Results 261-280 of 15,555 for speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (31 Jan 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review a case (details supplied) regarding motor tax. [5500/12]

Written Answers — Event Management Companies: Event Management Companies (31 Jan 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 669: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria in Fáilte Ireland for designating conference and event management companies as professional conference organisers; and how these criteria came to be determined. [5291/12]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (31 Jan 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 670: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bodies currently responsible for funding professional tennis players; the amount of money that comes from the State; the structuring of such funding; the criteria individual players have to meet to receive funding; the discretion individual bodies have regarding the allocation of funding; and if so, any travel or...

Written Answers — Driver Training: Driver Training (31 Jan 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 677: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on legislation regarding essential driver training introduced in April 2011; and if consultation was undertaken in advance of introducing this piece of legislation. [5491/12]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (31 Jan 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 678: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request a review by Irish Rail of the level crossing closure times along the DART railway line in the south east area in view of the fact that closure times at rush hour can be as long as seven minutes; and if new technologies may be employed to reduce waiting times for road users. [5492/12]

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (1 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is legislation that permits nightclubs to serve alcohol in glasses; and if this legislation also applies to sporting events and festivals at which alcohol is usually provided in a plastic cup. [5847/12]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health when he will be appointing an expert group to consider the implications of last year's ECHR ruling in the ACB [i]v [/i]Ireland case on Ireland's abortion law; the number that will be in this group; and how its members will be selected. [5846/12]

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I congratulate the Minister on bringing this Bill before the House. We made a commitment to the people during the general election last year that this would be a reforming Government and that while restoring our country's fiscal sovereignty would be our prime objective, we would also take the opportunity to reform all aspects of society to better meet the needs and realities of Ireland in...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Further to Deputy Harris's comments on Friday sittings, we are elected not only as constituency representatives but also to bring our judgment to issues of national importance. Our role is not confined to the five minutes we are allocated here and there to contribute to debates in this Chamber. We also get opportunities for bringing forward our own Bills, which is why Friday sittings are...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (7 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the National Asset Management Agency's strategy in regard to residential homes, some of which are protected structures or in areas of architectural conservation, that are unoccupied and in need of repair, or have been vacated while renovation works remain to be completed, and are now falling into disrepair. [6307/12]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when Fingal County Council transferred responsibility for pension payment to retired vocational education committee employees to the Paymaster General, that the Paymaster General changed the renewal period for those with VHI healthcare plans, meaning that there was a period when those in receipt of...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (9 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the possibility of introducing a tax free weekend in either August or September of each year to be applied solely to personal computers and related products to assist students in purchasing the necessary equipment for the coming academic year. [7355/12]

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

Eoghan Murphy: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the immigrant investor programme recently announced, if he will clarify the review process that will apply after two years in respect of those whose applications have been accepted. [7352/12]

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (9 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 1 February, his views that nightclubs should be permitted to serve alcohol in glasses in view of concerns arising from broken glass harming persons accidentally or unintentionally. [7353/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [7357/12]

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (9 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to investigate the possibility of replacing the local authority car clamping system that currently exists in Dublin with a fine and emergency clamping removal system as has recently happened in Cork City. [7354/12]

Written Answers — Parental Rights: Parental Rights (14 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify those parental, or other, rights that currently extend to both partners in a same sex relationship when one is the biological parent of the child and one is not. [7976/12]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering allowing high-skilled workers who have completed two years on the Irish green card scheme to apply for long-term residency in its current form until such time that permanent residency status is possible. [7975/12]

Written Answers — Energy Saving Projects: Energy Saving Projects (14 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Question 750: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered a proposal (details supplied) to request local authorities to turn off specific public lighting at night time in rural locations as a cost saving measure which he estimates could save the State somewhere in the region of €10 million to €11 million annually, and as is the current practice in some...

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I welcome the Finance Bill 2012. I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on it. It is important to understand that this legislation is not being debated in isolation, but in the context of other measures that have been introduced by the Government. I refer not only to the announcement of the budget for 2012 but also to the jobs plan for the next four years that was announced by the...