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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Water Meters Installation (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 227. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority at water meter installation sites by date and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1461/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason certain crime statistics, in particular rates of theft and burglary, are higher in the commuter belt counties of Kildare and Meath; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Garda resources per capita in these counties are the worst in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1681/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the most up-to-date numbers of gardaí by district and division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1757/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list in tabular form, of all Garda vehicles by vehicle type in each Garda district; the number of vehicles of each type that were retired from service in 2014; the number of new vehicles of each type that were introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1758/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the reduction of an entire class of available spaces at a Gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this situation has arisen in part because of the lack of forward planning to take into account the demand for Gaelscoil education in the area; her plans to initiate an immediate...

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Where are the houses?

Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: For some time we have been promised the publication of the climate Bill. When is that likely to happen? Will the sectoral plans be produced 18 months after the climate Bill is published or will they be produced parallel to it? I also wish to inquire about the planning (No. 2) Bill, which was promised before Christmas. I asked yesterday about the landlord and tenant Bill. The Taoiseach...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: If there is an inadequate number of beds in our acute hospital system, we will continue to see the type of problem we are witnessing at present. According to the Irish Medical Organisation in its 2015 budget submission, acute hospital budgets have reduced by 29% since 2007. There has also been a loss of 15% in staffing levels and 900 beds have been taken out of the public system over these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Recruitment (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason short-term employment contracts based in her Department are being offered to persons who are engaged in short-term contracts in other Departments, and consequently cannot accept those positions even though they may only have two or three weeks left on their existing contract; the reason this is marked as a rejection of an offer against...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees of her Department, who were engaged on short-term contracts, that opted to take extra payment in lieu of holiday entitlement accrued at the expiration of their contracts in each of the past three years; the proportion of all employees hired on short-term contracts over this period who opted to do so; if her attention has...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a serious problem exists within the processes of the Public Appointments Service whereby persons who are working short-term contracts with one Department are being offered contracts with different Departments before the completion of their current contract, that, as a consequence of not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was offered a 12 week contract of employment with the Department of Social Protection even though they were at the time engaged on a 15 week contract with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and had three weeks remaining; the reason, even though they were obviously not in a position to...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 112. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into mothers and baby homes and certain related matters do not cover former Magdalen institutions and adoptions which occurred at State hospitals during the relevant periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2201/15]

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: This question is on the same topic and seeks to find out why classes or categories of people were excluded. That said, there are a great number of positive aspects both to the commission that has been set up and its terms of reference. However, I my question focuses specifically on the Magdalen institutions and the adoptions that occurred in State hospitals because it is to be hoped that...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Is this likely to happen in parallel or is there a sequence in which this additional work will be done? Is it likely to fall into the second part of the inquiry, where there will be an interim report? If the scope is to be extended to other institutions, how is it likely that such work will take place? The second aspect on which I wish to ask a question is that I do not believe Members...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister said that it is open to the commission to come back to him for a variation or change in the terms of reference. Is such a request likely to go beyond Government and come before the Dáil? What is the process in relation to such amendment or change? I agree with the Minister that it is likely that could happen. In other words, the commission could exhaust a particular...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that are currently waiting to be allocated a social worker; the number of these that are high priority and emergency; if he will provide a breakdown in tabular format of the number of each of these that have been waiting for less than six months, between six months and one year, between one year and 18 months,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Marriage Data (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court exemption orders that were issued to permit a marriage where one or both of the spouses were below the age of 18 years in 2010 to 2014, inclusive; her plans for legislative changes in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2435/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, this is pre-legislative scrutiny and we are looking at legislation which will be useful in practice, so I want to just pick out a number of things out of the submissions. I echo the point Deputy Stanley made in that my experience has been that the local authority is run ragged by the construction industry and not just because of the recent crash. From the time I was elected to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Was it Clonakilty? It delivered a very good outcome but it required a huge amount of administrative time, and it requires money. The witness was quite right about the rolling fund. It would be useful to identify the deficiencies in the Derelict Sites Act, which was cumbersome in that a derelict site notice could not be served on, say, somebody living outside the country. There were...