Results 10,521-10,540 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (20 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 925. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns from January 2017 to date in 2018, by year, month and company engaged in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11766/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Training Support Grant (20 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 926. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situations in which training courses are funded (details supplied); the follow through that is done with the insurance sector that will not insure drivers with no experience; her plans to engage with the insurance industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (20 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 998. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to emails from a person (details supplied) regarding JobPath and a sanction applied to their payments; if the case will be reviewed and a response issued directly to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12937/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Response (20 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1006. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the adequacy of resources at individual local authority level will be considered in the post-extreme weather review; if so, the process that will be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11757/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (20 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1007. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns from January 2017 to date in 2018, by year, month and company engaged in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (20 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1008. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Fire Service resources are deemed adequate in County Kildare to cope with a major emergency; if a review will take place following the recent bad weather event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11790/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (20 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1018. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the installation of water meters and or water boxes is funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11955/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (20 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1072. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns from January 2017 to date in 2018, by year, month and company engaged in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11763/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Second Stage of the referendum Bill has concluded and we will move to Committee and Remaining Stages. It has been a very respectful debate so far but I believe a line was crossed last night and there is great hurt at some of the comments that were made, possibly unintentionally. Could I ask that perhaps a minute is afforded to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae to withdraw some of the very hurtful...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if the attention of the strategic communications unit was drawn to the fact that it must comply with rules that relate to advertising standards; the number of publications that were approached to include paid content with respect to the national planning framework, NPF, capital plan; the budget for this campaign; the reason it was decided to ensure the advertisements...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I made a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland which made me look at the codes of the authority. One particular code states: "A marketing communication should not mislead, or be likely to mislead, by inaccuracy, ambiguity, exaggeration, omission or otherwise.". There is, at the very least, ambiguity in respect of some of these advertorials. That is being kind. They...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is unfair to put this into a conspiracy theory category. If something looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, I tend to think it is a duck. Much of the advertising done looked like editorial. I have sought for the Committee of Public Accounts to look at the business case for this unit from a value for money point of view and that the Secretaries General of both the Departments of...

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I support the proposal to extend the time to give the Citizens' Assembly what it has asked for. It would be disrespectful to do anything other than that given its members have given up their time and there has been a great deal of preparation for the final piece of work they have to do. I also thank them for the work they have done and for giving their time freely and listening to all sides...

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: He does not like the result of its deliberations. That is the reason he wants to criticise it. It is the reason he wants to criticise the all-party Oireachtas committee-----

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: -----which put a great deal of time and effort into that work. That is why he wants to criticise the Dáil for the process we are undergoing. Let us be respectful to Ms Justice Laffoy. Let us be respectful to people who have given their time and effort and let us thank them for that work and stop this criticism of a process that is not complete and which requires time to become complete.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Data (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 109. To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure to date on online content (details supplied) by the strategic communications unit in his Department. [11362/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 130. To ask the Taoiseach if he has satisfied himself that all Public Appointments Service and TLAC procedures were adhered to in the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the strategic communications unit; the duration of their contract; and if there is an optional extension of the contract. [11991/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 132. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which Civil Service staff were redeployed into the strategic communications unit in his Department; the organisational structure of that section; the grades of staff; the number of non-Civil Service staff in the unit; and the reporting structure for those staff. [11993/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 107. To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish a spreadsheet tracking expenditure to date by the strategic communications unit in his Department; if the unit has made an application for additional funding; and the sanctioning process for additional funding of the unit. [11356/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 108. To ask the Taoiseach if the strategic communications unit in his Department has hired or purchased external public relations services, graphic design, consultancy companies and or online digital strategy companies since the unit was formed; and the expenditure on those services by amount spent and company engaged in tabular form. [11361/18]