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Other Questions: Building Regulations (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he and his colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for housing and planning, wrote to each chief executive of the four local authorities in County Dublin on 10 June 2015 on the matter of building standards; if he will describe precisely the unreasonable and excessive requirements in the standard of...

Other Questions: Building Regulations (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister and the Minister of State wrote to the local authorities in Dublin about building standards. They spoke about unreasonable and excessive requirements. What precisely did they mean by this?

Other Questions: Building Regulations (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: We have had many examples of bad decisions being made during a crisis, which is why I asked the question. It is fine as long as the standards end up being good standards and we do not end up paying money in the future for cutting back on something on which we should not have cut back. Insulation standards are an example. We do not want to end up with a situation where we have to retrofit...

Other Questions: Building Regulations (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Sometimes, if one does not put standards in place, one gets the lowest possible standards with the applications. This is a counter-argument to not setting that out. We should seek not to have to end up doing or reversing things in the future. Has the Government looked at other elements of the cost of building other than the standards? I presume it has. What evidence does the Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The very fact that the Minister of State has selected south Dublin shows that it is the first big urban local authority where there are serious rental pressures significantly above the rent caps. That is exactly the point I am trying to get to. HAP has the advantage of taking that poverty trap out of the system, which I acknowledge, but in fact it could end up being a very costly solution...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I can tell the Minister of State straight off that he will find it impossible to get houses in my area for anything approaching the rent cap limit, even with 20% flexibility. Fingal, Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow are all going to be a huge challenge. Has the Government actually looked at where people are coming into the scheme? Are they coming into the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the housing assistance payment will be confined to existing rent cap limits for rent supplement in locations where those rent caps are being routinely negotiated upwards; if so, how they anticipate acquiring houses under the HAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29234/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: This question relates to the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme. We know the market rents are, in most cases, higher, and sometimes significantly higher, than the capped rents, yet the scheme is supposed to be limited to the levels of the current rent caps as it relates to rent assistance.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the information supplied to him regarding the steady rise in the number of homeless persons in the Dublin commuter belt region, if he will consider extending the Dublin Homeless Executive model to those areas in the immediate hinterland of the four Dublin local authorities; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of claims under the child benefit scheme that are reviewed yearly; if the claims for review are selected randomly or on a targeted basis; if targeted, how is this determined; the number of claimants who have had more than one review in the past five years; the number of claims that have been withdrawn...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Administration (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has received yet another review of a child benefit claim following just days after the claim was reinstated; if this person is being specifically targeted, given that the person was subjected to several reviews since 2012; if the error made by her Department in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that jobseekers engaging in return to work interviews have been obligated to hand in advice to employers of a grant of €10,000 that is available to employers for every curriculum vitae the employer submits; that the jobseekers have no choice in submitting this letter along with their curriculum vitae, and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation Office (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it was possible when the Valuation Office had oversight for foreshores for it to value the foreshore as land within the meaning of section 3 of the Valuation Act 2001; if so, when that remit changed; if it has been transferred elsewhere; if not, the way it is valued; if the foreshore in question abuts a residential unit, the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department was notified by the Department of Social Protection of an identity error in respect of a person (details supplied); the measures her Department has taken to ensure there are no residual consequences for the person in question; if she will outline how the various records have been amended; if her Department will acknowledge...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate where gaps exist in the speech and language, child psychology and occupational services nationally, by county or Health Service Executive area, including child and adolescent mental health services; if his Department has funding to fill these gaps; if so, the recruitment initiatives that have been, or are being, undertaken to fill these...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 706. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there has been an extreme delay in his signing-off the updated planning guidelines for wind developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29235/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the purpose of the €10,000 bursary to employers employing those from the live register has impacted upon numbers on the live register; if so, the number of persons involved; the number of employers who have been paid this bursary to date; the total cost to the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28963/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers, by region, who have been penalised with penalty rates for not engaging with the Pathways to Work programme; the number of penalties that have been applied, and for how long; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28967/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are homeowners, landlords, tenants, and separately, social housing tenants who have registered for the water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28971/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the name of the company which was awarded the contract at tender stage to administer the water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28972/15]