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Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: While people have major questions about the European Union, one of its achievements is its vindication of the rights of employees. This Bill primarily stems from the Charter of Fundamental Rights. It is the only reason I could find to talk myself into voting "Yes" to the Lisbon treaty. I have felt that up to now the charter has been torn up and thrown away. It is good that this...

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Essentially, a system of local government that is citizen-friendly is needed. For too long, Ireland has had a system that has essentially turned public representatives into middlemen and women who do their constituents' bidding. This particular system worked very well for decades, for example, for the party which has introduced this Bill. For as long as people believe they require a broker...

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: One must have money to fix a street.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 81: To ask the Taoiseach the names and salaries of each person serving as a special adviser and-or the names and salaries of each person directly appointed by a Minister or Minister of State to any other position within his Department in the Department of the Taoiseach on each of the following dates 1 December 2011, 1 December 2010 and 1 December 2009; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — School Catchment Areas: School Catchment Areas (17 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the methods by which he currently defines the area to be served or catchment area or both of a prospective new post-primary school, specifically in respect of references to such areas in the arrangements for patronage of new schools; the methods by which such areas have been defined prior to 27 June 2011; and if he...

Written Answers — School Catchment Areas: School Catchment Areas (17 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the area served or the catchment area or both for the prospective new post-primary school in Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2161/12]

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The Legal Services Bill commenced Second Stage before Christmas, but there was no regulatory impact assessment accompanying that measure. I tabled a parliamentary question but the reply said it was being put together. I would have thought that would have preceded the legislation. Will that regulatory impact assessment be available before we recommence Second Stage of the Bill next week?

Energy Resources (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he intends forwarding an application to the European Union for State aid clearance in respect of a refit support mechanism for the electricity generated by offshore wind, wave or tidal power; if so, when he expects to make such an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2898/12]

Energy Resources (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: It is welcome that REFIT 2 is taking place. The Minister has differentiated between onshore and offshore energy. The Minister linked Northern Ireland and the South in terms of wind energy and renewable energy but there is a different approach being taken in the North. An article in The Sunday Business Post two weeks ago considered how this development is happening in one place but not...

Better Energy Programme (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the amount of revenue arising from the imposition of the carbon levy that is planned to be ring-fenced for direct use by the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland towards home energy retrofitting grants in 2012; the overall planned spend by him on fuel poverty alleviation measures in 2012; and if he will make a...

Better Energy Programme (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I do not need to tease out some of the information further as I just wanted to know the outturns. Where it is up to the Minister for Finance to decide on the amount, is the carbon tax not ring-fenced for particular projects? What really irritates people is that they are paying for something definite, which the carbon tax is, so the carbon tax should be about offsetting in a very...

Better Energy Programme (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I have some supplementary points. First, the motor tax fund was ring-fenced in respect of the local government fund. I do not know how that could have been done if it is not possible to do the same in this case. Second, the Minister reports there is very little relationship between the two Departments regarding this scheme. Would he consider having a relationship with the Department of...

Written Answers — Gas Exploration: Gas Exploration (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received any applications for an exploration licence to conduct hydraulic fracturing drilling here since he last addressed the matter; if so, if he will provide the relevant details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2577/12]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to appoint a third commissioner to the Commission for Energy Regulation; if so, the timetable and means of that appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2900/12]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to proceed with the introduction of a postcode system; if so, when does he intend to proceed with the necessary procurement process to allow for the introduction of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2899/12]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants, individual or family, on local authority housing waiting lists by each local authority, county, city, borough and town council, and the required housing by size, one, two, three bed and so on, as of 31 December 2011. [2836/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the numbers of local authority dwellings in the ownership of each individual local authority or county, city, borough and town council, broken down by size and the number of bedrooms, be it one, two or three, as of 31 December 2011. [2837/12]

Gas Explosion (19 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic and the Minister for coming in. I hope he will be able to respond in a constructive way to some of the points I want to make. While the gas explosion occurred in Leixlip, the town in which I live, I want to raise the issue in a wider context. Yesterday the Minister said approximately 640,000 households are connected to gas. Obviously,...

Gas Explosion (19 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: What happened last Saturday is rare. Many houses are connected to the network. I am connected to the gas network and I have confidence in the system. I welcome that the report will be delivered as soon as next week but this incident has exposed a weakness in that having fixed a gas leak, the next stage of testing the homes in the area for the presence of gas was not undertaken. That is...

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (19 Jan 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meaning of the words "a development of the existing designated community college model or a new community school model" in part 2(a) of the clarification of patronage models for new second level schools issued by the forward planning section of his Department on 1 December 2011; if he will outline potential consequences for future...