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Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 87. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the increasing of rent for council tenants who refuse to pay water charges. [45854/14]

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister for his views on the reported memo from his Department to local authorities raising the idea of increasing rent for council tenants who do not pay water charges and the threat of eviction.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister for the answer. Although he said recipients would have no less favourable terms than they would have had under the old housing waiting list, by definition, those on the transfer list have less favourable terms. Whereas previously, for every person taken off the housing waiting list one person was taken off the transfer list, now for every two people taken off the...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: We have the institutionalisation of the long-term provision of social housing through rented accommodation. Instead of the State building the homes that people need and renting them to people, it is giving a massive yearly subsidy - at least €500 million - to private landlords. Half of all the income of private landlords comes from the State, with the top 20 earning almost €5...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 85. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who are housed in accommodation owned by private landlords and paid for by the new housing assistance payment are automatically taken off the housing list; if they are subsequently placed on the transfer list only if they specifically request this rather than this being done automatically; and if he will make a...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: If people are housed through private landlords under the new housing assistance payment, HAP, will they be automatically removed from the housing waiting list? Will they have to apply to get on the transfer list, rather than it being automatic? If that is the case, does that represent a false equation of the HAP with people's housing needs being met, for example, through the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with a victim of abuse (details supplied) who is campaigning for justice for their child who was killed in 1973 in Dalkey, County Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46219/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 350. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received any recent report on Garda investigations into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she is prepared to meet with the mother of the person and the victim of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46209/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will abolish or reduce the fees and charges related to naturalisation; her views on the joint statement by the Immigrant Council of Ireland and NASC on 24 November 2014 on this matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45843/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 437. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 5 November 2014, the steps that will be taken to allow the person (details supplied) to access dialectical behavioural therapy as part of the public health sector or have their costs for accessing the treatment in the private sector covered by the Health Service Executive as the treatment is not available in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers (27 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants who have enrolled on the VTOS scheme through the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board for the current academic year; the way this number compares with the number for the academic year 2013-2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45364/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the high rates of casualisation and low rates of pay in the third level sector for casual academics; and her plans to address the situation. [45365/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: I thank Professor Honohan for attending. I was going to talk about mortgages. Following on from Senator Byrne, I have a few questions. What does Professor Honohan think of the Trichet letter? Is it appropriate for the ECB to be sending letters such as those sent to Ireland and Italy demanding policy change, with a threat of loss of emergency liquidity assistance, or the buying of bonds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: I accept that but Professor Honohan did answer Senator Byrne's questions. With regard to the new mortgage recommendations, does Professor Honohan have an estimate as to the percentage of mortgages that qualified under the new recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: How come the Governor has those figures? All the banks refuse to answer that question. They said it was not possible to answer it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: They all suggested to the committee that it was not a case of their not telling but that is was simply not possible to work out the figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Is that an effective admission that a percentage of the mortgages are effectively unsustainable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: What impact does Professor Honohan believe the recommendations will have on rental prices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Is there not a danger that rents could go up on the basis that the market would become even less liquid, which is the reason people are being forced into the rental sector, and that ownership could become concentrated in a smaller number of hands? It is not more expensive to have a mortgage; it is simply more difficult to access one, and this benefits institutional investors, etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: The Governor said the Central Bank recently updated the sustainability guidelines to include guidance on instances in which sustainable solutions may extend into the borrower’s retirement. Does this mean mortgage arrears follow people to their grave? A high percentage of people with 35 or 40 year mortgages are exiting interest-only arrangements at this stage. What does that mean in...