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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System Offences (14 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form, for each month from 1 January 2014 to date, the number of gardaí driving Garda vehicles who have been issued with penalty points and the number of gardaí who have been exempted from penalty points because they were issued for instances where they were driving a Garda vehicle while on duty; and if she will...

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Nobody would consider it an overstatement to point out that when somebody's home is flooded it is quite devastating. People who have been in flooded homes can see that. There is the clean-up afterwards, the debris that ends up in the house, the possibility of spores and damage to people's health and trying to dehumidify the house before one tries to put it back together. The one question...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (13 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how many persons who do not qualify for a social protection payment are currently signing on for credits at their local social protection office; if these persons are excluded from official reckoning of unemployment; if so, why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1196/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (13 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of occasions in 2015 that rent supplement levels were agreed above the defined rent limits with persons, by local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1195/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (13 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount she has spent in payments and the number of recipients under the rent supplement scheme in each year since the Scheme was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1457/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Deferrals (13 Jan 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of deferrals on payment of property tax granted in 2015; the total amount involved; the interest rate applicable to such deferrals; the period for which deferrals were permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1420/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance the process which the Revenue Commissioners has in place for a person who wishes to notify them of tax evasion or any other improper or illegal matter concerning the payment of tax, either anonymously or otherwise; why there is no central national facility in place to enable a person to do this; if leaving the process at local or regional level will allow...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (17 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols and guidelines in place to govern the admittance into a residential psychiatric facility for voluntary and for involuntary patients; if the ability of a family to care for a loved one with mental health problems is taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46184/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (17 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 465. To ask the Minister for Health why a child (details supplied) in County Kildare is the only child in a class who is not able to access occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, given the clear demonstrated need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46216/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the dilapidated state of the playground at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; that this situation has persisted for some years and that during this time accidents have occurred at greater frequencies causing unnecessary injury to children; the measures she will take to help alleviate it; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Staff (17 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of senior to junior staff in academic and administrative grades by higher education institution for each year since 2010, with reference to section 9 of the revised employment control framework for the higher education sector 2010 to 2014 (details supplied); the sanctions that have been levied on institutions which have breached...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (17 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 607. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given the agreement reached in Paris in France to limit global emissions of greenhouse gases, if he is agrees that Ireland's climate policy is now at extreme variance with the stated ambition of the nations who are party to the agreement, in particular that the five year periodic reviews contained in the agreement is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Divisions Establishment (17 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 608. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of any disputes or differences of legal opinion over the boundary of Wicklow county; if this has led to any problems with the legal definition of the Wicklow and Dún Laoghaire constituency boundaries for Dáil Éireann elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45841/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (17 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 622. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government which local authorities have fully undertaken the requirement to identify and categorise historic illegal dumping grounds and which have not completed that task; the measures he has taken to expedite this process; if he is aware that severe unintended consequences to home owners and businesses have already arisen from...

1916 Quarter Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. While I acknowledge that progress has been made on the national monument in Moore Street, in that , the buildings have been bought and there is a plan and funding in place, what has not been achieved is our ensuring that the buildings will be preserved in their context. It is only when one visits the site and is taken through what was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (16 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what the expected modal shift in passenger numbers away from private modes of transport, with particular regard to the Dublin metro project, is for each public transport project envisaged under the capital investment plan; how these figures compare with the Central Statistics Office's projected population growth to 2030 and the expected...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (16 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why his successor met with a person (details supplied) on 27 February 2012 who was lobbying on behalf of a company; if the purpose of the meeting was to lobby for the company's interest in the Irish Water call centre contract, which was due to go to tender at that time; if he will release any minutes taken at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Chairman. I will adhere to the order in which the contributions were made. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee today. The committee is looking at every available option for scaling up and having a more diverse housing stock. The approved housing bodies are very much part of that process. As it is a precursor to this legislation, I am curious to hear if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: It is very useful to hear some of the practical points, such as on co-ordination on the State side to enable the bodies to get on with what they are doing as opposed to spending a lot of time interacting with various State agencies, and on the availability of sites. In respect of the latter, it appears to me as though at the least there should be a national register of what is available and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: We have a mere general election to get out of the way as well.