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Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I will also be supporting this legislation. I support the reduction of the leader's allowance and absolutely support the vouching of moneys spent. It is wrong, and has been wrong, that the spending of public moneys is not properly vouched and that the process is not transparent. I put forward amendments to other legislation in recent years to try to achieve that but they were not accepted...

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is right that we have to account to the Standards in Public Office and that records are kept. It is right also that the severance payments to Ministers is discontinued. Those are the broad elements of the legislation and I am supportive of them. I will try not to cover much of what has been said. The way political funding is allocated requires a substantial change. The Electoral Acts...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, considering that Ireland is the number one country in the world for aircraft leasing and this contributes significantly to employment in this industry, he is concerned that the closure of the Lufthansa Technik Airmotive plant may adversely impact on this position; if there is a strategy to add value to Ireland's position in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, in relation to the closure of Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland jet engine overhaul facility and the possible loss of a particular domestic skills base as a result, he will give an assurance that a strategy is in place to deal with such closures where highly valuable skills are threatened; if any such support has been arranged...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the research that has been commissioned by his Department in relation to climate change mitigation and or adaptation over the past year; and if he will supply a copy of the terms of reference for any such research. [3333/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work being done to develop climate change mitigation policy applicable to his Department and the public participation opportunities incorporated in that work. [3340/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change Policy (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the research that has been commissioned by his Department in relation to climate change mitigation and-or adaptation over the past year; and if he will supply a copy of the terms of reference for any such research. [3328/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change Policy (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work being done to develop climate change mitigation policy applicable to his Department, and the public participation opportunities incorporated in that work. [3336/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Climate Change Policy (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the work being done to develop climate change mitigation policy applicable to his Department, and the public participation opportunities incorporated in that work. [3337/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the work being done to develop climate change mitigation policy applicable to his Department and what public participation opportunities are incorporated in that work. [3338/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment Issues (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recourse available to reopen the environmental impact analysis-statement regarding the upgrading of a wastewater treatment facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3308/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Ireland will make its Sixth National Communication and First Biennial Report to the UNFCCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3324/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Research Programmes (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the research that has been commissioned by his Department in relation to climate change mitigation and or adaptation over the past year; and if he will supply a copy of the terms of reference for any such research. [3327/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work being done to develop climate change mitigation policy applicable to his Department and the public participation opportunities incorporated in that work. [3335/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a junction upgrade (details supplied) has not commenced at this stage; the number of improvements queued at present awaiting funding to begin works in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3312/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Change Policy (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the research that has been commissioned by his Department on climate change mitigation and or adaptation over the past year; and if he will supply a copy of the terms of reference for any such research. [3334/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Change Policy (23 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work being done to develop climate change mitigation policy applicable to his Department and the public participation opportunities incorporated in that work. [3341/14]

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Given the importance of genealogical tourism, when will the civil registration (amendment) Bill come before the House? When is it likely to go through all Stages? It is critical if we are to have census substitutes for the 19th century searchable online and the absence of this legislation is an impediment to that.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of rent supplement supported tenancies that were reviewed downwards as per reductions in rent supplement maximum limits per county in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the value and percentage of rent per family reduced at each review stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3679/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has recorded a reduction in the number of applications for rent supplement; her views on whether upward price pressures has resulted in families increasingly struggling to find homes available in the current property market that adhere to the rent supplement limits or below them; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that such a...