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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the new measures she has implemented to the eligibility criteria of applicants for the back to education scheme in terms of students who wish to work throughout the summer term of their college course; if she will render them ineligible for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31027/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage and actual figures of the fall off in rent supplement claims for new tenancies in north of Kildare and other nationwide constituencies in 2013 and 2014 by quarter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31026/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Statutory Instruments (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 116. To ask the Taoiseach if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from the 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30707/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 117. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and the board in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30708/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Bond Issues (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 63 and 64 of 3 July 2014, his intention regarding the proceeds of the sale of the €25 billion of floating rate notes and €3.46 billion of Government fixed coupon bonds acquired by the Central Bank of Ireland last year; the portion that will be destroyed and to what specific schedule; the portion that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Notes (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the €25 billion of floating rate notes and €3.46 billion of Government fixed coupon 2025 bonds acquired by the Central Bank of Ireland, if he will ask the ECB or Commission for a review of the economic efficacy that destruction of proceeds from the sale of said bonds would have in view of the fact that they form such a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has implemented to ensure college applicants for the back to education schemes for the 2014 and 2015 year will be advised of their eligibility prior to the commencement of courses in 2014-15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30941/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the implementation of an increase in rent supplement payments to alleviate the accommodation crisis for families enduring a housing crisis in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30943/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has made allowances for the hardship faced by families applying for social welfare schemes who are not entitled to supports under the supplementary allowance scheme regulations but where they must wait for more than 12 months for a decision on their case in total; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30944/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 614. To ask the Minister for Health if corrective lenses to aid primary school-aged children with Irlen syndrome associated with dyslexia are covered under optical benefit where their parents or guardians do not have a medical card; and if so, the amount of the cost that is covered; if the full cost of the lenses may be provided for in cases where the parents have a medical card; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Data (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 828. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children and young people referred to after-care services who are now accessing homeless services broken down in tabular form by each local authority; the same figures for this time last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31476/14]

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: My question is more to do with the compatibility of two legislative measures. I raised issues about historical records as they relate to genealogy on Committee Stage and I was reassured by what the Minister said on some aspects of that but the Bill defines birth, death and marriage records as personal records. I attended an event recently where the Minister for Social Protection was helping...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The point I was trying to make is that this Bill defines the GRO records as personal records. What seemed exciting about what the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Welfare, Deputy Burton, had to say was that once the records are outside of the time limits - 100 years for a birth, 75 years for marriage and 50 years for a death - they become public records. There is one piece of...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I acknowledge the significant changes that have been made in this section by amendment No. 56. Obviously that was the area over which people were most exercised and concerned. In order to change behaviour there must be a way to change behaviour. The Minister referred to the concerns that might arise regarding the additional administrative burden but that can be reduced by people taking a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the shared ownership scheme operated by local authorities whereby the redemption figure carries a credit on the rental side, based on actual rent paid, in a similar way to that of the discount applied in the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31790/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any consideration is being given to the shared ownership scheme for those who do not quality for other local authority loans, who cannot raise the finance elsewhere and who will then not be in a position to purchase the rental side of the loan; if rental affordability and arrears are part of that consideration; and if...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I extend a warm welcome to the members of the deaf community who are in the Gallery and welcome the Ceann Comhairle's initiative in facilitating the signing of our deliberations. I expect that it is difficult to sign our proceedings given all the heckling but I am sure the signer is doing very well. This week's damning review of our human rights practices by the United Nations Human Rights...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I know we have legacy issues and it is very uncomfortable to consider past failures in hindsight. We are asking how we allowed such things to happen and who was in power at the time, but will the pattern be repeated by people in power now, and will we have the same conversations in 30 years?

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The same committee might then be reviewing how the country dealt with issues like fatal foetal abnormalities, for example, or people who have been raped or subject to incest and who have been denied their human rights. The Tánaiste indicated her personal views are on the record but I ask her as Tánaiste - deputy leader of the country - and the leader of the Labour Party for her...

Interdepartmental Report on the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputies Boyd Barrett and Clare Daly. I welcome the publication of the interdepartmental report, which is very much a Civil Service report. I understand it will be a help in forming the terms of reference, but that is all it will be and there will have to be significant political input. I also welcome the fact we have been continually briefed. It is very important...