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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 23 - Revenue Collection
Chapter 24 - Management of Revenue Debt
Chapter 25 - Taxpayer Compliance
Chapter 26 - Corporation Tax Losses
Chapter 27 - Tax Audit Settlements (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Revenue would use that to feed into investigations in other areas.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 23 - Revenue Collection
Chapter 24 - Management of Revenue Debt
Chapter 25 - Taxpayer Compliance
Chapter 26 - Corporation Tax Losses
Chapter 27 - Tax Audit Settlements (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Revenue took over responsibility for the household charge that preceded the LPT. What is the compliance rate with that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 23 - Revenue Collection
Chapter 24 - Management of Revenue Debt
Chapter 25 - Taxpayer Compliance
Chapter 26 - Corporation Tax Losses
Chapter 27 - Tax Audit Settlements (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Is Revenue's figure more accurate?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 23 - Revenue Collection
Chapter 24 - Management of Revenue Debt
Chapter 25 - Taxpayer Compliance
Chapter 26 - Corporation Tax Losses
Chapter 27 - Tax Audit Settlements (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: How would that work? Would Revenue add an additional charge to their property tax?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I have a question on the tri-annual report by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Has he had a chance to look at those board evaluations and has it been in detail?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: In the correspondence that we received on 22 January it stated that the Comptroller and Auditor General would look at them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Is it correct that we would not be able to see, for example, the 2013 evaluation until some time next year? The Comptroller and Auditor General would not be looking at it until some time next year when the accounts for 2013 were-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Are you looking at it now?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Will that be contained in the tri-annual report in terms of the evaluation after 2013?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I do not know whether the committee wants to write to NAMA to push this point and seek more details on the actual evaluation. In terms of the presentation that was given to the board, I do not know if we want to push that or wait until April, when the Comptroller and Auditor General has had a chance to look at it himself.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Can I ask the Clerk to organise our next sub-committee meeting on NAMA for the beginning of March if possible? Could the Comptroller and Auditor General give us a quick update on preparations for the tri-annual report, the first one under the legislation? With regard to this correspondence, after NAMA informed us that it had done a board evaluation report again this year, we requested...

Recent Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, on all of the work he has done in this area since 2011. In October 2011 Dublin city was hit very badly by flooding and the Minister of State responded immediately. We debated in the Dáil the next day as a Topical Issue what had happened the previous evening and what needed to be done. Deputy Kevin Humphreys and I, from Dublin Bay...

Other Questions: Road Projects Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether local authorities should have greater discretion with regard to spending on local and regional roads. [7801/14]

Other Questions: Road Projects Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: What are the Minister's views on whether local authorities should have greater discretion on spending on local and regional roads?

Other Questions: Road Projects Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Minister for his response. His intentions and efforts in this area are very welcome. It is very important local authorities do not reduce their funding for road maintenance or for improvement works where they can happen. It is important to continue to invest in roads through maintaining existing local roads or improving road networks where we can, not only because of the recent...

Other Questions: Sporting Events (18 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed bid for the Rugby World Cup. [7802/14]

Other Questions: Sporting Events (18 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Will the Minister provide an update on the proposed bid for the Rugby World Cup?

Other Questions: Sporting Events (18 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I am sure the Minister and the House will join me in wishing the Irish rugby team every success this weekend, when it travels to Twickenham to face England in the RBS 6 Nations Championship. Hosting the Rugby World Cup is a very exciting prospect for this country, not just for rugby fans but for everybody. The country, North and South, can benefit from it in the many years leading up to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide information on the pedestrian and railway bridge at Lansdowne Road in terms of the development of new flood defences along the River Dodder; if the height of the bridge was considered in these plans in terms of contributing to past flooding; and the way this is to be addressed in the current...