come in on this very point. All I see in my constituency are long leases. Properties are leased for 25 years at 90% of market rent with reviews at four-year intervals. That is in cases where the maintenance is done. When the maintenance is not covered, 80% of market rent is paid. At the end of that period, the property is still owned by the developer. I cannot see where...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I ask Mr. Doyle to please do so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to value for money in the long term, we pay 90% of current market rent, reviewed every four years, in cases where outside maintenance is carried out by the developer, who owns the unit at the end of the period. I calculated that if rent is paid on 2,600 long leases over 25 years, the State will pay €865 million and own nothing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is a question of value for money. The figure I have used there is the Department's own figure, which is an average of €13,222 as the cost for each long lease every year. How is value for money put into that if one considers it over the lifetime of the house?

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I will pick up on a point raised by my colleague, Deputy Cairns. We know that the grant from the horse and greyhound fund for 2021 is set to be €96 million, which is to be split in the ratio of 80:20 in favour of horse racing. This motion concentrates, as the Deputy said, exclusively on greyhounds. The greyhound sector will be funded by the Exchequer to the tune of €19.2...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a submission (details supplied) regarding the Irish Aviation Authority pension scheme; and the measures and or degree of intervention in the matter he plans to take. [39174/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide a schedule of all staff employed by or seconded to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, including their grade and-or rank; the details in respect of their position and role, including the time duration that they have been seconded to the ODCE; and if options exist for seconded staff to extend...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 169. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of vacancies that exist in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; the length of time the vacancies have existed; and the timeframe for filling the positions. [38624/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the level of resources that the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has in the context of funding, office space, capacity to work from home, vehicles, IT hardware and software; and the details of requests made by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for additional allocation of resources and staff in...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of gardaí and Revenue Commissioners’ officers currently working in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement by grade and rank. [38626/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of data access requests the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has made to telecom companies and social media companies here in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 287. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of data access requests the Revenue Commissioners have made to telecom companies and social media companies here in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested from; and the reason the data...