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Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I will share time with Deputies Eamon Ryan and Seamus Healy. The main purpose of the Bill is to improve safety on our roads, which is something everyone, not only in the House but generally, wants to see. There are ways this can be done. One thing we cannot do is pay lipservice or give the impression that something is being done or that it is more limited than people will expect when...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I am sure that the irony that we are once again discussing domestic water charges has not escaped us. This issue has a long history and it is worthwhile to remind ourselves of it. The former Deputy, Dick Spring, introduced water charges in 1983. The then Minister for the Environment in the rainbow coalition Government, Deputy Brendan Howlin, abolished those charges in 1996. At the time,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there has been any analysis carried out on the potential impacts of CETA on public procurement here, including impacts on regularity and policy scope and also on the share of public procurement contracts being held by SMEs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27718/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who, due to their age and date of birth at the time of commencement of a scheme, are unable to take up the free ECCE scheme at the commencement of the academic year, as in the case of a person (details supplied); the protocols she has laid down for reserving a place in a child care provider to participate on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if plans and specific proposals for upgrade works to a health centre (details supplied) have been finalised and if funding has been sought; when the improvement works will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27888/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on specific operational and deployment proposals for the enhancement and augmentation of medical provision services and on the recruitment process for an on-site general practitioner at a health centre (details supplied); if funding for the deployment of enhanced services has been sought and awarded or considered for awarding; if there is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the changes that have been made to the provision of transport services for adults attending adult disability services commencing in 2016; if additional transport has been provided in respect of new adults commencing in the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27892/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the assessment of need which is conducted in the analysis of the provision of transport services for adults attending adult disability services commencing in 2016; if any changes to the assessment of care needs have been implemented nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27893/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the individual criteria used for inclusion on the school transportation provision services for adults attending adult disability services nationally; if any anomalies in the assessment occur nationally; the way this is controlled, streamlined and audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27894/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the prisoner population and the number of staff employed within Mountjoy prison; the number of staff on maternity leave or sick leave; the provisions in place for such leave absences of staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28852/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the optimum staff to prisoner ratio; the current ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28853/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 was signed into law in December 2015 but to date, no commencement order regarding sections 149 to 161, inclusive, dealing with the regulation of legal costs has been effected; in view of the fact that the regulation of legal costs was one of the International Monetary...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the income to the Exchequer in respect of carbon tax for the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28858/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency Staff (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance if former and serving National Asset Management Agency employees and officials are precluded from taking up new employment (details supplied); the period of time they are precluded from taking up new employment; the other conditions attached with taking up new employment in any sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28859/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff allocated to drugs task forces per county and per service division nationally in each of the years 2012 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28958/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Dublin Bus hedges its fuel purchases; the amount it spends on fuel to operate the entire fleet per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28850/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Travel (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost, duration, purpose and outcome of his trip to Brazil in August 2016; the number of officials that accompanied the Minister on that trip; the costs associated with their travel; his views on whether that trip represented good value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28851/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view on the fact that Irish Rail's busiest train journey in 2015 was the Greystones to Malahide 8 a.m. service (details supplied), his plans to increase capacity for that service; his plans to upgrade the rail line from Greystones to Bray from a single track to a double track in order to improve connectivity from County Longford and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Stadium Projects (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on the commencement of phase two of the national indoor arena in view of the fact that no money was allocated in the 2016 capital envelope and ongoing correspondence from Sports Ireland on the matter (details supplied); his views on the postponement of the Irish Rugby Union's plan to construct covered pitches at the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Data (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 243. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth workers allocated per county and per service provision nationally in each of the years 2012 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28955/16]