Results 6,021-6,040 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the name of the company which was awarded the contract at tender stage to administer the water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28972/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the limit of the rent supplement to reflect the market increase in rents; her views on recent reports published by homelessness advocates, in terms of the homelessness crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28974/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Assist Scheme Eligibility (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to roll-out the Pathways to Work programme to include all jobseekers and lone parents who are transitioning on to the jobseeker;s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29047/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 315. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes which have been made to regulations governing approved minimum retirement funds in the past three years; if he is aware that changes made recently have had the effect of preventing withdrawals from a pension fund above 4% of gross value per year until a beneficiary has reached 75 years of age; the circumstances, under which a person may...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation Office (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is possible for the Valuation Office to value foreshore as land within the meaning of section 3 of the Valuation Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29165/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public servants, who have opted for part-time work for parenting reasons, may opt back to full-time positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28293/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in respect of the sale of an estate (details supplied) in County Cork; the steps taken by him to safeguard the property interests of the State in such transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28475/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Requests (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that some Departments and agencies are setting down inordinate search fees in response to precisely formulated and subsequently refined Freedom of Information Act 2014 requests, and then using them as the basis for the denial of such requests; if instructions have been issued, or signals provided, to officials to carry...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Requests (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the practice whereby Government bodies under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 effectively deny, through substantial redaction, freedom of information requests to them, concerning funding applications by voluntary and community organisations, on the basis that any such information could reasonably be expected to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the communication held between his Department with the Law Society regarding the effect of the services directive or of Statutory Instrument 533/2010 in implementing the services directive, on the current laws and regulations restricting commercial communications by solicitors, including their continued enforcement; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 349. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any provision has been made or recommended by his Department for either this year or a coming year for claims against the State for losses arising from a failure by the State to fully or correctly bring all its existing laws and restrictions on commercial communications by legal professionals into compliance with the provisions...

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

Catherine Murphy: 456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of Gardaí in each district and division who are, as of this date, working on light duty, following a determination from the chief medical officer or their superior officer; if she will provide, in the same table, the number of Gardaí in each district and division who are on maternity...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 659. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the notice periods that ought to be provided to parents who are waiting on appointments for their children in respect of child ophthalmic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29012/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 660. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to improve on the service offered in respect of parents who are waiting on appointments for their children for child ophthalmic services; his views on whether a notice period of less than one week is acceptable after a wait of over 15 months with no update as to the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29013/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 661. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the hospital waiting lists, categorised by hospital and operation, that are closed to new referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29014/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 662. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of procedures conducted within the European Union following a referral from an Irish general practitioner on behalf of the Health Service Executive; the cost of these procedures to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29015/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered developing adult apprenticeships for child care to equip those returning to the workforce with the skills that might assist child care providers with the staff to address the acute child care shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28961/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships for young persons that have been developed in the past two years; the sector skills areas covered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28969/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship curriculum programmes that have been developed for adults returning to second chance learning; her plans to encourage the recruitment of a cohort of lone parents returning to the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29227/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 840. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have registered for the water conservation grant, to date; the estimated total cost of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28970/15]