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Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the legislation and the opportunity to speak on it. Something was said on its timing. It has been too long in the making but I would not be overly critical of the current Government in this regard because previous Governments really should have taken some responsibility. We would not have a Bill that is so comprehensive had legislation been produced in a way that respected all...

Income and Living Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this broad-ranging motion, which is focused on the changes that have taken place in recent years. I wish to focus on particular areas to which reference is made in the motion. Housing impacts on so many people. The motion calls for a major construction programme. The Government has committed large amounts of money to it and future Governments to spend...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of child care in counties Kildare and Meath, and similar high-pressure commuter belt areas, has increased dramatically, in recent years; if targeted measures are being considered under the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures programme, including the option of targeting resources in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Expenditure (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funding, in each scheme, provided in 2014, under his Department’s youth services grant scheme, to special projects for youth, the Young People's Facilities and Services Fund, local drugs task force projects, local youth club grant scheme and youth information centres; the bodies which benefited and their geographic...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Security Checks (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 175. To ask the Taoiseach if he or any predecessor in office has ever received a report from the complaints referee appointed under section 9 of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages (Regulation) Act 1993; the dates such reports were received; the findings of any such report; the actions that were prompted in each case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the deployment of the newly trained gardaí graduating from Templemore, County Tipperary; if such deployments will seek to address the present imbalances in service provision; when these deployments will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8309/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 360. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funding, in each scheme, provided in 2014, under his Department's youth services grant scheme, special projects for youth scheme, the young people's facilities and services fund, local drugs task force projects, local youth club grant scheme and youth information centres; the bodies that benefited, and their geographic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is within his remit to consider the health needs of preschool children, with special needs, starting their education in September 2015, if he will ensure enough assessments are made available in good time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8080/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the digital strategy for schools; the current expected publication date; if the draft strategy has been circulated to stakeholders for consultation; if so, the findings of the consultation and what stakeholders took part; if she will ensure that a working hyper-link to the relevant section is placed on her Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the effect the current recruitment embargo is having on the ability of local authorities to deliver their services effectively in recent years; the local authorities most affected by staff shortages; the measures he has proposed to address these high-pressure areas; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in a position to fully appreciate the considerable difficulties which have been placed on families by the failure of Irish Water legislation to properly take account of situations in which an adult person with complicated care needs is living in the family home; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the precise statutory provision which enables Irish Water to charge a connection fee for the connection of new developments to a public water main and-or sewer, which replaced the former power of local authorities to charge development contributions in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8159/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of extra speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and psychological professionals to address the shortfall which exists in all three areas; the amount of the 2014 allocation of €20 million that was spent on this recruitment; the number of positions that are in place; the number that remain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (25 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 45. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be located by the Health Service Executive, for the exceptional case of a young person with special care needs (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will provide that person with a full-time residential care setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8006/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (25 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update to the co-operation activities which have been carried out under the memorandum of understanding on health regulation, training, promotion, hospital standards and so on, with the People's Republic of China, since August 2012; if further agreements are being negotiated or intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (25 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that significant challenges exist to the proper conservation of the Curragh, County Kildare, principally due to high vehicular traffic and illegal dumping; the measures her Department is undertaking to help preserve the Curragh, in line with the County Kildare biodiversity plan; if she...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (26 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who made 723 ORD class social insurance contributions, and 1,078 class A1 social insurance contributions, between 1964 and 2002, may not avail of a treatment benefit payment, owing to a change in that person's class of contributions, for three years after 2002; the reason the contributions made over the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: General Register Office (26 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total income derived by the general records office through fees paid by persons searching records at the office's site, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8686/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (26 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will share the results of the scoping exercise undertaken in her Department to determine the resources that will be required to administer the annual allowance, as set out in the most recent Irish Water legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8720/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, in tabular form, and using the most recently available data from the Revenue Commissioners, the combined pre-tax total declared earnings of all persons, or tax couples, who are, or were, in income bands (details supplied); the number of persons, or tax couples, in each of these income bands; the combined total income tax paid by all...