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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: I will leave it at that and await the response.

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: Let us start with the Planning Institute.

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the establishment of the commission of inquiry and believe its terms of reference are broad-ranging and well thought out. The fact there will be an interim report and that flexibility has been built into the terms of reference is positive. I acknowledge the work of Catherine Corless and believe we would not be here today but for the information she unearthed. The image she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 21. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the optimum number or range of beds in the public system; the current number of available beds; the demographic projections taken into consideration when determining the optimum deployment of beds around the country; the way the existence of centres of excellence at major hospitals has impacted on the general medical services historically...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 42. To ask the Minister for Health the way the current staffing situation at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, is being addressed; if his attention has been drawn to serious shortfalls in resources and staffing capability; the long-term investment plan for the hospital in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2389/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been a change in the rules regarding the Revenue Commissioners' correspondence with the TAIN-registered agent or representative of a customer; the reasons the Revenue Commissioners may cite to refuse to correspond with such an agent or representative in respect of a person's tax affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3033/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the annual fees mandated by the Irish Tax Institute that can in some cases cause severe financial hardship for smaller and solo CTA operators; if, in view of the Government's objective to support small and medium enterprises, he will raise this matter with the Minister for Finance; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who requires urgent surgery has not yet received confirmation of this surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2996/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of publicly-funded beds available in each acute hospital in the State for each year from 1985 to date in 2015; the total number of privately-funded beds available in the State for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3009/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of inactive, unfunded beds which currently exist in each acute hospital here; the same figure in each of the past eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3010/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of critical care beds which are available in each acute hospital in the State at present; the number of such beds which are unfunded and inactive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3012/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been derived from the fair deal nursing home scheme in each year of its operation; the total cost of implementing the scheme in the same period; the average cost per person and average intake per person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3013/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage in availability of agency nurses trained in the correct management of tracheotomies; the measures he will take to address same; the total number of respite and home care package situations which the Health Service Executive is utilising agency nurses for; the total number of these which require training in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of prospective pupils whose parents have indicated a preference to attend three primary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare in September 2015, September 2016, September 2017, September 2018 and September 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2986/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide figures in respect of each year in the past five years on the total number of intake students at primary level in north Kildare who commenced in a Gaelscoil; the total numbers whose parents had indicated a preference for a Gaelscoil education but did not secure a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2993/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department has measured school diversity in Kildare North in terms of facilitating the major prevailing preferences of parents; the types of schools her Department has identified at this stage as being the likely ones to need more investment to meet this demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2994/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by her Department in measuring choice with regard to school models; the way diversity, co-education, cultural diversity and multilingualism are factored in; if she will provide an update on the reform of patronage models; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2998/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 854 of 14 January 2015, if she will provide a copy of the nationwide demographic review on primary school places; if she will share the data with regard to north Kildare and the reasoning by which the Department has come to the conclusions that it has; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3008/15]

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I do not disagree with the Minister that clamping is a highly effective parking enforcement mechanism, provided it is practised on public roads and, occasionally, where vehicles are restricting access to a site. Clamping is, however, the only enforcement mechanism in most areas in my constituency where private pay parking is in force. The reason is that it is a highly lucrative activity. ...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide a front line service for those living in towns where no community welfare officer is in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3182/15]