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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Library (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: A number of staff from the National Library of Ireland came before the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht recently and I tabled this question as a consequence of what they had to say. Only 1% of the holdings of the National Library of Ireland are conserved to international standards. When members of the committee teased out the matter further with their guests, it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Library (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The National Library of Ireland appears to be in an impossible position and its resources seem to be stretched to the point where it has found it necessary to bring in outside experts on occasion. The overall figure for the cuts it has been obliged to absorb is somewhere in the region of 40%. It appears that a very low priority is being afforded to certain aspects of our cultural heritage....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Library (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The National Library of Ireland also has a tourism function and has been stretching in order to provide a very good genealogy service, which is very much in demand. That is taking from the library's other work. That only 1% of its collections can be preserved to international standards, particularly as the country has such a rich heritage, is really shameful. I acknowledge that most of the...

Other Questions: National Archives (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Some 70,000 boxes of records in the National Archives have not been catalogued. If the Minister proceeds to implement the change Deputy Michael Creed has proposed which would be very welcome, will he also ensure the resources are provided to make all of the records physically available?

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: We are having a week of debate on this topic and, indeed, part of next week's schedule will be allocated to it as well, which appears to be excessive in the extreme. When we consider this week, next week, the week after St. Patrick's Day and the Easter break, and the fact that we have a big legislative programme, one can predict that by next July there will be late sittings and guillotines....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider relaxing the rent caps in situations where families are facing homelessness (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that rent assistance payments are being refused by many landlords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11423/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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 or...

Other Questions: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on his recent commitment to amend existing defamation legislation; if he will indicate that, in addition to the changes he proposed recently, he is willing to explore new proposals to tackle potential conflicts of interest arising for members of the board of the Broadcasting Authority of...

Other Questions: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: My question is on the governance of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and arises on foot of the issue which arose with the payout by RTE to a member of the authority who took legal action. I want to find out about the changes proposed by the Minister to the Broadcasting Act 2009, which he has indicated he intends to bring forward.

Other Questions: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: If someone was a member of the complaints committee overseeing broadcasting and launched a legal action, lessons would fall to be learned in the context of the code of conduct. I am trying to find out if there is oversight in the Department where there is a conflict of interest. Where is the conflict disclosed? A major conflict of interest arose recently when €85,000 was paid out by...

Other Questions: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I acknowledge that since I tabled the question, the Minister responded to me directly on some of the issues I raised. His letter of reply acknowledged that the case was launched while the individual in question was a member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. It was at this point that a conflict of interest arose. Conflicts of interest arise all the time. The reason for having a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made to date in drafting legislation to better regulate the broadcast and electronic media in the State; if he will outline the main regulatory gaps which he feels must be addressed by new legislation in the area; if there is a specific timeframe he is working towards to introduce the new legislation;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Expenditure (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the amount of funding that has been set aside to provide for mortgage interest supplement to homeowners who are participating in the MARP process; the amount that has been drawn down since the introduction of the requirement on homeowners to have engaged in the MARP process for a year; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Negotiations (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the Government's initial analysis of the technical background to the European Commission's communication on 2030 climate targets, which, he told the Council of Ministers, raised some serious issues of concern from a national perspective, including concerns relating to the anticipated marginal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 421. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present extent of deployment of the automated vehicle and personnel locations system which is operated by An Garda Síochána; his views on whether there is a strong case to expand the system to the Kildare and Meath divisions in view of the fact that they are the worst served districts in terms of gardaí per capita and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that public lighting was recently abruptly turned off in an estate (details supplied); if, considering the severity of the problem and the extent of unfinished estates around the country, he will consider a re-evaluation of which estates may fall into category 4 estates to remove...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: This question pertains to unfinished estates that are not designated as category 4. The public lighting in one estate in my constituency was switched off last week because the builder had gone into receivership and there was nobody to pay the bill. I am concerned about the public safety issues arising from the loss of lighting and how estates can transfer from category 3 to category 4 when...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Some of these estates were categorised for the property tax last year. The number of estates will increase as companies are liquidated, and they require a mechanism to transfer from category 3 to category 4 to allow them to leverage funding. In the case of the aforementioned estate, approximately €200,000 is needed for the wearing course on the road and to finish other aspects of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The site resolution process does not deal with estates not categorised as category 4 estates. This is my point. There is no site resolution on this estate of 300 houses. The local authority picked up the €25,000 tab left by the developer, but the estate cannot get into the resolution process unless it is recategorised from a category 3 estate to a category 4 estate which means it...

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I will confine myself in the main to homelessness. I welcome a debate on housing policy although I wish we had a little more time to deal with it. There has been a major legacy left to this Government - I completely acknowledge that. The Minister of State has displayed an understanding of the issue. I do not doubt her sincerity but I doubt the sincerity of the Government to give the kind...