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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Transfers (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to the case of a person (details supplied) who applied in 2001 for an interdepartmental transfer under a previous set of central transfer scheme guidelines but who was required to conform to new standards put in place days after she had made the initial transfer application and, as a consequence, has not been able to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Takeovers (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent of his knowledge of a transaction (details supplied) prior to the completion of the transaction, which would arise in the ordinary course of his responsibilities as Minister in relation to such transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22858/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 132. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the present inadequate situation at Teach Tearmainn Women's Refuge in Newbridge in County Kildare; that two apartments are furnished and ready to be made available, but cannot be, due to staff funding shortfalls; that Teach Tearmainn is the only such refuge in County Kildare, the fourth most populous county in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for a general purpose room in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the plans in place for the continued development of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22857/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the funding and services of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive to the outer regions, which are experiencing a housing crisis of epidemic proportions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22635/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that a significant cohort of new housing units in the immediate future will be operated under lease, under the housing assistance payment scheme or under the rental accommodation scheme, his plans to reconfigure staffing at local authority level to include a tenancy protection unit at certain...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the M7 upgrade project; the projected cost; the projected timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22884/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of State subsidy to the public transport sector, broken down by company in aggregate since 2008; the measure his Department utilises to establish the inflation rate in the transport sector; the rate in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22887/15]

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I also welcome the legislation and thank the Deputies for using Private Members' time for Second Stage. I am pleased that the Minister indicated when he was appointed to office that the reform of section 37 was a priority for him. I acknowledge that he has a legitimate intention in that regard and we all appreciate the fact that this Bill is not being opposed by the Government. However,...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The legislation arises from the planning and development (No. 1) Bill that was debated at pre-legislation stage at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht last December. Amid a full legislative schedule in the Department, we are seeing a hiving off of certain policy aims into vehicles such as this Bill. I acknowledge the hard work by the Department...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: It is important that we do not jettison standards for the short-term approach of increasing supply at any cost. I recognise that we need to increase the supply of housing and I agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett on the emergency in our public housing stock and the need to fast track social housing construction. There are regular announcements of large sums of money but the delivery of housing...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Mergers (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is considering to better regulate the ownership of media in the State; if he can account for the reason, as has been reported recently, that proposals on regulation of media ownership will only apply to new acquisitions-mergers, and will not attempt to regulate or ameliorate existing concentrations of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 761. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to draft secondary legislation in relation to section 130 of the Local Government Act 2001; if so, to the time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23199/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 762. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the secondary legislation and guidelines that apply in relation to section 247 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; his plans to make new legislative provisions in respect of this section; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23201/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 892. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the annual inflation rate in the transport sector; and the rate of increase in average ticket prices for Irish Rail intercity rail journeys, commuter rail journeys, Dublin Bus journeys, Dublin Area Rapid Transit journeys, Bus Éireann journeys and LUAS journeys in each of the past ten years; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 893. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that public transport customer pricing is not set according to a fair and uniform national standard and that, as a consequence, different rates apply to similar distances and average journey times; if his Department is preparing any policy to ensure that a fair and reasonable pricing policy is applied across the State...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied the route proposed for the M7 upgrade in County Kildare is the most beneficial and cost effective; the timescale as to when the upgrade will be completed; the public consultation which has taken place to date on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23837/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: This relates to the upgrade of the M7 Naas to Newbridge bypass upgrade scheme. Is the only impediment funding? What priority does it have?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I am looking to find out when it will be clear to the Minister. This is local to County Kildare, but it is also a national primary route. There are three lanes to the point where it narrows, where there is a significant bottleneck and a high number of accidents. Many years ago cost-benefit analyses were carried out which looked at fatality rates. Accident rates were also factored in. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with the Minister that the projects are linked. The problem is that, in the absence of being able to get traffic to and from the park and providing entry and exit points for developments such as the big new development of the Kerry Group, the millennium business park is stuck in an environment in which it was never planned to be in. It is very well located, which is why the Kerry...