Results 11,421-11,440 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of funding in 2018, 2019 and 2020 to boost electric vehicle ownership, including purchase grants, 0% benefit-in-kind and home charger installation grants; his plans to increase the number of charging ports for vehicles; the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 1 May 2018, if he will provide the methodology of his Department's report, The Cost of Congestion - An Analysis in the Greater Dublin Area; if criteria of pollution and accident rates were factored into the criteria that were analysed; his plans to commission similar reports for Galway, Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Electric Vehicles (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at her Department building and other buildings used by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28890/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 19 June 2018, if the way in which resignation letters from customers are automatically generated and worded by JobPath providers will be reviewed; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) had an offer to be reinstated one month after they were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 19 June 2018, the level of engagement and fact checking a deciding officer undertook with Seetec regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who ultimately had a sanction imposed on their payment; the way in which deciding offers and Seetec employees communicate; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electric Vehicles (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28895/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Planning and Development Act 2000 makes provision on the way in which to proceed with a planning application to take into account the impact of a planning application on the unique features of the existing physical landscape and-or subterranean features in the context of environmental impact assessments,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the period of time for citizens' submissions in the context of planning applications made directly to An Bord Pleanála in situations in which the local authority is bypassed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28977/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I also wish to raise the issue of media plurality. The Taoiseach cited the concerns in that regard. They play out in many ways, including the effect on the terms and conditions of people who work in the concentrated media sector, for example, pensions. Ownership is a significant issue, given that it covers a number of platforms, including social media. Like me, the NUJ has repeatedly...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The commission.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Electric Vehicles (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 140. To ask the Taoiseach the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his Department. [28903/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship programme curriculum areas that commenced for the first time in 2016 and 2017; the reviews of these programmes that have been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29702/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Eligibility (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an anomaly between eligibility criteria for progression routes in the PAC system when applying for higher diploma programmes as compared to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection back to education system in respect of progression eligibility criteria; the steps that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no college classroom places for apprenticeship plumbers and that they are obliged to remain out of education for one academic year; his plans to rectify the matter; the way in which he plans to ensure that they have the required taught hours component of their qualifications; the way...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Data (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appeals handled by the disability appeals officer in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 regarding assessments of needs; the number of determinations made against the complaints officer to remedy the applicants grievances regarding assessments of needs in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29499/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for conducting an assessment of need following an application being received; if there are variations between different parts of the country; if so, the locations; the reason this is the case; if cases such as that of a person (details supplied) are commonplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29550/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an anomaly between eligibility criteria for progression routes in the postgraduate applications centre, PAC, system when applying for higher diploma programmes as compared to the back to education system; the steps which have been taken to address this inequality;...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is only right that, instead of a fragmented approach, we take an approach where land use and transportation planning are linked. The lack of a connection previously led to considerable congestion that could have been planned for better. It is important that the national planning framework and the national development plan are to be related to each other. I may not be a fan of the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I have very similar concerns and I echo what was said about the process that has been followed in the Seanad in terms of introducing some of the amendments at a very late stage. If one gets a process wrong, very often one gets a poor outcome. I do not know how many times we have talked about that here. Sometimes we have had to come back and amend things later on. We have had experience...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: One would expect the word "independent" to mean totally independent but who is the decision-maker here? The way this is structured, the decision-maker is the Minister. We cannot say it is independent in the way it was intended. That is a serious problem. Amendment No. 40 states that local area plans should be "consistent with". That is the correct terminology. The terminology used...