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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Quality (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1038. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the public awareness and education schemes run by his Department on an annual basis to inform the public on the importance of clean air; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37348/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1039. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which currently exist on State boards...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1094. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how it is intended to qualify a family as being homeless in light of the new housing assistance payment regulations in respect of the Kildare County Council area, where many families are living in overcrowded family situations, but might not be formally registered as homeless; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1095. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how it is intended, to administer controls on the issue of top-up rents where the housing assistance payment system will underfund tenancies in Kildare by up to 50%, to assist families who are unable to cope with this situation; if it will impact on their future eligibility for housing supports; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1096. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how it is intended to proceed in cases of renewals or existing rentals where landlords indicate that they are happy to offer the housing assistance payment, but request market rent already paid; to accommodate the rights of current tenants receiving supports, where rents are above the maximum limits, as set out; what...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1097. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to offer the housing assistance payment to both rent supplement and privately renting households; how he intends to prioritise cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38206/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1098. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he intends to manage the transfer of rent supplement applicants to the new housing assistance payment system, where applicants have been assessed by the Department of Social Protection under Article 38 of the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations (Statutory Instrument No. 402 of 2007); if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1099. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the processing time guidelines he plans to implement for housing assistance payment applications; the intended lead-time for landlords awaiting acceptance decisions, and the proposed application to payment times to manage the expectations of applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38208/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is potential to allow applications for inclusion on the supplementary registers of electors to be signed by a Peace Commissioner or by another official in good standing, in order to alleviate workloads placed upon An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38258/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which presently exist on State boards...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Biofuel Obligation Scheme (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate the performance to date of the biofuels obligation scheme; how it is verified that 6.383% of motor fuels by volume is coming from renewable sources; the revenue generated by the biofuel levy in each year of its operation; if his Department will be undertaking a review of the effectiveness of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which presently exist on State boards under his remit;...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (3 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 1200. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will indicate, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the name of each appointee from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which currently exist on State boards under her remit; and if...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, this will be the last Social Welfare Bill before the general election and consequently, it is appropriate that Members view this Bill as part of a package and consider the legacy of how social welfare has been changed. There has been much spin about what has not been done in social welfare in that one has been told that core rates of social welfare were not cut in the context of...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: There are cases in which reduced pensions have been awarded where there was an expectation of a full pension. In some cases, this involves people who had been working for decades. If the Minister of State wishes to see some of those cases, I will send him the details. However, the area of greatest difficulty has been the head-in-the-sand approach to rent assistance levels. I remember...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (4 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has expressed any concerns to the Department of Social Protection or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, in so far as it relates to labour and employment policy under his remit, regarding the use of compromise agreements at State agencies for staff who wish to avail of voluntary redundancy; if he is aware that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports her Department provides to primary school children diagnosed with dyslexia and related conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38418/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that parents of children with dyslexia must pay extremely high charges if they are to provide the essential educational attention needed by their children; that such costs include assessments for dyslexia which have to be repeated annually, membership costs for the Dyslexia Association of Ireland, charges for room hire and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (4 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of ministerial directions that have been issued annually since 2011 in order that development plans, including material contraventions and variations of development plans and local area plans are consistent with existing national, regional, and county planning policies; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (4 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if patterns have emerged, since the Local Government Reform Act was introduced in 2014, in relation to the issues or causes that have necessitated ministerial directions in development plans and local area plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38444/15]