Results 20,841-20,860 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3163/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Insurance (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a parliamentary reply issued in respect of a person (details supplied), if he will review claims dating back to 1996 in view of the fact that the person was on an incorrect rate of PRSI from that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2599/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself that the school curriculum that is set out for the home economics subject is not conflicting with the foods that are served in school canteens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2858/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward the date for full implementation of the vacant site levy; if he will consider reducing the number of exemptions that apply to the Act; if he will consider raising the levy applied to exceed annual land price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2542/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Standards (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the minimum size that apartments can be built in order to become wheelchair accessible (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2557/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Standards (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to make all new and or proposed local authority housing and apartment schemes and or units fully wheelchair accessible (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2560/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the national planning framework will deal with surpluses of planned capacities for growth that exists in the strategic planning areas of the planning regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he taking to ensure that food and beverages being served in schools here avoid being calorie-dense fried foods and processed food items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2864/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that third level colleges and education centres are compliant with tendering procedures and national procurement guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3105/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Taxi Licences (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend tendering arrangements for taxis to ensure that greater weighting is given to the availability of wheelchair-accessible taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2584/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: School Meals Programme (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 470. To ask the Minister for Health the levels of oversight he has regarding the setting out of menus in school canteens; the number of healthy eating and-or food education initiatives his Department is involved in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2868/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the agriculture cashflow support loan scheme; when the scheme will be fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2895/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Fleet (24 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the Dublin Bus fleet now accessible by wheelchair users; the planned timeline to have 100% accessibility; the funding set aside for this; the routes that currently do not have 100% accessibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2583/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Can we ensure this is dealt with at an early stage? You are right, Chairman. We have all been contacted by people. Some people are tired and have been campaigning for a long time. If we could timetable this as one of the earlier parts of the programme, it would be beneficial.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is an incredibly disappointing reply. There is no indication whether the rules about which it talks were actually applied. For what did it think we were looking?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: It is very complicated, but the more complicated something is, the more we need to understand it. It goes to the core of many of the assets transferred from Bank of Ireland to NAMA and whether it has the legal standing to dispose of them. It is also at the heart of Project Eagle-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: -----and the NAMA project, or at least part of it, specifically as it concerns Bank of Ireland. It would be useful for us to have a full understanding of what is at the heart of the matter. I have tried to get my head around a lot of the documentation that was sent to us but the point being made is substantial in nature. It is not just about oversight, it revolves around the legal standing...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Can the Chairman ensure that the Central Bank gets back to us in a timely way?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: No. It is recent.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I was forwarding correspondence I received because I thought this was the appropriate place to send it.