Results 5,041-5,060 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Archives (18 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 285. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is the practice of her Department to employ an archivist to examine records and archives once records are deemed appropriate for archiving to determine the quality of the records, the importance, the estimated care and attention needed to preserve the records and so on; if not if she will consider this option in order to best...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Archives (18 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 286. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total cost to her Department and agencies under the aegis for the storage of records and archives that are ultimately intended to be forwarded to the National Archives in time; if she will provide this cost for 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35411/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Statistics (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 33. To ask the Taoiseach if it is the case that the Central Statistics Office does not plan to engage in any public consultation on the development of questions for the next scheduled census in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no new questions will be added and it will be virtually identical to Census 2011; his views that this presents a serious obstacle to the accurate...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 44. To ask the Taoiseach when he will honour the programme for Government commitment to amend Dáil Standing Orders to ensure that replies to written parliamentary questions are furnished during Dáil recess. [35506/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: International Summits (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 45. To ask the Taoiseach if he has accepted the invitation of Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to attend an extraordinary UN climate summit in New York on 23 September 2014; if so, the new announcements and action as requested by the Secretary General he plans to bring with him on behalf of the people of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35507/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Records (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 62. To ask the Taoiseach if it is the practice of his Department to employ an archivist to examine records and archives once records are deemed appropriate for archiving to determine the quality of the records, the importance, the estimated care and attention needed to preserve the records and so on; if not, if he will consider this option to best capture the most valuable records before they...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it was decided, on a policy level, to issue a 13-week termination notice of the termination of rent supplement payments issued to families that are unable to negotiate their rents downwards; and if she considers this an effective strategy for reducing the spend on rent supplement nationally. [35619/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases of legal action which were initiated against the Revenue Commissioners' sheriffs in the past five years; of each case, the number which were settled out of court and the number of settlements which contained secrecy clauses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35878/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the approximately 30,000 actions of the Revenue Commissioners' sheriffs in 2011, 2012 and 2013 which involved the seizure of computers; if he will indicate how this equipment is stored and the way in which they were sold off; the estimated value of the seizures and the total sums realised from sales; and if he is satisfied that this is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the approximately 30,000 actions of the Revenue Commissioners' sheriffs in 2011, 2012 and 2013 which involved the seizure of tools of a trade and third party items seized; and the way in which this was monitored. [35875/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases of legal action which were initiated against the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years; the number of cases of legal action which were initiated against the Revenue Commissioners' sheriffs in the past five years; of each case, the number which were settled out of court and the number of settlements which contained secrecy...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if no Ministerial adviser will be hired in respect of the newly appointed Government Ministers at a remuneration in excess of the agreed pay cap for such a role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35505/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Applications (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time of the waiting lists to access legal aid with the Legal Aid Board by county. [35872/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government Implementation (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that replies to written parliamentary questions are furnished during Dáil recess will apply to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35506/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the meetings or other contacts he or his officials have had with the Dublin local authorities in advance of their recent proposal to revive the Poolbeg national waste incinerator project.​ [35831/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the basis in national waste policy for the proposal by the four Dublin local authorities to develop an incinerator to meet national waste management needs, rather than the needs of the Dublin region as originally envisaged; if a regional approach to waste management has been abandoned by the Government; and if an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his stated ambition to move Dublin towards zero waste through a pay-by-weight system is in direct conflict with the proposal by the four Dublin local authorities to develop a national waste incinerator at Poolbeg, given that the business case for this proposal requires waste volumes to increase or recycling to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Commercial and Domestic Property Supply and Demand: Property Industry Ireland (23 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I read the document that outlines some of the issues. I do not disagree with some of what was said. We most definitely have a serious problem with supply, which is driving up rents and making us unattractive. This week there was a news item in which some industries said they would have difficulty in attracting people in the absence of appropriate accommodation at a reasonable price. How...

Topical Issue Debate: National Cultural Institutions (24 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Our cultural institutions are a shop window to our culture and heritage. We have to note with alarm the concerns being expressed about the National Museum which says it has to cut back on tours and opening hours. The National Library and the National Archives are stretched to breaking point. Their funding compares very unfavourably with that in other countries, for example, Denmark and...

Topical Issue Debate: National Cultural Institutions (24 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I recognise much of what the Minister has said from the National Library report that is on my desk. I did not ask for a synopsis of that report; I wanted to hear what the Minister intends to do about it at budget time. Does the Minister accept that we are at a critical point? The Oireachtas allocation to the National Library was €12 million in 2008, but it is just €6.3...