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Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (27 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a compensation programme for radio microphone owners to help offset the cost in updating their stock of equipment as they transfer from channel 69 to the new allocated frequency range in channel 38; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26369/11]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (27 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is appropriate for private camera speed operators to show a preference for hiring former gardaí to staff their vans; if they should be encouraged to open up the hiring process to make it fairer and more transparent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26217/11]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (27 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to close the loophole whereby private camera operators are permitted to send summonses by ordinary post, thereby opening up the possibility that a person might claim never to have received the summons in the first place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26218/11]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 468: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the cost of child care is a priority for her; the initiatives she will take on this matter; the discussions she has held with other Departments regarding same; the outcome of those discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26018/11]

Health Service Staff (28 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the public service redundancy early retirement scheme, is there a forward planning system in place to ensure that front-line services will not be adversely affected; if a risk assessment is being carried out in each public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26204/11]

Health Service Staff (28 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Many experienced health service staff are likely to take early retirement which will have an impact on service provision. Can the Minister refuse applications for early retirement? Can the retirement scheme be devised in such a way to ensure it does not affect front-line health staff? Several months ago, there was much debate about raising the qualification age for the State pension to 67...

Health Service Staff (28 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: It is not exclusively front line staff who need to be taken into account. One does not save money if a hospital porter who leaves needs to be replaced. We need a broad understanding of the impact of each individual who leaves a front line service like the health service, particularly in acute hospitals. This was the point of my question.

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Are there any guarantees that Liberty Mutual will not relocate the Quinn Insurance jobs elsewhere once it gets its hands on the company? This issue was raised early on in the debate with criticism levelled against several Opposition Members for not raising it themselves. My understanding of insurance companies is that they invest moneys raised through premiums in banks, property and other...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Employment is the number one priority for every Member of the Dáil, so it is essential that the measures taken result in job creation. I wish to focus on a few areas starting with the county enterprise boards. This is a micro-sector featuring up to ten jobs in any enterprise. This area is aimed at a person who may have lost a job and is thinking of setting up a business. The 35 county...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: We clearly need to have a comprehensive jobs package. Unemployment is now at emergency levels. Not a week should go by without an initiative. We need something like the Marshall plan.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (28 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health if the third phase of the development of Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, will proceed in the short or medium term, which would result in the old hospital being taken out of commission; if the development will occur on a phased basis; the way it is intended to deal with the replacement of the endoscopy unit in that context; if the temporary...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (28 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the variety of land line telephone operators, his plans to develop a comprehensive telephone directory amalgamating all providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26562/11]

Written Answers — Cash for Gold Trade: Cash for Gold Trade (28 Sep 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering regulating the cash for gold industry; if not, if he is satisfied with the compliance culture surrounding high value goods by these outlets; if he plans to change the way it will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26561/11]

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the Bill and I cannot imagine there will be any resistance to it passing swiftly through the Dáil. It adds to the already large body of legislation that has been enacted over the years. There has been such a cultural shift in the past 30 years. I remember car parks outside pubs that were absolutely chock-a-block 20 or 30 years ago. I am thinking of The Hitching Post in Leixlip,...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (4 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in view of the strong bonds between our two countries and given their role in assisting our peace process, the positive role we can play in seeking support from the United States towards a resolution of the Palestinian issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27249/11]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (4 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce new measures to ensure viable businesses are supported by the banks that are controlled or partly owned by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27607/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider, by way of minimising the distress to parents in schools when a special needs assistant review is planned, that his Department and National Council for Special Education make, as a matter of course, a public presentation to parents, teachers and principals, at the outset, in order to minimise communications...

Written Answers — Redundant Apprentice Placement Scheme: Redundant Apprentice Placement Scheme (4 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the apprentices who took up the redundant apprentice placement scheme offered by FÁS, the number who were employed in public hospitals and in other public services to assist existing public service trades people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27511/11]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (4 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 404: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the way merchant commercial windfarms excluding Alternative Energy Requirement projects will survive financially in the single electricity market when it is flooded with Renewable Energy Feed In Tariff subsidised competition; if he expects that the contribution of existing windfarms to the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (4 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he will deal with the housing waiting list; the extent of that list and the last assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27514/11]