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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will establish a welfare officer as a point of contact for homeless persons within the Kildare, Wicklow and Meath areas to enable homeless families to obtain help with social protection claims where no address provision is available; if she is aware that no homeless persons unit exists in this region to advise and assist persons in this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has evaluated the JobPath contract performance; what key performance indicators are used to measure performance; what targets have been met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5242/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the evaluation of workers’ rights she has undertaken in the case of casual workers on low-hours contracts who do not qualify for the re-assessment of their claims when they take a holiday from work, as against those who are on full-time equivalent social protection incomes and who are entitled to a two-week paid holiday in the duration of a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 220. To ask the Minister for Defence if it is possible to renegotiate a buy-out prior to signing off service where a training buy-out exists; if there are any special circumstances that would be considered with a view to waiving or renegotiating this charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5238/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is unable to access critically-needed speech and language therapy services; what supports can be made available at this point; if the Health Service Executive can make contact with the person's parents with a view to providing regular speech and language therapy services to allow the person obtain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 400. To ask the Minister for Health how many orthodontic surgeons are currently employed directly by the Health Service Executive; if the executive is outsourcing dental orthodontic surgery services at present; if orthodontic surgery services outside the State are made available to patients who have been waiting more than five years for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 413. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that for terminally ill patients entering palliative care, the process of applying for a medical card is unnecessarily onerous, stressful and complicated; if this process will be simplified for such patients and their families; if he will introduce a simplified application process or alternatively provide a patient liaison within palliative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of any delays in the construction process of a new post-primary school at Maynooth in County Kildare; if the tender process for the school's construction was conducted in a proper manner; if any inadvertent mistakes have been identified with the tendering process that may have caused delays to the final agreement to build; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the tendering process for the new Maynooth post-primary school; the details of the tender; the stage the tendering process is at; if a cost-benefit analysis of the project is complete; when construction will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5222/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and name of schools where demand is double or close to double the available intake capacity; if she will allocate additional teaching resources for the 2016/2017 academic year to help target this underprovision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5220/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allocate funds to repair school playgrounds (details supplied) in County Kildare which have been identified for repair since 2012; if she is aware that funding for such repairs was previously allocated, but then withdrawn; if she is further aware that the condition of both playground areas has deteriorated significantly to date,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how many applications under the mortgage to rent scheme were assessed in the past three financial years; how many were successfully adopted onto the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5244/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he will alleviate the housing crisis including what he will implement in lieu of modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5245/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how many applications were made and how many successful applications were awarded under the Dublin regional executives tenancy protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5246/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the tenancy protection scheme to areas adjoining, but outside the Dublin regional homeless executive area, which are also excluded from accessing the advice services; when he will implement this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5247/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the tenancy protection scheme is permitted to allow tenants to negotiate contracts to remain within their homes where landlords have notified them in terms of rent increases, despite new regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5248/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (22 Mar 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has approached the National Asset Management Agency in respect of purchasing banks of apartments or houses with a view to resolving the homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5249/16]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Extend the time.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We in the Social Democrats decided to abstain on each of the votes for Taoiseach today because we did not see an outcome to start with and we felt this was, essentially, postponing the inevitable. We do not have to like the results of an election but as democrats we must accept them. The reality is this issue is both mathematical and political. The mathematical point is that the two large...

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Catherine Murphy: No.