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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the services of the tenancy protection unit to the areas surrounding Dublin which are suffering a severe housing and homelessness crisis but who have far less resources to deal with the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45138/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has encountered any unforeseen difficulties arising from the phasing out of the State pension transition payment; if in particular her Department has had difficulties reported to it of persons being forced to retire at 65 and move to a jobseeker's payment; if a particular cohort of persons have been adversely affected by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) was inadvertently and incorrectly not provided with an adequate pension following 30 years working as a home help provider with the Health Service Executive and its predecessors; the reason they were informed that they were too old to avail of the pensions scheme at the time of their retirement in January...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to action the directive contained in circular 0053/2014 where it was announced that teachers who began their service after January 2011 were to have their pay restored to the pre-cut scales so as to alleviate some of the disparity between teachers’ pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45139/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policy that is relied upon to define acceptable levels of electromagnetic fields associated with high-tension power lines; if the policy is to be reviewed to take account of updated expert research in both the engineering and medical disciplines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45304/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policy that defines acceptable levels of electromagnetic fields associated with high-tension power lines when planning for the proximity of such power lines to residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45248/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way policy that covers acceptable proximity between residences and the electromagnetic fields levels associated with high-tension power lines compares with corresponding policies in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45250/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost to date of developing the forthcoming postcode system, Eircode; if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the names of all external consultants engaged in the development of the new system, including amounts paid to each consultant on each individual contract and the dates paid; the further...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his response to concerns that the proposed postcode system, Eircode, will not be utilised by freight and courier companies due to an intuitive address adjacency not being included within the new code, and because of this companies will start to adopt their own codes from the private sector using part of the data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development in Ireland: Irish Planning Institute (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Irish Planning Institute presentation commenced by saying there has been some confusion in regard to planning and that although people tend to talk about the area as a combined entity, there are separate roles and many different players. I understand that as I have spent many days trying to explain to people how things are done. It is obvious significant work needs to be done on various...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I also understand that a few votes are likely to be called in the House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I am very pleased to see both the Minister and the Minister of State here. I made the suggestion because we have two sets of Ministers and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht tends to be the poor relation, which should not be the case. The attendance of so many people here today demonstrates that this area should get more attention than it does from this committee and others....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: If the consultation process concludes in March 2015, it will probably take another two months to study the submissions and produce a report, which would bring us to May 2015. That would leave only nine months or thereabouts before the start of the commemorations. Even modest events organised at local level require a decent lead-in time. This timeframe imposes limits on what can be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: When will the indexes reappear on genealogy.ie?

Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Can I get an update on when we are likely to see the climate Bill? How many Bills will be needed to provide for the announced changes in Irish Water? When are we likely to see them? Will a specific social welfare Bill be necessary to remove the PPS number provisions in the existing legislation? Given that an amendment to that effect was ruled out of order during the debate on the current...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is in the Bill.

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I support amendment No. 49. Some of us engaged with the Pyrite Resolution Board for a period prior to the remediation scheme being put in place. Essentially, the object of the exercise was not to force people to incur needless expense. If a condition survey had been carried out and it was obvious that bits of a house were literally falling down on top of people, then it was not necessary...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister acknowledged there is a problem here. The deadline is this week but the uncertainty will continue for people in this position. Does the Minister expect the issue to be resolved before the property tax is payable for next year? If so, will it require further legislation? What initiatives could be put in place to give clarity in advance of people being obliged to register and...

Human Rights Budgeting: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan for tabling this timely motion. It gives us the space to consider what should happen into the future and just as importantly how it should happen. We need to make it happen because it will not happen on its own. Too often we have been a hostage to the past and present when we need to be aspiring to something far better in the future. Equality or a more...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Clearance Certificates (26 Nov 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the processes by which a company may apply for a tax clearance certificate; the timeframe such a process takes; the diligence the Revenue Commissioners have to conduct in order to issue a certificate; the number of tax clearance certificates that were sought in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and of those the number awarded; if his attention has been drawn to any...