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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to chiropody services being provided out of local pharmacies instead of vacant health centre suites; that the patients, including lifelong diabetics, are then charged a €20 rental fee; his plans to re-accommodate the chiropody services to the local health centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36968/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the extra funding granted to the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive to immediately adjacent high-pressure areas like north eastern Kildare, south eastern Meath and north Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36628/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Hydraulic Fracturing (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the names of all organisations and consortiums who submitted a bid to undertake the joint Northern Ireland Environment Agency-Environmental Protection Agency research into unconventional oil and gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36690/14]

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Changing the law can change behaviour if the law is right and if there are adequate sanctions. Therefore, it is important that we have legislation that goes to the heart of some of the worst practices we have seen in Irish politics to date. The Bill can contribute to this, but the Minister should accept suggestions to improve it on Committee Stage. It is important that the Bill go as far...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I will show it to the Minister. One obvious piece of advice is not to arrange a march to Leinster House on a Saturday. This is a small country and we are all aware of the informal lobbying that takes place, whether in the Galway tent, on golf courses or wherever else. We can see through the document which was put together by TASC to map the golden circle the relationship, for example, on a...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The names were provided for administrative convenience. My name was submitted yesterday and I was to be in this slot., but I am more than willing to give way to Deputy Peter Mathews. However, it is not a Technical Group slot.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: That the Bill is relatively straightforward does not mean that I will support it. In fact, I will not. There is supposed to be significant firepower available to ensure banking crises such as the ones which happened in 2008 and 2010 do not recur. However, it appears that the architecture that has been constructed around the ESM will be onerous in the event of a crisis. I remember the...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: -----and there are still more revelations to come about what happened at the time. I am sure the Minister of State is aware of the recent revelations from the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Patrick Honohan, which confirmed the long-held view of most of the population that Ireland had been coerced into maintaining a full, wide-ranging guarantee of all deposits and bonds in 2010. The...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is debt now, unfortunately.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I do not dispute the fact that they are losses, but if the Deputy does not mind, I would like to continue. It will take a further €25 billion out of the economy by 2032. It has not been written off, despite the Labour Party posters during the local elections stating €30 billion in debt had been written off. It is still there and we can use all the spin doctors we like in...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is smoke and mirrors. I do not understand how a group such as the Ballyhea group, together with some Deputies, could meet the Governor of the Central Bank and do something the Government has not done, namely, ask for the money to be written off. I understand the Governor of the Central Bank is part of the ECB framework, but it is extraordinary that the members of a small voluntary group...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected construction works of the DART underground project; if the timeframe for delivery of this vital project will change if extra funding sources can be identified; if it has been decided that tunnelling will take place originating from one site or from two; if the views of residents of the East Wall near the proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the long-term global trend is undeniably toward the progressive elimination of the ability of large multinationals to avoid corporation tax through complex arrangements; his further views that Ireland's vital strategic interest lies in Government preparing a plan to ensure the retention of multinational employers as the favourable tax regime...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has had any discussions with the Department of Social Protection regarding the introduction of a favourable tax incentive targeted at landlords to take on persons in receipt of rent supplement, for a limited period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37214/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ombudsman's Reports (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints received over the past three years that were referred to the Office of the Ombudsman; if any of these complaints escalated further to the courts; if she will provide a breakdown of these figures according to officer named complaints and non-officer named complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37551/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of community welfare officers currently operating by county; the number at October in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if she will also estimate the population served by each CWO to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37552/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reductions in the number of people in receipt of rent assistance between 2010 and to date in 2014; the reasons for the fall in numbers; if she will provide a demographic breakdown of the recipients in this category, if figures are available at a county, locality or regional level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37553/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing associations that have taken advantage of the National Asset Management Agency facility to set up a greater supply of housing; the number properties that have been transferred, broken down by local authority area; the costs incurred in the set up and operation of the special-purpose vehicle to date; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Records (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and location of sites at which the Office of Public Works store public records which are ultimately intended to be forwarded to the National Archives in time; for which Departments of State and agencies are records stored at each site; the total cost in 2012 and 2013 for the storage of these records broken down by costs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Records (2 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost to the Health Service Executive for the storage of records and archives which are ultimately intended to be forwarded to the National Archives in time; the sites at which these records are stored; the cost of engaging outside professional services in respect of the storage of records; if he will include the HSE as a named body under...