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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme Administration (23 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the start up date for GLAS as a matter of urgency as many farmers have finished rural environment protection scheme 4 and are substantially down on their income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40711/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (23 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 131. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 14 October 2014, in view of the alarming figures for children awaiting allocation to a social worker, the steps being taken; the additional funding that is being made available to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40794/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: What was the nature of Mr. McDonagh's objection to the conditions? What was undesirable about the particular-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I dispute that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I have seen correspondence where-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: And then a third party was bidding on the Saturday morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: The other fact is that there are small creditors who have lost 95% of what was due to them because of an examinership-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: -----and because the company went into freefall.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I would like to focus on my concern about the way in which NAMA has been dealing with developers. Particular cases have been brought to my attention. It would seem from both media commentary and information I have received myself that in many cases developers, some of whom have performing loans and were only brought under NAMA's remit through legislation, are being brought to their knees....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Mr. McDonagh is saying that NAMA refused the highest offer on the basis of the conditions being attached to it by the offerer.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 120. To ask the Minister for Health when is the replacement for the motorised transport grant scheme and the mobility allowance scheme likely to come into place; if he will make it a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40795/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (22 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the mapping exercise of the national broadband scheme coverage areas; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40693/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Does the price of water include the cost of the additional local authority staff that have passed over?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I asked what is the cost, how has CER quantified or what cost is being attributed to the SLAs and to these additional local authority staff regarding the cost of water. Globally, what figure has been put on that matter? How does it translate into the cost per cubic litre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: That does not answer my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I was reassured by the regulator at our last meeting that there would be fairness but people do not see this as fair. I do not see how anyone can justify it as fair. There are concerns about the extent to which that can be curtailed because we already have a level of unfairness which I expected would be prevented through the regulator's objective involvement. In regard to the big...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the representatives of the commission. It is regrettable that we were not able to have this conversation before the CER issued the price of water. Nonetheless, considering the storm of concern among the public about water provision, charging for it, fairness, affordability and so forth, it is important that the representatives are present at this meeting. The main concern is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Restructuring (21 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to engage constructively at the UN in developing the modalities for the implementation of the newly agreed multi-lateral framework on debt restructuring as part of the UN financing for development process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40029/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (21 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government's annual report on the World Bank and IMF will be jointly produced by his Department and Irish Aid and be introduced and debated in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40030/14]