Results 101-120 of 414 for cork speaker:Catherine Murphy

Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: .... There are 90,000 individuals or families on the housing waiting list nationally. Half of them, 45,000 are located in three counties or just six local authority areas, three in Dublin, two in Cork and Kildare. These are the very same locations where the pressure on rents is at its highest. In the absence of local authority or housing association builds, the only option for those who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...number of repossessions coming down the tracks will add to that list. It should be noted that the list is not uniform in all parts of the country. Six local authorities - three in Dublin, two in Cork and Kildare local authority - between them make up 50% of that list. When the housing associations are considering locations for building houses, do they take into account locations where...

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...One can be sure, however, that the numbers will increase to a large degree due to the housing shortage. Six local authorities account for half of the entire waiting list: three in Dublin, two in Cork and one in Kildare. That is where rents are highest. The matter must be put on a war footing because tinkering at the edges and thinking that the rental accommodation scheme will deliver a...

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...which the embargo was lifted. Approximately 220 new therapy staff were to be recruited. We looked at where they were to be spread throughout the country and above all two areas jumped out. One was Cork and the other was the area taking in Kildare, west Dublin and west Wicklow. In the latter area some 58 of the 220 posts were to be located. That really shone a light on the huge gap in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...of State to the local authority housing waiting list. Some six local authority areas make up 50% of the waiting list, which accounts for 90,000 individuals or families. The areas are Dublin city, Cork city, south Dublin, Fingal, Kildare and Cork county. At the same time, rents in those areas are some of the highest in the country. The rent assistance being provided is below market rent...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...Intel and others in County Kildare is a good news story, it has a negative impact on the availability of rented accommodation. Up to 50% of those on the national housing waiting list, 45,000 people, are located in six local authority areas, namely, Dublin city, Cork city, Cork county, South Dublin, Fingal and Kildare. In the case of the bottom six local authorities with the least demand,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (19 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Cork University Hospital has diverted funding earmarked to open the as yet unused epilepsy monitoring unit to other areas of the hospital; if he considers this a retrograde move to the overall delivery of epilepsy services here considering there is only one other such unit in the State, and €500,000 has already been invested in...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...the local government fund to take account of that issue. That imbalance occurs mostly in the more highly populated areas or in the periphery of not only Dublin but in the periphery of Galway and Cork one will find the same scenarios. Clearly the distribution of the general purposes grant shows the areas positioned on a per capita basis on the lowest level are those that are in those...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...district council will do, or will the latter have significantly more power to have control over its own affairs? If people will not be travelling from one side to the other of a large county such as Cork but will deal with matters that primarily have importance to their own particular area, then they must have the power and a sufficient range of functions to so do. The intention of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (14 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...It is not the same experience around the country. Six local authority areas account for 43% of the entire waiting list. Three of them are in Dublin - South Dublin, Fingal and Dublin City - two are in Cork and one is in Kildare. Six other local authorities account for 3% of that waiting list, where there is not the same pressure because in the first six areas, house prices have started...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...lead to conflict where one part of a county or city feels it is subsidising another? Section 31 Is a very significant change in regard to vacant properties. While rates refunds for vacant properties outside of Dublin, Cork and Limerick cities are currently allowed at 100%, the Bill provides for the 50% refund applicable in these cities to be extended elsewhere. This provision will cause...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...and it is not possible to deliver public services without public servants. That deficiency can be seen across the spectrum in commuter-belt areas, on the periphery of Dublin, the periphery of Cork and the periphery of Galway. We have failed to address that particular gap and reform is essential if we really want to introduce equality in public services. How money is allocated to local...

Estimates for Public Services 2013: Motion (11 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...paying money to private landlords. Some of this is reasonably good value but some needs questioning. In the country 43% of those on waiting lists are in certain counties - Dublin city and county, Cork city and county and Kildare. The counties with the shortest waiting lists tend to be Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo etc. There does not seem to be a targeted approach. The top six counties...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...Anyone who is waiting for a house and who has been accepted onto a waiting list will have a need and six local authorities account for 43% of all the people on the waiting list, namely, Dublin and Cork city councils and South Dublin, Cork, Kildare and Fingal county councils. How does the Minister of State treat the spread of the housing allocation? While it is all very well to have a...

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...is not the same throughout the country. I had put figures together in parliamentary questions. A total of 43% of all housing applicants are located in six areas: Dublin city, south Dublin, Cork city, Cork county, Kildare and Fingal. The six areas with the lowest percentage are Leitrim, Roscommon, Longford, Laois, Cavan and Sligo which account for a figure of 3%. Therefore, the picture...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (16 Apr 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of the importance of The Gathering, his Department directly or indirectly through State agencies involved, has expressed concerns regarding the Cork Film Festival on the way this may affect State support for the Festival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16977/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland Funding (16 Apr 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of the importance of The Gathering, his Department directly or indirectly through State agencies involved, has expressed concerns regarding the Cork Film Festival on the way this may affect State support for the Festival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16976/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Kildare County Council (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...ongoing dialogue with the local authorities along the way. I imagine that the ESB might not be as involved in other waterways, although it has been involved on the Shannon and its involvement in Cork has been very prominent.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...the country and for children living in a different part of the country, this is not a problem. I do not see how a new directorship will make a difference in this regard. Will people be moved from Cork to Louth or from Galway to Kildare? We need a whole-of-organisation approach to understand where people are, where the gaps are and how we can plug those gaps. I have another example of...

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...housing waiting list. In County Kildare, more than 7,000 people are on the list. The country's six worst councils account for 43% of the national waiting list - the four Dublin local authorities, Cork City Council and Kildare County Council. The bottom six counties account for less than 5% of the national waiting list. A targeted approach to the problem is urgently required. There is...