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Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I endorse the point made about not returning the fees. The mind boggles on this. If a person lodges an objection to a planning application in the normal planning application process at the local authority level, and if the application is withdrawn, the person who paid €20 of their hard earned cash for their objection does not get that back. The Construction Industry Federation is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding to provide an ASD class in a school (details supplied) will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39392/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 407. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the work of the Decade of Centenaries Oireachtas All-Party Consultation Group on Commemorations to encompass the State's history from the years 1913 to 1923; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39907/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 408. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to establish a new Oireachtas all-party consultation group on commemorations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39910/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the process in respect of prescribing and dispensing Ritalin; the duration of usual prescriptions; the restrictions there are on pharmacists dispensing numbers of individual Ritalin doses; if this varies by region in respect of dispensing or prescribing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39894/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members and the grades at which they are employed to provide services in respect of child and adolescent mental health services per region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39897/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 478. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the resources allocated to the child and adolescent mental health services; the improvements he has planned to increase capacity per region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39898/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 479. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the resources allocated to the child and adolescent mental health services in County Kildare, in view of the fact there is no child psychologist in situ and referrals are only able to go through the service; the improvements he has strategically planned to increase capacity in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban wild non domestic animal circus performances here in view of the fact that Dublin City Council has banned these types of shows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39920/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to have in place broadband in all parts of the State as part of the national broadband plan by the year 2023 in view of the fact Ireland may be in the position of hosting the Rugby World Cup (details supplied) in that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39614/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Events (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding he has made available for the Rugby World Cup bid 2023 to date in 2016; the amount he has committed to 2017; the organisations that are in receipt of funding broken down by amount and organisation in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39611/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (13 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rail stations at which wheelchair users can independently access train services; the rail stations at which wheelchair users are required to give advance notice in order to access the train service; the number in each of the cases of hours that the station is unmanned; his plans to upgrade stations in order that rail services...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Over the period from 2002 until 2006, the number of house completions rose each year to a peak of 88,200 in 2006. In 2007, Ireland had the highest rate of house completions at 18 per 1,000 of population when compared with other European Union member states. This was done with a planning system that allowed direct public input. The planning system did not put a brake on volumes and was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Retirements (7 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants who have resigned their positions at hospitals in the past five years, by hospital and year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38916/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Retirements (7 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants who have been hired in the past five years broken down by hospital and year in tabular form to include area of consultant expertise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38918/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (7 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 195. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there is a problem in accessing theatre availability and access to radiological facilities at Temple Street Children's Hospital (details supplied) by consultants; his further views on the fact that this is having a negative impact on patient welfare at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38955/16]

Priority Questions: Media Mergers (6 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps that can be taken to address the anomaly whereby the significant interest test in the Consumer and Competition Authority Act 2014 has been exceeded by any person in the media sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38856/16]

Priority Questions: Media Mergers (6 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: This question has been prompted by a proposed acquisition involving Celtic Media Group. It concerns whether an anomaly in the legislation exists with regard to the significant interest test and the Competition and Consumer Protection 2014 in situations where the 20% market test has been exceeded.

Priority Questions: Media Mergers (6 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I would describe something as working well when it is really tested and this is one of the tests. It concerns the proposed acquisition of Celtic Media Group where there is already a difficulty relating to the existing degree of media plurality. Media must be judged across a range of platforms. It is an evolving sector but this does not seem to have been factored into the process. This...

Priority Questions: Media Mergers (6 Dec 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Will the Minister read into the record what the timeline is in the event that the Minister involves the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland? What timeline are we looking at? Will the fact that the 20% threshold has been reached and the fact that, should the Minister agree to this, there is no prospect of a retrospective decision enter into his consideration?