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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Part V units paid for by each local authority in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the average cost of these units in each of these years in each of the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6981/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private investigation firms hired by Coillte in 2015 and 2016; the names of the firms; the amount they were paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7191/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of the work carried out by private investigation firms for Coillte; the way in which contracts are awarded to these firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7193/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 606. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 515 of 22 November 2016, if he will provide an update on the stage the procurement element of the national broadband plan is at; if he will provide a breakdown of the 750,000 premises to be connected, by residential or business and by county, in tabular form; if the county by county...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 22 November 2016, if he will provide a further update in relation to the non-statutory inquiry to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the distribution of tickets for the Rio Olympic Games and related matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7002/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Issues (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to enforce the Road Traffic Act 2016, which gives effect to an agreement with the UK on mutual recognition of driver disqualifications which was signed in October 2015, in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7084/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 332 of 2012) were to make cycle tracks non-mandatory except for contraflow tracks and tracks in pedestrianised areas, in view of the fact that the regulations do not provide for this; if he will update the regulations as a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Procurement Contracts (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an Irish Rail employee hired private investigators regarding the suspected theft of copper cable from the rail line in the Killiney and Shankill areas in 2015; the procedures and procurement rules he has relating to the awarding by Irish Rail of such surveillance contracts; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 653. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a discrepancy between the European Economic and Social Committee approved wording of the EU Company Law Directive of 2003 and the detail which was finally placed into legislation (details supplied); the impact of this discrepancy on those Irish banks which have shares quoted on the Irish stock market; and if she will...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We are sharing time. I want to put on the record that I hate everything about Trump and his Administration but he was not imposed. He was elected, and whether we like it or not, that will be the scenario unless something intervenes in the coming four years. It is obvious that the Taoiseach will travel to Washington for St. Patrick's Day but it is regrettable that he will do so without a...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: -----which is very possible to achieve.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputies Eamon Ryan and Seamus Healy. On Monday, 6 February 2017, we saw a "Prime Time" report on children with scoliosis who were on waiting lists and adults threatening suicide to escape pain. The programme gave us a bird's eye view into what it is like for people living on a waiting list. By Thursday, the suffering of those children and adults was off the agenda....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (15 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 7 February 2017, if she will provide the date that Article 3(2) of Regulation 1606 of 2002 was first amended to allow for the adoption of international accounting standards that delay the recognition of loan losses in view of the fact that the concept of prudence, as defined in Article 31...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses, they are very welcome. To put it on the record, I would have regarded the letter of 16 January as putting down a marker and I am not surprised at the response there has been to it. The one thing that would be very regrettable for everyone, workers and the travelling public, would be a strike, which would have to be solved at some point in any event. Let us hope that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I have a question on the routes that are going to be put out to tender. There are, in fact, quite a few in my own area which is quite lucrative because of a growing population. It would be an area that would be cherry-picked if any were going to be. What happens to the drivers on those routes if Bus Éireann does not get the contract? We are told by the NTA that if some Expressway...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (21 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to a request by an organisation (details supplied) for the changes made to the pension system in budget 2012 to be rolled back and for those persons affected to have their payments backdated to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of casual part-time employees in receipt of social welfare payments, such as jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit and family income supplement, grouped by the 20 largest private sector employers and occupation type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (21 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the eligibility system for the State pension, in view of the fact that a recent report (details supplied) reveals that as a result of the changes to eligibility that 35,000 persons had their pensions reduced; his further plans to address the pension gap between genders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8448/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (21 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to implementing an anti-poverty strategy with a specific focus on children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (21 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the evaluation of service delivery undertaken in respect of the rolled-out JobPath programme contract; the outcomes that are recorded and reported per person, by county and for each quarter since the contract commenced; if the evaluation of outcomes for suitability to the person are audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8449/17]