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

Catherine Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a role will be assigned to the Planning Regulator to determine whether vexatious behaviour, such as ignoring the findings of strategic environmental assessments, appropriate assessments in accordance with the habitats directive or strategic flood risk assessments and failing to provide adequate technical planning...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (4 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected to be able to offer full high-capacity broadband service to the Maynooth area in County Kildare and its hinterland; the progress to date in this area under both commercial operations and the national broadband scheme; the timeframe by which the scheme will roll out coverage to the area; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (5 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how his Department will cater for the housing assistance payment maximum rent limits for those tenancies commencing in north Kildare from 2 November 2015, as they are not covered under those limits listed in the published regulations, SI No. 246 of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38218/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (5 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how his Department will proceed in cases of renewals or existing rentals, where landlords indicate their intention to offer the housing assistance payment but request market rent; his plans to accommodate families where rents are above the maximum limits as set out; the flexibility that will be provided to landlords; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Customer Charters (5 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to what extent the customer service charter operating in her Department extends to external contractors who carry out customer service elements and functions under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38825/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (5 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received correspondence from the Industrial Development Agency Ireland or any private financial institutions querying the reason that no Garda vetting service exists for financial institutions who may wish to vet incoming employees; her plans to develop proposals in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38904/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (5 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no Garda vetting service exists for financial institutions who may wish to vet incoming employees; the routes currently open to such companies to check to ensure the staff they are hiring have no history of criminal financial mismanagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38910/15]

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Last October I stood in this very spot and raised issues about Siteserv and the water metering contract. As the months progressed the questions extended into the wider issues surrounding IBRC and how it handled certain transactions. Ultimately, the questions moved to the dysfunctional relationship between IBRC and the Department of Finance. IBRC had one remit, namely, to ensure that...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Of course I welcomed the establishment of the commission, but I think we would all have expected the legal issues to be explored before it was set up. Will the Taoiseach confirm that the Attorney General specifically said there was no impediment to the commission when it was established? Would this particular aspect have been considered? Can the Taoiseach show goodwill in at least holding...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: An issue that is being discussed at the moment - I am certainly hearing it, although I do not know whether it is just Chinese whispers or it is real - is that one of the responses might be consideration of a tribunal of inquiry. Given that the same names crop up in the context of, for example, the Moriarty report, how could people have confidence in that kind of response? What responses is...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: When?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (10 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 345. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how the recently announced preschool child care provision will be implemented; if he has had representations from existing preschool operators, who presently avail of classroom facilities to provide their service, enquiring if such facilities will continue to be made available; if his Department has discussed with the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Awards to Irish Citizens (10 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the instances, since 9 March 2011, where the Government considered a request by an Irish citizen to accept a title of nobility or honour, in accordance with Article 40.2.2 of Bunreacht na hÉireann, by date of consideration; by name of requestor; by title or honour concerned; by the Government's decision to approve or not to approve,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the event of parents being forced to pay for the hiring of a teacher to provide extra instruction to primary school children with a diagnosis of Dyslexia, whether through the Dyslexia Association or otherwise, her plans to cover the cost of hiring such teachers, where there is a clear educational advantage; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (10 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher employed in a community school who is promoted to the position of deputy principal is automatically entered into the relevant pension scheme upon the commencement date in the new post, even if the teacher had not been entered previously; the precise conditions that govern the entitlement for a teacher to be entered into the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Archives (10 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the operation of the National Archives Act 1986, her views on figures obtained through a Parliamentary Question from all Departments of State (details supplied) outlining the estimated annual spend on storage of records which cannot be accommodated at the National Archives due to an inability to properly process the...

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: And a sea wall.

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The horse racing industry is well represented in my constituency, Kildare North, which may have one of the oldest traditions of horse racing on the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. I became a blow-in in Kildare a very long time ago. When I moved there, I became acutely aware of the fact there is a complete language change when one moves to a county dominated by a certain industry, just...

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

Catherine Murphy: 16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public transport alternatives being considered for the North Kildare region; the rail options that will be prioritised to alleviate the commuter congestion on the existing roads network; his views that without such investment, in tandem with essential motorway and dual carriageway upgrade works at Naas, in County Kildare, such road...

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

Catherine Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the ratio of spending on roads infrastructure to public transport investment over the past ten years has been 3.1 to 1; that the ratio in 2014 has increased in 2015; his views that if this ratio is maintained or increased in the coming years, it will not deliver the investment badly needed in public transport, and...