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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if triage procedures exist in relation to Student Universal Support Ireland grant applications; if he has encountered cases similar to a case where eligibility for a course was erroneously confirmed in writing to the applicant; if so, the steps he has taken to ensure the process eliminates the possibility of such errors; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the Public Procurement (Frameworks Agreements) circular 06/12 will be used by his Department; if he has considered the way in which any investment made under the procurement process might deliver work for companies based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24769/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of estates that have been listed for taking in charge following their removal from the property tax exemption list; his definition of substantially complete in relation to unfinished estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24768/13]

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: As stated during the Second Stage debate, I support the Bill in principle. I have been contacted by a number of people about the new rent strategy and how matters may play out for them in that regard. For example, will a single person over-accommodated in a three-bedroom house or two bedroom flat which has been his or her home for a long time be permitted to remain in his or her home? I...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I have one other question which may not be relevant to this Bill. However, housing is a dominant issue for all of us. If there is one issue about which people consistently approach members, it is housing. Have the locations for the pilot schemes been selected yet? I presume they will be in areas in respect of which there are lengthy waiting lists for houses. Also, will additional money...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: If there is insufficient money in terms of the business plan, will people have to pay significantly more than they are currently paying? I know that many people in my area are topping up rent payments. In terms of the business plan, is consideration being given to increasing the amount which the tenant will pay or is it proposed that under the new scheme they will pay similar amounts to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (23 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered expanding the State's eGovernance capacity by following the Norwegian Altinn model of online service provision (details supplied); if the platform used by the Revenue service at present could be adapted to cover a much wider range of citizen interactions with the State, thereby potentially reducing costs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (23 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the legal fees paid by the Health Service Executive to each individual and organisation, including solicitors, counsel, guardians ad litem, third parties and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24814/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (23 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has failed to respond to numerous freedom of information requests in relation to the executive's legal expenditure for 2011; if he will confirm that records relating to HSE legal expenditure form 2011 exist in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Design (28 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the measures which have been taken to address the problems encountered by students using the Student Universal Support Ireland online student grant application system; if he will confirm that a workable triage system has been incorporated into the process to handle the volume and urgency of individual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (28 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy in relation to the awarding of tenders for school construction projects; if there are any specific checks carried out to ensure that contractors awarded tenders have no outstanding disputes with subcontractors for previous works; if he will list all of the school building projects in which a contractor failed to complete the terms...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Application Numbers (28 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures relating to the number of applications for disability benefit in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 broken down by successful and unsuccessful applications; if she will indicate for each year the proportion of refusals which were made for applicants suffering from a mental health related disability and a physical...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Grades (28 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm if the medical assessors employed in her Department to assess certain social welfare benefit applications are adequately qualified to adjudicate on applications for disability benefit when the applicant is suffering from a mental health related disability; if she will detail the way many such assessors are appropriately...

Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: A Cheann Comhairle-----

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Catherine Murphy: On behalf of the Technical Group, I ask you to exercise discretion to allow us to raise this matter.

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Catherine Murphy: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, but I cannot accept that.

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Catherine Murphy: There is adequate discretion available to the Ceann Comhairle.

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Catherine Murphy: I have asked the Taoiseach about it.

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Catherine Murphy: Discretion is allowed so as not to gag the Technical Group.

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Catherine Murphy: I have tried to get it changed.