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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (20 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way funding was allocated to the Irish Water Transition Office in both 2013 and 2014, including a breakdown of each category and heading under which money was spent and is projected to be spent until the wind-up of the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8733/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Contracts (20 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed description of the eight ICT systems purchased from IBM by Irish Water to date, indicating the costs associated with each contract in terms of licensing, hardware, software, programming and design, expertise, installation, transport, testing and so on; and if he will make a statement on the...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Shane Ross for bringing forward this Bill. First, I wish to draw attention to Article 35.2 of the Constitution which states, "All judges shall be independent in the exercise of their judicial functions and subject only to this Constitution and the law". Is our method of appointing judges in keeping with this? I believe it is not. In the debate on Second Stage of the...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I propose to share time with Deputy Peter Mathews.

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Seamus Healy for proposing this important and timely motion. The post office service is at the heart of our community services with a long history of hundreds of years. I remind the House of the importance of the service in ensuring our very survival, given the remittances that kept this country afloat for generations. The post office organisation has been capable of change...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise guidelines and regulations schools must adhere to in the delivery of sex education to pupils; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools invite external organisations to provide sex education based on religious beliefs and practice which may be contrary to proper medical advice without seeking parental consent;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (25 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of European Court of Human Right's Judgment 027(2014), he will introduce comprehensive reforms of the funding-management model of schools to ensure a strong foundation of the sector going into the future; if he will provide details of the implications of the judgment for the current model; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (25 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a former resource teacher (details supplied) is not entitled to claim any redundancy payment even though their employment was ceased because of financial cutbacks and through no fault of their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9279/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended that the annual taxpayer-funded subvention to Irish Water will cover the amounts spent by the company in providing the free usage allowance; the amount the free allowance is predicted to cost to provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8990/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (25 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the monetary value of all development contributions collected by each local authority to date which have not been spent; if he will introduce measures that would legally facilitate the drawing down of development contributions which have no reasonable chance of being spent upon the original agreed improvements; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Cycling Facilities Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the annual spend on cycling provision, infrastructure, education and awareness in each local authority in 2013; if he will provide a list of all paved cycle tracks which are at a fully separated grade from other vehicular traffic; the number of such tracks currently in planning...

Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (26 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate, in respect of overall workforce planning within the public service, if there is a planned response to instances where the recruitment embargo is relaxed for individual Departments and-or agencies or if it is the case that embargoes are only lifted in cases where management repeatedly requests that recruitment take...

Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (26 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I have asked similar questions to this one on a number of occasions. My primary objective is to ascertain how the Department will decide where to lift the public service recruitment embargo. We are all aware of areas where public service staff numbers are unevenly balanced. This sometimes impacts on the productivity of public services. I heard on the radio this morning, for example, that...

Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (26 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: If consideration is being given to relaxing the embargo on public service recruitment, is a workforce planning framework in place against which one could match numbers? Until now, most of the discussion on reform has been focused on cutting costs. A real reform programme must be focused on delivering services differently and redressing the imbalance in public service numbers to close gaps...

Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (26 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: That requires investment in, for example, IT systems that communicate with each other. If a patient is left on a trolley in an ambulance because there is no hospital trolley or bed available, that essentially is a productivity issue in terms of the use of an ambulance. Everything must fit together. The Norwegian system, which includes a huge public service platform that is based on a good...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (26 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State's total financial commitment in each of the past five years to rents on vacant properties; if he will provide an itemised list of all such properties indicating the annual rent specific to each one; the leases that may be ended or broken in 2014; if the State plans to cease rental of any such properties in 2014; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate, in tabular form, the total expenditure by his Department on external consultancy advice services, including legal services in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if this spend is in line with the overall value for money objective of his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9430/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will indicate, in tabular form, the total expenditure by his Department on external consultancy advice services, including legal services, in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if this spend is in line with the overall value for money objective of his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10013/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, in tabular form, the total expenditure by his Department on external consultancy advice services, including legal services, in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if this spend is in line with the overall value for money objective of his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10012/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accommodation levels in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the number of classrooms; its current enrolment; the latest figure for applicants to the school; if the school has applied for an urgent extension of its accommodation; if he will agree to granting an extension of accommodation at the school in view of the increase in...