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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What was the thinking behind making it so one-dimensional when it was being framed?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Earlier, the Minister talked about the community around the airport having confidence in the regulator. How that is stacked up in respect of the balance of rights feeds into that confidence. As has been said, the Bill does seem to be very one-sided in how it is framed. That undermines the very point the Minister is making on the confidence people might have in the regulator. This...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Giving a reason is just one aspect. The regulator could state that ideally a measure should be implemented but that its implementation must be deferred because it believes the DAA does not have the money to implement it. In that case, what is the point? The regulator is supposed to provide certainty. This is a get-out-of-jail clause. Within what parameters will the regulator make...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is a matter of a balance of rights. The legislation is way too open if it does not contain parameters within which the regulator will be operating.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I missed the Taoiseach's response, but what is important is the context of the letter he wrote to the commission about extending the timeframe. Like everyone else, I have concerns about the delay and costs, which I shared with the Taoiseach. I am also concerned that some people could be above scrutiny if we cannot reach a satisfactory conclusion on this matter.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The same building, which was proposed, is being built. If we consider the costs in other countries where hospitals are being built, they are not of the order of the costs we face. Just because it will be the most expensive hospital in the world does not mean it is will necessarily be the best one but I hope it will be one of the best. The reality is that there are major cost overruns....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Over the weekend, we learned that PwC had been appointed to carry out an independent review of the colossal scale of spiralling costs of the national children's hospital. The current estimate of the cost - it appears to increase day by day - stands at more than €1.73 billion, which is almost three times more than the initial estimate of €650 million. The timescale for the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Claims Agency (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the health and safety management system reports and-or audits carried out on the Air Corps by the State Claims Agency in each of the years from 2006 to 2015; the year and author of each report and-or audit in the timeframe; if the reports have been published and-or classified as confidential; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Remuneration (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 18 December 2018, if the National Treasury Management Agency will provide a breakdown of all discretionary performance related payments in tabular form (details supplied); the highest discretionary performance related payments made to a single employee in each of the years 2006 to 2012; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dwellings allocated by each local authority to meet the housing needs of persons seeking asylum here and persons that are classified as refugees on an annual basis from 2014 to date by year in tabular form; the number of dwellings by local authority, by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 715. To ask the Minister for Health if the testing procedures engaged by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service in relation to the testing of all of blood donations it receives are audited or subject to audit by a third party and or independent agency; the screening and or testing that is conducted on all blood donations the service receives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1181/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if the Irish Blood Transfusion Service has considered an individual risk assessment system to be applied to all blood donors when they present to donate at blood donation clinics to assess the actual risk to the national blood supply posed by all blood donors; if the current system takes a full account of all donors who may be a risk to the national blood...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 869. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount which has been received historically under the revenue share terms with Enet regarding MANs phase 1 concession; the amount Enet has received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 870. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the nature of the revisions made to the revenue share agreement between his Department and enet regarding the phase 1 concession agreement with effect from 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54339/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 1167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties and amount of land acquired by each local authority in the past two years to date using compulsory purchase orders, by local authority and location of the property and-or lands, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1294/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (15 Jan 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 1168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the recruitment of vacant property officers by local authorities and the dedicated vacant homes unit to be set up to co-ordinate their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1297/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The Taoiseach told us recently that the national broadband plan is being evaluated currently. We know that it is a critical project in terms of cost and roll-out. We have seen that where there is an inadequate process, there can be problems. One example I can highlight is the national children's hospital and the associated ballooning costs. If we are to avoid something similar with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (19 Dec 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the manner in which a person (details supplied) was dismissed from the Civil Service; his further views on the expectation that rules, regulation, circulars and an injury warrant including amendments were adhered to regarding an incident on 18 May 1988 at Portlaoise Prison; if he or the State has a duty of care...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (19 Dec 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 11 December 2018, the number of the 13 persons that have retired on grounds of ill health as a direct result of a recognised injury on duty from the Irish Prison Service; if they were subject to an injury warrant application by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (19 Dec 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers that have been medically retired as a direct result of a recognised injury on duty by the chief medical officer in the Civil Service occupational health department in the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53863/18]