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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: No, it does not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The formula counted needs and resources. If a council had a staff of 2,000, that was a need that had to be resourced. If it had four swimming pools, that was a need that had to be resourced. If it had two swimming pools but needed four, it would never get the others because it did not already have them. That is the kind of nonsense to be found in the needs and resources model. It does...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Deputy Cassells is right in that the local property tax amounts to approximately 8% of funding as opposed to the commercial rates base, which is well into the 30% range. IBEC was one of the organisations that sought for and supported a local property tax because it believed it would counterbalance-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: -----the business side. Built into the design of the local property tax system is the self-funding element, which is the Houdini trick that was mentioned. Some local authorities are required to spend some of their local property tax on housing and roads, but there are some others that do not. It depends on the baseline. There is such a mask of confusion about the local property tax...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is not replacing them, though. Irrespective of the local property tax base, there is no prospect of changing the dynamic in terms of the rates base. We need to understand this and focus on our end of the house, that is, process and value for money, so we should not confuse the matter by inviting a particular sector, albeit an important one, at this point. It would help us to understand...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It could end up with us dealing with separate segments.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I presume there will be scope to look at items such as broadband.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Things have moved on since then.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Okay.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychologists in posts, by county, in tabular form; the number of vacancies that are unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7974/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Supports (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to support children who are attending primary and secondary schools and are identified as homeless; the supports offered to these children; the way in which these are logged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Supports (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an individual learning plan strategy to support children who are attending primary and secondary schools and identifying as homeless has been implemented; the supports offered to children; the way in which these are logged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7965/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the programme for capital expenditure in 2018 and 2019 in the context of all schools building projects in north County Kildare; the timeframe for the progression of projects; the status and-or the stage of the process schools are at; the level of progression in projects, by school, in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Kildare by division, district and rank; the number of Garda vehicles based full-time in County Kildare, by vehicle type, division and-or district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7943/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers allocated to County Kildare by district and-or division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7973/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of junior liaison officers assigned by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8037/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of newly qualified trainee gardaí assigned by county in each of the years from 2010 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8038/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired gardaí and the rank of each who retired in each of the years 2010 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8039/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if the home is designated as a second home for the purposes of fair deal funding in circumstances in which persons who reside in a nursing home and are supported by the fair deal scheme in which their family home is assessed as a second home for insurance purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7917/18]