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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Dormant Accounts Fund (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: How much of that was from Atlantic Philanthropies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Dormant Accounts Fund (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: What happened to the €50,000?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which primary providers within the community sector and voluntary sector can avail of a waiver of fees in the context of re-engaging with Quality and Qualifications Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6488/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the specialist role of and particular expertise required for supervisors of community employment schemes that have been designated as special community employment scheme; if that consideration has extended to the pay and conditions of the role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6487/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who work part-time or on a casual basis are classified as a dependant if their spouse is in receipt of a social protection payment; the impact this has in the context of their State pension entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6483/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons working and-or providing services in the community employment sector are eligible for grants and or funding if they are pursing a PhD level of education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6484/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the spouse of a person who is in receipt of a State pension from another country in the European Union is the subject of means testing if they are in receipt of a social protection payment or State pension here; if her Department is subject to EU policy and or rules on same; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sectors and-or industries in which persons who are engaged in informal partnerships for work with their partner are recognised as being eligible for a State pension in their own right; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6486/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (8 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local authorities in 2017 for housing adaptation grants for persons with a disability, by local authority; the matching funding that was required; the funding unused by local authorities; if the 2018 grants have been notified to local authorities; if so, the amount by local authority; if not, when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I apologise for not being here earlier but I have the opening statement and I will read the transcript. We need a universally accessible transport system, whether a person is in a wheelchair, pushing a buggy or mobility or visually impaired. That should be the object of the exercise as a right. Part of the reason we are doing this exercise is the European directive that requires us to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: May I stop Mr. Moran there and ask him something about the ramps? In his experience, are there ramps that, like the steps on a Ryanair plane, are embedded in the trains and automatically deploy? Is that a scenario?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I apologise. I interrupted Mr. Moran's replies to the other questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Neither of us is Independent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is important to have this exchange of views as we will be writing a report on the matter. There are positives and negatives which we need to consider. There is an EU directive on accessibility and the main focus of attention is on rail. Can the Minister tell us what the response from his Department will be to that? When does it have to respond to the directive? Is there a timeline for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I am talking about when Bus Éireann does not win the contract and it is a private contractor on Expressway. In that case, they have two years to upgrade. It is something that should be insisted on from day one otherwise there is the very real prospect of going backwards where there is an accessible fleet and it is not a like-with-like situation. I may have misunderstood. That is my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It was definitely-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It was definitely the NTA. It is not a like-with-like situation. I am happy to go back and look at the notes I have. If I am wrong, I am fine with that. The one thing we do not want to do is go backwards. That is the point I want to make. The response to one of the questions I asked was that there was a pilot study done on retrofitting, which was done up to ten years ago. Could the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Or Jack O'Connor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: If we can we get a rough idea it would be helpful. Can the committee also get a rough idea of how the case that was made? If the Minister argued for the money he must have had a case and the Department must have audited the needs. I welcome that fact that the money will be there. We are not having a row about it but we do need to know what we require to get up to a point where we have...