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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 872. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to roll out the housing assistance payment programme to County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28975/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 873. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to secure additional funding to purchase social housing units in order to stem the homelessness crisis in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28976/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 874. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment tenancies that were secured in 2013 and 2014; if these tenancies have resulted in a reduction in the waiting lists for social housing, per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28977/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 944. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is co-operating with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government in engaging with the process that is under way at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to establish a global market-based mechanism for international aviation; the way Ireland is ensuring the ICAO mechanism will have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Oil Specifications (14 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 945. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the State supports a 2025 fuel efficiency standard for cars, vans and trucks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29046/15]

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 37:In page 21, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:"(c) in subsection (3)(c), by inserting after subparagraph (v) the following new subparagraphs:"(vi) the extent of the prevailing and preferential need for physical houses instead of sites to address urgent housing shortages, (vii) the need to ensure a viable long term housing stock through the stipulation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 20. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 727 of 26 May 2015, (details supplied), his views that the deployment of one child psychologist at the mid-Kildare Linn Dara child and adolescent mental health service team is satisfactory in view of the very significant delays that parents are experiencing accessing this essential service for their children; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is no respite facility in County Kildare for children who are under seven years of age, who have significant physical, emotional and behavioural challenges, and who require full-time adult supervision; that County Kildare is the fourth most populous county in the State with a very significant need in this area; the measures he...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (9 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that a significant data breach occurred within her Department with regard to a person (details supplied); if she is aware that as a consequence of the mistake, child benefit was discontinued for this person who is a lone parent; that due to the nature of the breach other significant negative consequences for this person and their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (9 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Health Information and Quality Authority has advised that several nursing homes should reduce their patient numbers starting in September 2015; if the Health Service Executive is prepared for a knock-on demand for beds at acute hospitals as a result; the position regarding the development nationally of appropriate step-down...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Data (8 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department collects data on the impact that increasing homelessness is having upon children; if so, the information collected; the way this translates into policy; if his Department has made known any concerns to the Departments of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Health, or Social Protection regarding increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (8 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the name of a general practitioner (details supplied) has not been included on the list of general practitioners wishing to provide services under the new free general practitioner for children under six scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27867/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (8 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times and dates on which the task force overseeing the interdisciplinary unit on homelessness has met since its inception; the progress it has reported to him, in terms of the impact on numbers of homeless; if he is aware of any time the task force, the cross-department team on homelessness, or the national...

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I will pick up on one of the points made by Deputy Ó Snodaigh regarding the make-up of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. It is a significant issue, as the body is made up of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Fianna Fáil, with Sinn Féin, the Technical Group and other Independents excluded. There may be a different set of priorities as a result. For example, in...

Topical Issue Debate: Swimming Pool Projects (7 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The reason this very old pool is being discussed is the absence of what should have been provided given the population involved. No other county in the country has a population of more than 200,000 without a city in the middle. As the population grows, it is supposed to be provided with services. It may be a great idea to provide energy upgrades to other pools around the country, but that...

Topical Issue Debate: Swimming Pool Projects (7 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: There are only two municipal swimming pools in County Kildare, in Athy and Naas, serving a population of 210,000. The north Kildare towns of Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth and Kilcock have a combined population of some 60,000 and have become dependent on the very old pool on the NUI Maynooth campus. Some 800 children will be directly affected by the closure, having been told their classes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the dialogue she has had with the present Garda Commissioner since the commissioner's appointment concerning the deployment of Garda resources; if any of that dialogue has covered imbalances in Garda personnel deployment in the context of her remit to tackle worsening crime trends; if she will provide a breakdown of Garda deployment per...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (7 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact which has taken place between the European Commission and her Department concerning Ireland's infringement of the services directive in legal services; the position the Commission has taken on her Department's efforts to communicate to the Law Society the necessary measures for compliance; if she will release all documentation and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (7 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has accepted Labour Court recommendation No. 19293 of 22 July 2008; her current position on this ruling; the number of potential persons who would receive pension payments if the recommendation was brought into effect; the projected cost in a full year of both the pension liability and the gratuity; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Jul 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance the present regulations which define a person's habitual residency for the liability of tax in this State; if his Department has placed an estimate on the number of Irish citizens who conduct much of their business activities in this State, yet are domiciled abroad under the current regulations; if so, if he will share this figure for each of the past 15...