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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: General Register Office (16 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures a person must follow in registering an international divorce on an Irish registered marriage which was the subject of a divorce in Australia (details supplied). [16547/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Notes Negotiations (16 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule for extinguishing the former Anglo and Irish Nationwide promissory notes; why the original schedule was accelerated; his efforts to date and in the future to seek a write-down of this odious debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16477/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (16 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the sizeable increases some domestic waste collectors have recently imposed; the measures available to cap charges; if he is engaged in dialogue with the waste collection sector; if he will consider a waiver system for low income or vulnerable households; if he is concerned the increased charges will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (16 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes he proposes to the provisions in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012; the time frame involved; if and when pension abatement when taking up employment in other sections of the Public Service will be subject to change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16475/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Infrastructure (16 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to request Eir to outline the status of the upgrading of the Coolcarrigan exchange near Coill Dubh, County Kildare, given its negative impact on small businesses and households in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16545/16]

Other Questions: Job Creation Targets (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to create 135,000 jobs outside County Dublin by 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15834/16]

Other Questions: Job Creation Targets (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: This question comes from the commitment in the programme for Government to create 135,000 jobs outside County Dublin by 2020. I will await the Minister's reply.

Other Questions: Job Creation Targets (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Is it intended that they will be full-time jobs and what sectors will be targeted? I routinely come across people who tell me they are still having difficulties in accessing credit. They are trying to keep businesses going, but nothing much has changed for them, particularly for small indigenous businesses and start-ups. I have not read in full the ESRI's report which deals with the living...

Other Questions: Job Creation Targets (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We will all come on board in trying to assist, but when constituents come to us and state they are having trouble in maintaining people in employment because of the difficulty in accessing credit, it becomes an impediment. This is a particular aspect. We understand IDA Ireland has a particular role, while Enterprise Ireland has a different role. Obtaining seed capital for small new...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We did not expect that it would be published this morning and debated this afternoon.

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: In principle, the Social Democrats support the linking of rents to the consumer price index. Unfortunately, we are all too well aware of the significant escalation in rents. It is a point I raised right through the lifetime of the previous Dáil. It is particularly evident in large urban centres. Linking rents to the consumer price index is a good idea in theory. However, we cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider cutting the tenth mainstream class teacher from a school (details supplied) due to a shortfall of one class pupil; if he will reconsider his decision to cut the tenth mainstream teacher and take into account increases in pupil enrolments throughout the academic year and the planned additional intake of children already...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 22 March 2016, if he will reconsider cutting the tenth mainstream class teacher from a school (details supplied) following on from the announcement of improved provision of primary teacher numbers; how this improvement will impact on north Kildare class sizes overall; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Climate Change Policy (14 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to establish a national dialogue on climate change including the format, scale and methodology he will adopt and timeline for this process, given the commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15951/16]

Standing Orders: Motion (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: There is an incremental approach to bringing forth Standing Orders as drafted. I, too, pay tribute to the people who make a complex issue appear easier to deal with than it is, in particular Noreen Banim who is one of the people who worked behind the scenes on the set of Standing Orders with which we are dealing today. The business committee will be up and running fairly soon. I believe...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if acceptance of the offer under the restorative justice scheme requires the person (details supplied) to acknowledge that the circumstances of the time in an institution is correct, when the person knows that not to be the case, for the purposes of accepting the award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15301/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Allowances (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the rules as applied by PeoplePoint in his Department, in respect of limiting optical allowance for work usage purposes only (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15266/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Board Appointments (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacant posts on the board of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; her plans to make appointments from the previous Public Appointments Service shortlist, or, if and when she will re-open the recruitment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15212/16]

Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Will the Taoiseach confirm that the Cabinet discussed the preparation of legislation for the IBRC Cregan inquiry? Is there a timeline for that and the changing of the terms of reference for the inquiry? The €12 million diverted from mental health appears now to have been, more or less, put back into the mental health area. It was diverted, we were told, because there was...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (8 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 78. To ask the Taoiseach if an amendment is being considered to the next census due in 2021 in respect of adopted persons (details supplied); if consideration has been given to this omission in the past and if so, the reason the change was not made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14339/16]