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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress a person (details supplied) has made to date in carrying out an examination of the national broadband plan, NBP, tendering process; if he has been provided with interim or draft reports by the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46650/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (13 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a review of the performance of the operation of the MANs by an organisation (details supplied) will be published without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46710/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (13 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Dublin Bus drivers that have transferred their services in the context of job role, pay and conditions to a company (details supplied); the way in which the company will honour the transferred staff's historical contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46519/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 24 October 2018, the number of 2018 registered vehicles the NTA has acquired for use by a company (details supplied) and Dublin Bus in the context of fleet numbers; the number proposed for 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46523/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Data (13 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of subvention granted to a company (details supplied) in the context of operating the public service obligation routes it operates on; the percentage amount that the company is due to return to the NTA by way of dividend from fares collected on a yearly basis for the duration of its contract; if there are optional extensions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 3 July 2018, if her attention has been drawn to inconsistencies regarding the way in which appeal outcomes are worded and-or communicated to appellants; her views in respect of the social protection payment of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (13 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on housing waiting lists in each of the years 2014 to 2017, by local authority and by household size, that is, the number of bedrooms required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46529/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (13 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of the planning laws will be carried out as they relate to unauthorised developments; if recent assessments have been done into the widespread abuse of planning laws; if consideration has been given to the costs involved in resolving issues including legal, court, administrative costs and the loss of public...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Part of the reason there was an overachievement was that there was a significant downturn. It is disingenuous to use that as part of the compliance. Once the economy started to reignite, we essentially went further backwards. That kind of response means we will be significantly exposed in monetary terms, never mind the survival of human beings on the planet. In economic terms, we were...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There is a further item of correspondence we will reach later, No. 1566 B, which is from the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It covers some of this area as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: On the medical assessors, I have asked about this in parliamentary questions on a number of occasions. It seems it is not just a question of recruiting additional medical assessors. There may also be a problem of retention. General practitioners, GPs, are the nominated people around the country. We may need to ask if there is an issue with retaining as well as recruiting medical...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Do we know whether there was an expectation of surplus, although I hate to use the word "surplus" because, in fact, it is a huge loss, or a surplus on a huge haircut. Do we know if there was a figure? Does it matter that it goes beyond the expected surplus in terms of the EU insisting on it being used to write down debt? Is there an ability to use anything that was over and above this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The fiscal treaty limited what we could do in terms of expenditure, deficits and all the rest, but there is the potential of that surplus being used. There does not appear to be a restriction on the surplus being used to build thousands of extra houses, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I still believe that what we have received is insufficient. The programme states, "build, acquire and lease". We need information under each heading. The Department should consistently provide information in this way.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The Chairman skipped No. 1690, correspondence received from Mr. John Stack, chairperson of the-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is the correspondence received from the Irish Thalidomide Association.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is on the list.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is on my list.