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Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 256. To ask the Minister for Health if the EU Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM legislation will exclude physiotherapists from a list of health professionals entitled to refer individuals for X-rays; if so, the rationale for same; his plans to revise the list of health professions entitled to refer persons for x-rays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14505/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 328. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a communication has been received from the UK Government in respect of the UK national policy statement for nuclear power above 1 GW single reactor capacity post 2025 (details supplied); if so, when the communication was received; the nature of that communication; if a copy will be made available; the way in which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Waste (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if communication has been received from the UK Government in respect of proposals for engaging communities in Northern Ireland and England that may wish to host a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste (details supplied); if so, when the communication was received; the nature of the communication; if a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Waste (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 330. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland has received communication from the UK Government in respect of a national policy statement for geological disposal infrastructure (details supplied); if so, when the communication was received; the nature of that communication; if a copy will be made available to Dáil Éireann; the way in which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Waste (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if communication has been received from the Welsh Government in respect of proposals for engaging communities in Wales that may wish to host a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste; if so, when the communication was received; the nature of that communication; if a copy will be made available; the way in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 273 of 8 February 2018 and 539 of 20 February 2018, the way in which persons that were and or are engaged in a partnership agreement that are entitled to a pension payment as a result of Directive 2010/41/EU are notified of their right to claim a payment; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 273 of 8 February 2018 and 539 of 20 February 2018, the sectors and or the nature of work in which a persons that were and or are engaged in a partnership agreement is in receipt of a pension as a result of Directive 2010/41/EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14507/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social protection benefits and payments that are applicable under Directive 2010/41/EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14508/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 273 of 8 February 2018 and 539 of 20 February 2018, if the pension entitlement of those in partnership agreements has been adopted on a mandatory or voluntary basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14509/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I am very familiar with Kerdiffstown.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. Action was taken only when it went on fire and it took weeks to put it out. While it is welcome that there are no unlicensed waste or landfill facilities operating at the moment, in fact, the number of landfill sites is contracting considerably. There will be only two landfill sites available from next year in addition to the incinerator. Waste is also shipped abroad. It seems there...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: What is trans-shipment?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: A lot of these were privately run sites. The efforts made to recoup is an issue we should look at specifically when we look at it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is exactly that. It would be quite useful to specify the sanctions should be within the financial aspect of the particular entity, in this case one of the colleges. In terms of a change of culture, we should remember the HSE example of getting compliance. It would be useful for us to have a number of routine sanctions we would recommend to change the culture.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It was around 2000 when the original list of swimming pools was opened up, and each local authority was asked to nominate two locations for swimming pools. This is the first time it has really been opened up since. It is there in theory, but I wonder about the good use of public money. It has to be there in practice, but the amount of grant aid is not sufficient to build a swimming pool....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I suspect there would be no money in it for public private partnerships so I do not expect that is a likely route.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There have been instances where there was public funding for a number of pools in the same location. Even though one was built, it was not viable as a consequence of the area not having the population to support two pools. This is essentially the kind of thing that brings these kinds of projects into disrepute. We have a national standard of one for every 110,000 people. We might as well...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: One of the things that has happened as a consequence of this is that the amount of money that is being spent across a range of different Departments has become much more obvious. There is no doubt that there is a value for money issue in terms of the efficient use of money. Departments will always need to carry out campaigns in areas such as health promotion. The way this unit was used is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There is a mindset issue here on-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is obviously a mindset issue. We had that before-----