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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (26 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 1691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 13 July 2017, the number of persons in receipt of HAP that have availed of the DHRE offer to access two months rent in advance payments and a month's deposit in respect of supports to secure a tenancy, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 1731. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on taxi and or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 1757. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36852/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome this Bill and I am very happy to support it. There can be a lot of attention placed on things that do not work in the Dáil but this is one initiative where we can have a collaborative approach and it shows that some things do work well. While it did not present scientific statistics, we all remember the roadshow that Vincent Browne took around the country prior to the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Amendment No. 11 is very important. I am aware of a few examples of developments in respect of which nothing has happened in the past five years even though there was an extension of duration. As for the idea that another five years would be given in such an instance, again, I make the point that where some work has taken place on such a development, it means that not only are the people...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: A whole series of additional works have to be done in advance of local area plans commencing now, as opposed to planning permissions granted in 2007 or before. Some of them make sure we do not repeat the mistakes of the past by building on land which is prone to flooding and other things, causing problems into the future which have to be remedied at great expense. This amendment gives the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am pressing it.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 8:In page 3, line 24, to delete "5 years, or until 31 December 2021" and substitute "2 years, or until 31 December 2019". This amendment is similar to the previous one. These planning permissions were given in 2007 or prior to that. That is ten years. There are people living in housing estates that commenced in 2007. For understandable reasons, the builder was not...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to qualify that somewhat. I believe that would need to be specified and limited. I am not opposed to the amendment but I think developers could take liberty in using this instead of, for example, seeking alterations. It would need to pertain to the conditions rather than the actual planning permission itself as otherwise, I believe it would be used as a way of circumventing the type...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I shall be making some of the same points that other Deputies have made. Here we go again. It is the last week of term and we are presented with a piece of emergency legislation. If it is not planning, or should I say development, legislation it is Irish Water legislation. That has been the constant at the end of each Dáil term. At this point I believe it is being deliberately held...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: A potential cost of €185,000 has been revealed and it could increase from there. That was not even a High Court case. It was a case that was settled, but it did not go into the courts. It shows the type of money involved in the mismanagement of the whole Grace debacle. Whatever is added on for a tribunal, when we think of the money that could be spent on services for people such as...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: One thing we should do before doing the work programme is to look back on the possibility of conducting two reports simultaneously. We also need to prioritise and look at our capacity for doing things. We need to take a hard look at what works and what does not and the ways in which we can optimise our approach. There is no shortage of things for us to look at but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I think we do, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I want to start by talking about road traffic fines. In 2015, there was an amount outstanding of just over €1 million, compared with €217,000 at the end of 2014. How would the witnesses account for that increase?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: When a person gets a fine the member in charge is noted on it and the person pays the member in charge. Is the cashing of these cheques always followed through with?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is the PULSE system reconciled with the paper records?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is a record kept of the number of warrants that have not been executed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is there any evidence that warrants are not executed because somebody has not been able to move them on? What is the challenge?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: There is no question of money being paid directly and not being lodged? It is always paid to An Post.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Accommodating an increased intake of recruits was mentioned in the opening statements. Many Garda stations have been closed in recent years. I have a list of the stations that were sold and the amount achieved for them. As little of €15,000 was paid for one of them, so it must not have been up to much. I presume it was the OPW and not the Garda Síochána that was involved...