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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any element of the lifestart project is funded by his Department directly; if so, if he will outline the way it is funded, the locations and the amount of funding provided; if there is scope for any further funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40138/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending the claw back element of the affordable home scheme to discount legal and auctioneering fees in the event of the sale of the property when it is within the claw-back period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40150/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Lifestart Project receives funding from her Department by way of grant aid; if so, if she will detail the locations the amount of grant aid and if there is scope to assist with funding the Offaly/Kildare Lifestart Project which is about to cease operating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40140/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The figures provided include the bad winters of recent years, when there were blanket spreads of claims rather than claims from specific geographic areas. Many of these claims were initiated by burst pipes, which occurred across the country, rather than specific flood events which tend to occur over 30 year intervals. It is unusual to experience two very bad winters consecutively. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, residential households. Mr. Horan indicated that 2% of people are not getting flood insurance. Some people may not even be looking for insurance because they will not pay for insurance that will not cover flood where that has been the biggest exposure for them. It may well be that they are so heavily loaded that they do not seek that. Does the 2% reflect the real situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: As the Chairman said, there are cases where there might have been a flood in a small area in a valley following something that happened on a hillside and the entire area is put on some sort of floodplain, which is nonsensical. I could bring Mr. Horan to places where that is happening today. Huge investment has been made in flood defences. There does not seem to be any kind of certification...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: We are all focused on one issue. I have made a point regarding a certification process. We heard a letter read out detailing a reputable certification process as it related to a case on the Dodder. There does not seem to be any process between the OPW and the industry. It is well and good for the industry representatives to ask to be told about the projects around the country, including...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the input she has had in the preparation of the annual budget specifically in relation to proposed cutbacks in State funded services to children and young persons; the extent of consultation other Departments seek from her Department in the preparation of the budget; if she will provide a full list of State funded services to children and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Minister for her reply. I am trying to work out the wider departmental position and do not want to engage in a debate about the budget itself. Every time I wish to pose a question I must ask myself whether it should be directed to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Minister for Health, the Minister for Education and Skills or some other Minister. Children are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with the Minister's point about how services are delivered, but I ask that when talking about children we refer to them as citizens rather than customers. It is more reflective of the fact that children have an entitlement to services. Will the Child and Family Support Agency be responsible to the Minister in the same way that the HSE is responsible to the Minister for Health? It...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the input she has had in the preparation of the annual budget specifically in relation to proposed cutbacks in State funded services to children and young persons; the extent of consultation other Departments seek from her Department in the preparation of the budget; if she will provide a full list of State funded services to children and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Minister for her reply. I am trying to work out the wider departmental position and do not want to engage in a debate about the budget itself. Every time I wish to pose a question I must ask myself whether it should be directed to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Minister for Health, the Minister for Education and Skills or some other Minister. Children are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with the Minister's point about how services are delivered, but I ask that when talking about children we refer to them as citizens rather than customers. It is more reflective of the fact that children have an entitlement to services. Will the Child and Family Support Agency be responsible to the Minister in the same way that the HSE is responsible to the Minister for Health? It...

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: On a point of order, I was notified by phone that there would be a statement and responses by party leaders, and that the only one who would be able to make a response from our group, with which we were very unhappy, was Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, not that we were unhappy with him but-----

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Could I make the point? I was subsequently informed by someone from your office, a Cheann Comhairle, that there would be no responses to the statement.

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: How are we to function if we are getting mixed messages from the Ceann Comhairle's office?

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I note the Minister’s voice has been deteriorating as the day has gone on. I am sure she will be glad to have this Bill passed shortly. While issues have been raised about strengthening the detail of the legislation, every side of the House is agreed in principle with it, a unique situation. It shows that we have all kept our focus and that focus has been on the rights of children....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements in place to cut mortgage rates for persons who purchased their homes with local authority loans; the time frame in which the rate cuts are passed on to the local authorities; the guidance that is given to local authorities regarding the timing for passing on such rate cuts;his plans to change the policy in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full details of the income of each county and city council, broken down by source for the years 2005 to 2011 inclusive; if he will provide full details of the amounts raised through the online payment of motor tax in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41117/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to secure sufficient funds to open the purpose built facilities at Teach Tearmainn, County Kildare, which is the only dedicated women's refuge in the county; the estimated cost of operating the service in order to meet the Health Information and Quality Authority standards; what the costings provide for; and if he will make a...