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Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: May I stop Mr. McCarthy at this point?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There was criticism of the lack of transparency in pricing and this has been picked up by the Analysys Mason report. There was one bill that did not differentiate, for example, between different components and whether there were discounts. We have heard from British Telecom, BT, this morning and we can only test this with companies that are purchasing from Enet whether the contract's terms...

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. Before the contracts were extended, there were criticisms from companies which were significant purchasers from Enet. That has been picked up and I hope it will be remedied now and in the foreseeable future. Mr. McCarthy stated that there was a satisfactory relationship between Enet and its customers. However, the customers were saying there were serious problems. Does he accept that?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is that the retail side?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is clear there has been a sizeable reduction of almost 50% per metre, from which, I hope, the end user will benefit. Has that been factored into Enet's business model? The contract will have changed hands and, as Mr. McCarthy identified, there are investors, many of which are pension funds while others are from the IIF. Will the reduction make a significant difference to Enet's business...

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The maximum pricing will differ depending on the size of the customer.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What is Lactava Investment Holdings 1 and 2? It appears to have the same board composition as Enet.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: In that case, it is a part of the NBP bid company.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is fully funded can have funds redirected to the person's parent in view of circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7471/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE retains funds in cases in which persons are fully funded and the service is not provided or only partly provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7472/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on sustainable transport grants from 1 January to 31 December 2018; the way in which this amount matches against the amount available to his Department in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific way in which population changes are factored into the determination of local authority funding baselines for the purposes of the distribution of the local property tax to local authorities; the census data upon which the assessment model for baselines is based; if the baseline figures being used date back...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The European Union's competence is not to determine who the regulator should be in this country. In fact, the concept of subsidiarity determines that we have a right to make these decisions for ourselves. That is just a statement of fact. It is not going to tell us that we have to select Fingal County Council to be the regulator. We have entire autonomy in doing so. That is the...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is not that people always agree with a regulator, but the one thing they need to have is trust that it is independent. What is done to achieve this is avoiding conflicts. A regulator is not picked that will be put in harm's way in terms of conflicts, but that is what will happen here. Fingal County Council is one of the better local authorities in many respects, but the Minister will...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: No one is saying there should not be regulation, including the DAA, which accepts regulation. As has been said, there is an urgency in this regard. This is precisely a situation where we can get things badly wrong. We are appalling at building institutions that are coherent. We have fragmentation and conflicts of interest all over the place. The Minister knows coherent regulation is...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I concur with the Deputy on this. The impression before he became Minister was that he would go through brick walls to resolve issues, be tough taking on the Department and be on the side of the residents in getting the optimum resolution. His responses to these amendments, however, seem wimpish. It seems the Department told him he could not accept them and that was it. Will he give us...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish Aid checked observer profiles held by the EU and the OSCE in the context of the recent election observation competition; the way in which and the number of the applicants selected for the new roster have had observations validated by the EU or the OSCE; the number of observers with five or more missions on their profiles that were...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if hangars at Dublin Airport leased by private persons and-or companies are inspected by authorised officers and-or the Revenue Commissioners enforcement staff; if the content on board the aircraft in these hangars are eligible for self-clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7234/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Data (13 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons exiting and entering the State by Revenue Commissioners enforcement officers at Dublin Airport in the past ten years; the amount of cash returned to persons on appeal to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7287/19]