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Written Answers — Emergency Services: Emergency Services (1 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government about the new institutional arrangements he is considering in respect of the fire and ambulance services; the timeframe to which he is working; if any consultation will take place prior to the implementation of new arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5707/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (1 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health if he will add Crohn's disease to the long-term illness scheme in view of the chronic nature of the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5882/12]

Housing Grants (2 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 11: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the allocations if any that have been made to local authorities by county in respect of home adaptation and essential repairs grants; the matching funds that have been indicated to him as available by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5717/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (2 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the purpose of including questions on water on the application form for the household charge; if he intends to retain that information within his Department or if it will be provided to any other body or agency; if so, whether there are data protection implications; of the 1.6 million households who are...

Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (3 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: There is a collaborative and co-operative approach from the Technical Group. I thank Deputy Donnelly for tabling the Bill. When he set out his stall on its provisions he accepted it was not the final product. No Bill presented to the House is the final product which is why there are five different Stages. Committee and Report Stages are very useful in crafting a Bill and finalising it to...

Human Rights Issues (7 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will assure Dáil Éireann that the new body resulting from the merger of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Alliance will continue to provide independent assistance to victims of discrimination in the same manner which the Equality Authority has provided heretofore; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Human Rights Issues (7 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Merging two organisations with two cultures is never easy. The Equality Authority, as one would expect, had a particular focus on the issue of equality. Can we take it from the Minister's reply that independent legal assistance and advice will continue to be made available to those who require it and that such assistance will be provided in a proactive way? Does the Minister intend to take...

Human Rights Issues (7 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: We all know the situation the country is in. In that regard, was the group working within constraints in terms of what initiatives it could bring forward? In other words, were there other initiatives that could have been brought forward in an ideal situation?

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the specific process he intends to propose for the appointment of approved intermediaries as mentioned in head 27 of the proposed draft scheme of the personal insolvency Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6522/12]

Written Answers — Departmenal Expenditure: Departmenal Expenditure (7 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any remuneration, stipend, expense facility, financial facility or similar payment is being made from the Exchequer to any senior public servant who has retired from the public service beyond any accrued pension entitlements; if any such payment has been sanctioned for current senior public servants who are about to...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering altering the rules around the claw back for those who purchased houses in recent years under the terms of some social housing schemes; if so, the timeframe he has in mind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6274/12]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (7 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposals to redevelop Clane Garda station, County Kildare, in view of the inadequate facilities for both staff and members of the public; if the station has been identified as a high accommodation priority by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6303/12]

Departmental Staff (8 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide figures for the total number of employees in his Department who have availed of early retirement thus far and will avail of early retirement in the coming weeks; if he has prepared any contingency to deal with adverse consequences of these retirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6827/12]

Civil Defence Board (8 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that in the proposed abolition of the Civil Defence Board, sufficient plans exist to effectively manage the merger of staff into his Department; if he will outline any potential inefficiencies which may arise as a result of the merger and existing proposals to mitigate against these; and if he will make a statement on the...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill. One would expect to see positive provisions in a Bill of this size but I have very serious concerns that go to the core of what is proposed. My motivation for getting involved in politics in the 1980s remains the same reason I am still active today, which is that I am interested in reform. I see the potential to make...

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: This motion is broad ranging but its focus is community employment schemes. One would have to wonder how many of the schemes will survive in light of the measures announced in the budget. The only value the Government sees in the scheme is progression to work. The last time I looked there were close to 450,000 people unemployed. That, of course, is the official figure. In the construction...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (8 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he recently decided not to renew the terms of the members of An Bord Pleanála who have served two previous terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6951/12]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (8 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he recently decided to renew the terms of the members of An Bord Pleanála who have served one term by a period of two years only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6952/12]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (8 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that Wicklow County Council complies with the order made by his predecessor on 21 April 2008 directing the county council to make a special amenity area order for the Great Sugar Loaf and the Little Sugar Loaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7049/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Feb 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in regard to any potential sale of all or part of Coillte, he can assure Dáil Éireann that each of the following factors are being explicitly considered by him in advance of any decision on the former, the potential role that Coillte can play in mitigating the effects of the State's carbon emissions, the potential...