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Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputies Donnelly, O'Sullivan and Ross. I listened to the entire debate and to what the Ministers said during debates on parliamentary questions and I refer to something that was stated several times. The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, in particular admitted that the sale of State assets is not an ideal position. We know Fine Gael's position because in The Irish Times...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: The Deputy misinterpreted the Minister's remarks because he clarified this morning that there is no dispensation by the troika to reinvest this money in jobs. I heard the Minister say that the State would retain some State involvement, however, "some State involvement" is not the same as "owning". When challenged, he said also that this was not privatisation. Are we going to sell something...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way and when she will transfer responsibility for paying rent support to local authorities; if staff will be transferred from her Department to the local authorities to administer this scheme; the time frame in which she foresees the transfer of function to be effected within; if she intends to change the terms of the scheme to...

Arts Plan (18 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are financial or physical resource responses required for any of the initiatives within his remit that were identified at the Global Irish Economic Forum; the resources that might be forthcoming and the source or sources of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30044/11]

Arts Plan (18 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Essentially I wanted to find out whether there are resource implications to this, and whether there will be an opportunity to use them if we are making commitments. This is the second forum and one of the surprising aspects to the first forum was how strongly arts and heritage featured. When stimulating something like the tourism sector, there seems to be a greater focus on tangible...

Arts Plan (18 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Is the report to which the Minister referred likely to be available before the budget? Is it likely to influence the allocation of additional funding in the Department if there are aspects which require funding?

Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (18 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an invitation has issued to the Pope to visit here in 2012; if so, the issues that are anticipated in view of the range of reports of clerical child sexual abuse and the recent exchange between him and the Papal Nuncio; if not, if an invitation is under active consideration; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements for training of new employees by employers; if there are interim arrangements with FÁS in such circumstances; if so, the budget available; the arrangements in place between him and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in respect of such training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28949/11]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (18 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the reason no response, reply or acknowledgement has ever been issued in response to a letter sent to the office of the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive (details supplied); the current policy within the HSE with regard to the acknowledgement and processing of and response to freedom of information requests...

Alternative Energy Projects (19 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources having regard to the projected continued decline in international crude oil production and the over-dependence on imported oil here, his plans to adopt the oil depletion protocol (details supplied) as passed by the Portuguese parliament in April 2011 as a clear statement of his intention to wean off...

Alternative Energy Projects (19 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister's point, that we are critically dependent on imported fuel, is key. Would the Minister call the target of generating 40% of our energy from renewable resources by 2020 ambitious given our dependence on fossil fuels, oil in particular? It may well not be. Are there initiatives that the Minister believes could be invested in that would provide jobs and assist us in exceeding the...

Alternative Energy Projects (19 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Is there a tipping point? With regard to Deputy Ó Cuív's question, it was stated one could not forecast four years ahead. One could certainly forecast that, in ten years, we will run into very serious difficulties in providing energy to the industrial sector, for example, by virtue of the fact that we are not proceeding quickly enough. There is probably a tipping point beyond which...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: The Law Reform Commission report on debt management and debt enforcement published last December included draft legislation. As, in effect, the Law Reform Commission did the work, a lack of parliamentary draftspeople cannot be used as an excuse for delay. Given the country's level of indebtedness, it would seem obvious that some rational means of dealing with debt would be high on the...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (19 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proportion of primary energy input into each of the State's fossil-fuel-powered electricity generation stations that is ultimately consumed by end users; the proportion lost in transmission through the electricity grid network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29913/11]

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: This report is from the interdepartmental mortgage arrears working group. One would have expected to see Departments represented on the group. However, the list includes the AIB, the EBS and the Central Bank, which are not Departments.

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: We are talking about the interdepartmental mortgage arrears working group. Therefore, one would have expected to see Departments represented on it, but the AIB, the EBS and the Central Bank were all included. Essentially, this skewed it in a particular direction. It should have involved Departments plus the banks and the people who are the victims in all of this. Does the Minister agree...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (20 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 28: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his intentions to develop a plan for the community sector which delivers many essential services; if there is such a plan, the scope of the work, the time frame for its delivery and the resource implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30440/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 31: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on new legislation to cover the area of consumer protection in the construction sector as it relates to homeowners; if so, the areas that will be covered by such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30246/11]

Legal Costs (25 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views that for the purposes of transparency and competition that the in camera rule for family law cases should be relaxed in respect of the fees charged; if he is considering introducing a requirement to keep time records in order to assist the Taxing Master to adjudicate on the fairness of fees charged; if he intends to make...

Legal Costs (25 Oct 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if sufficient information is available to introduce penalties for legal professionals who are repeatedly the subject of overcharging following complaints to the Taxing Master; if so, the measures he intends to introduce and the time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31259/11]