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Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that, but how strong are the service level agreements if a section 38 organisation can appoint someone in complete disregard of the HSE's letters and sanctions until such time as the issue becomes a crisis and needs to be addressed as such?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Ms McGuinness is implying that the HSE has a soft power over the governance of the organisations because it is giving them money.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: I am sorry, but I have a final question.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: The legislation is very welcome and I congratulate the Minister on bringing these proposals forward and giving of her time to debate the Bill. I wish to begin with the OECD report into our pension system which was commissioned by the Government in 2012. One of the conclusions of that report was that there was unequal treatment of public and private sector workers due to the prevalence of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (5 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 12 November 2013, if he intends to make property tax paid in respect of a rented property deductible for income tax or corporation tax purposes. [52337/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (5 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has approved the continuation of an existing contract or the signing of a new contract with the Russian asset recovery company A1 with regard to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loans to the Quinn family assets in Russia-Ukraine. [52338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Application (5 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing mortgage interest relief temporarily for those on higher rate mortgages for example those on non-tracker mortgages paying above 1.5%, as an interim measure until the economy returns to higher growth levels. [52339/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if it his intention to advise Irish banks against any increase in interest rates in view of continuing reductions by the European Central Bank. [52340/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (4 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing working parents to claim child care costs in full against their earned incomes for both tax and USC. [52047/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (4 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing elderly persons to claim health care costs, including health insurance premiums, against their tax and USC. [52048/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (4 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of running the seed and venture capital scheme to date; and the cost of similar schemes. [52049/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (4 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether it would be more efficient for the Government from a time and cost point of view to direct money ring-fenced for investment in small and medium enterprises, in co-operation with private funds, to new financing models such as peer to peer funding. [52050/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (4 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of calls and online reports that were received by her Department's anonymous reporting service in 2012 and 2013; and the number of these reports that resulted in action against an individual. [52045/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's policy on dependants (details supplied). [52052/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (4 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a proposal (details supplied) on residential tenancy legislation. [52051/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (4 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering, as part of the new plain packaging laws, excluding cigar and pipe tobaccos, as was the case with the display ban introduced for cigarettes. [52212/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Register of Electors Issues (4 Dec 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on adding a section in the driving licence application process where persons could ask to be added to the electoral register if they so wished. [52046/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: In his correspondence Mr. Maloney claims that the Comptroller and Auditor General is not providing him with information to assist him in appearing before the committee. Is there anything to that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Is it an internal working paper in respect of the report previously prepared?

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (27 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: I have raised this matter before. This funding model has been proved to work in America and the UK. One issue that was raised with me by people interested in this funding system was the possibility of a tax relief for those lending as a way of the Government supporting it at an early phase to help get it off the ground.