Results 121-140 of 418 for cork speaker:Catherine Murphy

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...housing waiting list. In County Kildare, more than 7,000 people are on the list. The country's six worst councils account for 43% of the national waiting list - the four Dublin local authorities, Cork City Council and Kildare County Council. The bottom six counties account for less than 5% of the national waiting list. A targeted approach to the problem is urgently required. There is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Assistance Scheme (5 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...and I am sure it is the same with most Deputies, particularly in big urban areas. The housing list issue is not universally as bad nationwide as it is, for example, in Dublin, Kildare, Galway or Cork, which are really serious black spots. However, when the new scheme is being piloted, I ask that this take place in areas in which there is such a profile to enable the Department to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Comprehensive Action Programme for the Reform of Local Government: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...town commissions are included - which would have been better resourced in the county council - the staff are already in those locations. It may not be viable to have somebody going from one end of Cork to the other - that county involves the greatest change in numbers, along with Tipperary. Will we not end up with a lot of people in the wrong place? It will be pretty difficult to have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...others. Does the agency consider location when providing funding to the voluntary housing sector? As I understand it, 43% of the entire housing waiting list is comprised of people living in Dublin, Cork city and County Kildare. The bottom six counties, meanwhile, account for only 3% of the housing waiting list. It goes without saying that rents will be higher in areas of higher...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...possesses the moral authority to table this motion but I agree with most of it and, therefore, will be supporting it. In response to a submission by the Communities for Sustainable Development in Cork, the Ombudsman produced a lengthy report which found systemic problems in the planning system. These systemic problems will not be solved by an internal inquiry which is nothing more than a...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 May 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...from the national to the local. The counties that benefited least from that were those on the periphery of the major urban centres, and not exclusively those in Dublin. I refer to those in Cork county, Galway county as well as the counties on the periphery of Dublin. The standard of services vary greatly and the type of audit being examined would raise questions at national level and...

Planning Legislation (3 May 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...arises in the context of the report of the Mahon tribunal. We know what happened in Dublin and that serious complaints were made to the Department and the Ombudsman about what had occurred in Cork. I have a copy of the Ombudsman's report, delivered on 25 February, which refers to difficulties of a systemic nature. Essentially, what is happening is similar to what occurred when the Ferns...

Planning Legislation (3 May 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I understand the local authorities selected to be investigated were contacted and that they issued responses. I actually have a copy of the response submitted by the authority in Cork. I am sure each of the authorities involved has submitted a response at this point. Does the Minister of State propose to publish them? The State spent a small fortune on the Mahon tribunal and we were...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (3 May 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...available to address the severe flooding events that persist in the area of Alasty, Killeenmore and Turnings, near Straffan in County Kildare, where many homes, businesses, roads and the Dublin-Cork rail-line are impacted downstream of Johnstown and the M7 motorway; if there are initiatives that can be undertaken in the short-term to provide relief; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Hazardous Waste Sites: Hazardous Waste Sites (25 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times the committee on clean up options for the former Irish Steel, ISPAT, site on Haulbowline Island, County Cork, has met; the dates of such meetings involved; the timescale for this group to finish its work; the budget required for remaining remedial works and where funding for this budget is to be...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 43% of those on local authority housing waiting lists are concentrated in the areas of Dublin city, south Dublin, Cork city, Cork county, Fingal and Kildare; his views that there is a real crisis in some parts of the country which demonstrates the need for more targeted solutions; the targeted measures he...

Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...Department made a decision on a county by county basis but there can be variations within counties. Some 43% of the housing waiting list is concentrated in six regions, Dublin City, south Dublin, Cork City, Cork county, Kildare and Fingal. The bottom 3% accounts for only 3% of the list. Some counties are affected more than others. There must be a more nuanced approach. I ask the...

Hospital Staff (15 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...such as speech and language therapy and occupational therapy services. There may be long waiting lists in one place and shorter waiting lists in another. One cannot simply move a person from Cork to Donegal if they have no wish to go but what if that is where the mismatch arises? I fully accept that there are different requirements whether for intensive care or accident and emergency...

Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (14 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...of the following third level institutions: University College Dublin, University of Dublin, National University of Ireland Maynooth, National University of Ireland Galway, University College Cork, Dublin City University and the University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7958/12]

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Catherine Murphy: ...means of doing it. On Committee Stage, I spoke about the incinerator with the Minister. The numbers on this do not add up. I do not care whether Dublin City Council, Kildare County Council or Cork City Council is involved but the public purse will be affected by building an incinerator with a capacity of 580,000 tonnes where local authorities are required to produce 320,000 tonnes or...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (14 Jul 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Health Service Executive has refused to accept adoption files from a centre (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will undertake to make these files available in order that the adoptees are given the opportunity to trace their birth parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20612/11]

Road Network. (28 Mar 2007)

Catherine Murphy: ...are experienced by Kildare County Council as a direct result of the population growth. Although it may well have escaped notice, Kildare is the fourth most populous county, behind Dublin, Cork and Galway. It has overtaken Limerick. Kildare now has a large population, with all the related demands placed on it. Obviously, the stresses and strains are being seen in areas such as roads....

Social and Affordable Housing. (22 Feb 2007)

Catherine Murphy: ...end up in a relationship and have children. According to the recent home price index survey of the PTS, Kildare has the third highest number of apartments constructed nationally, after Dublin and Cork. A disproportionate number of apartments are being offered for social and affordable housing. I have seen housing estates constructed where the only social and affordable units available...

Citizens Information Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: .... The problem created by having a shared worker between two CICs on Dublin's southside is significantly different from that created by having a shared worker in two CICs in Kildare and Wicklow, or Cork and Kerry. We can end up with a disproportionate service and location can be important from that point of view. The advocacy officer described in the Bill is dedicated to disability as it...

Air Navigation and Transport (Indemnities) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Most people considering this Bill will think of major airlines and airports such as Dublin, Cork or Shannon. Those airports must be up-to-date in the type of security provided there to minimise risk. I know advances have been made in the type of machinery used and monitoring, and that will be important. I note the Bill extends to facilities that do not have the capacity to do that, such as...