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Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, line 14, after “let” to insert the following: ", and in the case of land under the de facto care and control of the National Asset Management Agency the latter shall be deemed to be the owner for the purposes of this Act".I thank the Minister of State for accepting a suggestion I made on Second Stage that an amendment be made to ensure local...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank colleagues for their contributions and the Minister of State for his response. For the past three to four years, I have been raising various questions and issues to do with NAMA, at the finance committee, by way of parliamentary questions and directly with the Minister in the House. Most of the answers I received left a lot to be desired. When NAMA was established, we were assured...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: The Minister of State made comparisons between secured lenders and banks. This is not the case, given the activities of NAMA as a developer entering into joint ventures. As I do not even have support from the Opposition, I will let the matter rest.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the refusal of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the appeal will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27134/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal of a decision to refuse a supplementary welfare allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the alternative supports are available to assist affected lone parents and their dependants whose one-parent family payment will cease on 2 July 2015, in order to supplement their income, in particular where they cannot find further work at this point in time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27689/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the tests that are carried out by the State laboratory to detect petrol and diesel fuel contamination; the type of equipment used in the tests; the accuracy of the tests in identifying contaminated samples; the repeatability of the tests carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27303/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance the average length of time it takes the State laboratory to identify a sample of contaminated petrol or diesel, and to provide the results to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27304/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the revised application submitted on 25 July 2014 to the Health Service Executive by Biogen IDEC, to add Fampyra to the list of re-imbursable items supplied under the general medical services or community drug schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27270/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (7 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the avenues of financial assistance and maintenance that are available from the State to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for third level education, who has been awarded a three year scholarship to attend Griffith College in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27500/15]

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: When will we see publication of an updated gambling control Bill to address issues relating to the outdated gambling legislation? This is now affecting legitimate traders, as the Acts do not really cater for online gambling or the modern way gambling has developed. The Ceann Comhairle has given much latitude on the homelessness issue and indicated that it does not arise on the Order of...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: By the same token it cut its property tax rate. It is a housing authority but does not have the same funding available. That puts pressure on commercial rate payers in the delivery of Dublin City Council's mandate.

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome this Private Members' Bill that Fianna Fáil has brought before the House. It is important that we never lose focus on what is happening with the banks, the interest rates they are charging and the impact that is having on mortgage holders with standard variable interest rates. When it comes to banking in general whether it be one's business or one's credit card, we know that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to publish the new capital investment framework which will include provision for flood relief capital works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27736/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding he will make available for the construction of flood defences and other flood relief measures which will be identified pursuant to the flood risk management plan, pursuant to the west catchment flood risk assessment and management study, which is expected to be published in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he plans to prioritise the allocation of funding for projects and regions for the construction of flood defences and the implementation of other flood relief measures, as identified in the various flood risk management plans prepared pursuant to the catchment flood risk assessment and management study; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide for each of the past five years, the applications that have been received from Mayo County Council pursuant to the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme; the projects and their location; if they were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property Management (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial and other supports available to assist innovators and enterprises involved in research and development towards developing and registering patents and copyrights to safeguard their intellectual property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27725/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 398 to 400, inclusive, of 28 April 2015, when she expects to be in a position to make an overall proposal for the delivery of future interventions to tackle educational disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27920/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (8 Jul 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on the consultation process with education partners to inform the development of appropriate measures to combat educational disadvantage; when she expects the consultation process to finish; the way submissions can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27921/15]