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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 555. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration which has been given to the effect of the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo on workforce planning for front-line services; if those services will be in a position to replace existing staff if necessary; if they will have the ability to hire required personnel as needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19556/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 751. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the European Investment Bank has been approached in respect of funding for DART underground in any of the years since 2011; if so, the amount involved and the outcome of the approach; if any other funding streams are being pursued and if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20526/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Programmes (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 752. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the review of the smarter travel programme will have an external element; if so, the expected arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20527/16]

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I am relieved that we are finally at a place where we can begin the process by introducing this legislation. The thought crossed my mind this morning when it took so long to get a quorum that it had been stymied at every opportunity, and I wondered. I am not prone to conspiracy theories and I can tell the Minister of State how relieved I am that we ended up getting a quorum when it arrived...

Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the work the committee did. I believe it was a very worthwhile exercise. The Social Democrats would have liked to have participated on the committee but unfortunately places were limited. However, we made a submission. The area of housing and the homelessness crisis has been a priority for us since our party was founded a year ago. We produced a policy paper on the issue as our...

Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I do not think that is a great idea. We need the social mix and the mixture of size and type of tenure. 9 o’clock It is good to develop communities that cater to every demographic and allow people to stay within the area for different stages of their lives. For example, three-bedroom houses with back and front gardens suit families very well but they do not suit older people with...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 23 June 2016, the membership of the expert committee; its terms of service; how she made these appointments; when the committee will complete its report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19838/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to request information from the chief executive of each local authority on whether it currently employs an arts officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19899/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of any processing or system impediments that might accelerate the risks of single persons or families going into homelessness while awaiting the processing of housing assistance payment, HAP, applications; the support systems he has put in place to monitor this and support families; his views on the impact...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered the omission of the N7 region from the amended rent supplement limits announced from 1 July 2015; if he will reconsider the assessment of such to include the N7 region where the road passes through the most deprived areas in Kildare, namely, Naas, Newbridge, County Kildare, Monasterevin and so on (details supplied); and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the current funding to the Nursing and Midwifery Board; the current staff complement; the proportion by which each category has changed over the past five years; his plans to provide additional resources to assist the board in tackling the large backlog of registration applications; the numbers of applications in the current backlog; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting time is for processing registration applications at the Nursing and Midwifery Board in weeks; the representations he has received about tackling the delays which exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20174/16]

Criminal Justice Act 1994: Motion (6 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We will be supporting this legislation. One of the provisions is to reduce the threshold to €5,000.

Criminal Justice Act 1994: Motion (6 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: That is one of the initiatives that is intended to tackle organised crime. We would all agree that the Criminal Assets Bureau, in the work it did, was a significant deterrent. Passing this law is an important development but it needs to have sufficient resources to ensure that it is effective. I note that any garda or customs official will be empowered to seize and detain any cash...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (6 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €2.2 billion savings per year due to the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/16]

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the Commission of Investigation (IBRC) Bill which is listed on the Order Paper for Friday. I had understood it would be debated in parallel with agreed changes to the terms of reference. When will the terms of reference be published? Is it still the intention that the two will be debated at the same time?

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I am asking if the IBRC legislation and the terms of reference for the inquiry are to be debated at the same time. We have seen the legislation but not the terms of reference for the inquiry.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Free Trade Area (5 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the focus that has been placed on the role of the European Free Trade Area, EFTA, given the results of the United Kingdom referendum on European Union membership; if he considered how the democratic credentials of the EFTA might be strengthened to ease the transition process of the United Kingdom as an European Union partner to another...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (5 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 403. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the status of the two sets of regulations referred to in sections 8(1) and 8(2) of the Heritage Bill 2016 relating to burning and hedgerows; whether these regulations are complete given the Government has now re-initiated this Bill; if they are completed, to identify the persons who have been consulted; when they will be...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (5 Jul 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 409. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail all occasions since the introduction of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 when section 40(3) of the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended, has been invoked and to what effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19667/16]