Results 81-100 of 414 for cork speaker:Catherine Murphy

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...my area, one would need to be approximately ten years on the list to have any prospect of getting a house. The situation in Dublin and its surrounding counties is not much different. The situation in Cork is bad as well. While Permanent TSB's solution might suit some people, it will not suit the majority. The benefit is that they could walk away from their debts, but they would also be...

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...on the economy. We must invest in water, but what has happened to date has been wasteful. For example, there is a 25% leakage rate in Kildare. Using an educated guess, the centre of Dublin, Cork or possibly Limerick is where one will find leaks. One does not need meters to know this. One needs to find out how old the pipes are and put meters on either end of them. The Government did...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...are two Irelands in terms of the recovery, there are two Irelands in terms of the housing issues. Six local authorities make up exactly half of the housing waiting list - three in Dublin, the two Cork authorities and the Kildare authority. Their prospective tenants make up 50% of the 90,000 people who are on the housing waiting list. There are also six local authorities in which it...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (28 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...the planner officer jumped from an average of just 400 per year between 2003 and 2007 to an average of 5,600 per year between 2010 and 2012 with particularly high differences recorded in counties Cork, Donegal, Kildare, Meath and Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3609/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...the vacant site tax, therefore, we need to hear suggestions on how to make it workable. It is very good in theory but we want to make sure that it is also very good in practice. In that context, Cork County Council deserves some credit for its work in Clonakilty, which is the one place where it was shown to work well, once real efforts were made. The submissions were very useful....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...sites levy, the Derelict Sites Act did not work. The amount of money brought in has been minimal and there are very few examples of it being successful. Passage West or perhaps another west Cork town was one of them where there was a focus of attention and it delivered a very good streetscape as a consequence of the kind of-----

Topical Issue Matters (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...- the funding provision for progressing the N7 upgrade, Osberstown interchange and Sallins bypass to construction stage; (9) Deputy Michael McGrath - the loss of routes and reduction of services at Cork Airport; (10) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need to secure the post office network; (11) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need to protect strategic national interests in considering any sale of...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...we are telling people to go off and hibernate. Another point is that the short-term action plan focuses heavily on Dublin, which is the epicentre of the problem. While it will be extended to Cork city and county, it does not extend to an area identified by the Simon Community, namely, the periphery of Dublin, along with counties such as Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. For example, a county...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...are on the housing waiting list. The extent of the problem varies around the country. Six local authority areas account for exactly half of the 90,000. Three are in Dublin, the others being Cork city, County Cork and Kildare. Needless to say, I have an interest, as I represent Kildare where the situation is bad. It is proportionately as bad elsewhere. Will the Minister take a...

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...the epicentre of this problem. I fully accept that. There are 90,000 individuals or families on the housing list nationally, some 45,000 of whom are in six local authority areas, including Kildare and Cork city. Even though I fully acknowledge that the problem of homelessness is at its most extreme in Dublin, I do not think the solution to it can be confined to that one area. Targets...

Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: .... He is certainly not living in my Ireland. The rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and the housing assistance payment, HAP, are not on the spectrum in my constituency or in the cities of Dublin or Cork. No private rented accommodation is available. The Minister of State said victims of domestic violence who seek emergency accommodation from a housing authority are generally placed in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Role and Functions: Environmental Protection Agency (4 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...can predict an environmental and health hazard, why would one continue to grant the licence without at least addressing the potential damage financially, bearing in mind the experience of Haulbowline in Cork?

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...the money to be written off. I understand the Governor of the Central Bank is part of the ECB framework, but it is extraordinary that the members of a small voluntary group from Ballyhea in County Cork are perhaps the first to go to the ECB and formally asked for the money to be written off. If we do not ask, we do not get. Many of us questioned the negotiating stance of the Government...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...we structure legislation is very important. My first impression of the Bill is that while there are connected matters within it, they are only tenuously related to each other. We have Shannon and Cork airports, DAA pensions, the Cape Town Convention and tour operators all falling under one Bill. It is important to have well crafted and tidy legislation. We must consider how people will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...local authorities which have failed to comply with the provisions of section 7(b)(ii)(o) of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010, when reviewing their development plans for counties Cork, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon and Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26770/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Some 50% of the 90,000 people on the housing waiting list reside in six local authority areas - Dublin city, Fingal, South Dublin, Kildare, Cork city and Cork county. Homelessness is now emerging as a significant issue outside the capital. One solution is being proposed in the short term, but only in the Dublin area. Just this week a dozen people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...is welcome, but let us not over-hype initiatives of this nature as being more than they are. The initiative in question does not even extend to the areas that are affected. The situation in Cork city is every bit as bad, if not worse, than that which obtains in Dublin. The situation in Kildare is certainly as bad as in any of the Dublin local authority areas. However, Kildare has been...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...be possible to implement the scheme in the absence of sufficient staff. That is a major fault line. The authorities that are going to experience the most pressure are those in Dublin, Kildare and Cork. There is a greater staff ratio on the western seaboard. It is essential that the Minister of State will have the ability to deal with the Minister for the Environment, Community and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (7 May 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Housing waiting lists vary around the country. The last time I saw the figures, approximately 50% of the waiting list was concentrated in three counties: Dublin, Cork and Kildare. They are at the apex of the crisis of homelessness for families. The experience in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown closely matches that in my area. Some local authorities are almost becoming homelessness agencies....

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...was putting children first, an initiative I applaud. However, what about the children of the families I have just talked about? What about the families in other areas like Dublin and Cork, which are seeing increasing numbers facing the same fate? The Minister, Deputy Burton's stock reply to parliamentary questions in regard to rent supplement is that it is only supposed to be a...