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Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received a copy of the Health Service Executive's Review of Adequacy of Services for Children and Families, as required annually under section 8 of the Child Care Act 1991, for the years 2009, 2010, 2011; the reason for the delays in publishing the reviews; when the reviews are expected to be published; and if she...

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the cost of private foster care services used by the Health Service Executive in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30585/12]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the numbers of social workers available in each local health office who have been trained to conduct specialist child interviews as part of the joint protocol with the Gardaí; the resources available to them to assist in the carrying out of such interviews; her future plans for this area; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 504: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of posts filled expressed as a percentage of total current posts for each grade in social work teams in each Local Health Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30587/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of social work team leader posts filled with acting team leaders; the total number of principal worker posts filled with acting principal social workers; the number of acting positions that have been backfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30588/12]

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new relative foster carers recruited by each local health office for each of the past five years; the number of new no relative foster carers recruited by each LHO for each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30589/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new supported lodgings providers recruited by each Local Health Office for each of the past five years. [30590/12]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputies Seamus Healy and Finian McGrath.

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: This Bill is overdue, but it is also necessary and I welcome it. A public representative very quickly becomes a one-stop shop and I am sure we all have the experience of people calling to our offices every week with ideas. People come to us asking us to whom they should go because they have a very good idea but they do not have the funding to get it off the ground. One can send them to a...

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I am sorry. I will finish. Why is Microfinance Ireland being set up as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Social Finance Foundation? I do not understand that. I have made my other points and will not eat into the time of Deputies Seamus Healy and Finian McGrath. I thank the Minister, Deputy Bruton, and look forward to his replies to my questions.

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of any compulsory purchase orders issued by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland since 1988; the purpose of such CPOs; the outcome in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31098/12]

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total revenue generated in 2011 and to date in 2012 from motor vehicle tax; the contribution revenue raised through motor vehicle tax has made to the Local Government Fund in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25420/12]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish in full the National Narcolepsy Steering Committee Report; if he will outline the key findings and recommendations of the report and the resulting mechanisms his Department intends to put in place for children, teenagers, young adults who were vaccinated with the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine in 2009 and 2010 and as a...

Local Government Reform (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Minister for his reply. The Minister mentioned there would be an implementation plan after the policy statement is introduced. Does he anticipate that many of the changes will be in place before the local elections, due to take place in 2014? There is a real desire for reform in this area and it is difficult to see how there could be Oireachtas reform without having local...

Local Government Reform (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister did not tell me very much in his reply although I accept proposals must go to the Cabinet and decisions must be made. It would be reasonable, however, to expect to know if some of the changes are expected to be in place in time for the local elections. That should not be a secret or require Cabinet commitment. I refer to town councils. Will there be changes at that level? It...

Property Taxation (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I ask for information on the expected revenue in 2013 from the proposed property tax. Are incremental increases envisaged? Is it intended that this money will be retained in the areas in which it is collected? The needs and resources model is unintelligible to anyone who studies it whereby some counties are net contributors and yet they have a poorer level of services than other counties....

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an assessment will be undertaken by local authorities of all unfinished estates to determine if residential accommodation is compliant with the Building Control Act 2007 and Building Control Regulations 1997-2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31187/12]

Written Answers — Energy Usage: Energy Usage (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the planned development of an EU Energy Efficiency Directive and domestic energy efficiency targets adopted by previous Governments, he has developed a plan of specific energy efficiency targets for local authorities and other agencies under his Department to achieve in a set timeframe; if he...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Jul 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Dart underground project; if he will confirm that it is his intention to prioritise the project for access to infrastructure funding opportunities which are likely to arise at European level in the near future; if he will provide an updated estimate of the capital costs of this project; and if he...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Jul 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the annual Exchequer fund to the National Transport Authority in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will also provide with the information a table indicating the individual spend by project either wholly or partially funded through the NTA in respect of the same years; if he will give...