Results 22,301-22,320 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with the Minister that the projects are linked. The problem is that, in the absence of being able to get traffic to and from the park and providing entry and exit points for developments such as the big new development of the Kerry Group, the millennium business park is stuck in an environment in which it was never planned to be in. It is very well located, which is why the Kerry...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied the route proposed for the M7 upgrade in County Kildare is the most beneficial and cost effective; the timescale as to when the upgrade will be completed; the public consultation which has taken place to date on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23837/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: This relates to the upgrade of the M7 Naas to Newbridge bypass upgrade scheme. Is the only impediment funding? What priority does it have?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Mitigation Plan (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the precise targets and reduction measurement proposals his Department is proposing to mitigate harmful emissions to address the significant shortcomings in the transport sector that are projected, a 22% increase over the 2011 to 2020 period; if his Department has set in place any indicative targets for the profile of domestic fuel use...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Status (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the planned roll-out of a public swimming pool in the north Kildare area; the timeline for completion of the construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23484/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (17 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in anticipation of the 2030 European Union effort-sharing decision on transport emissions reductions, he will outline the specific proposals by his Department on ensuring the domestic fleet of cars, vans and lorries adapt to ensure the meeting of new standards; the policy measures proposed in this area; and if he will make a...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: It is important that we do not jettison standards for the short-term approach of increasing supply at any cost. I recognise that we need to increase the supply of housing and I agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett on the emergency in our public housing stock and the need to fast track social housing construction. There are regular announcements of large sums of money but the delivery of housing...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The legislation arises from the planning and development (No. 1) Bill that was debated at pre-legislation stage at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht last December. Amid a full legislative schedule in the Department, we are seeing a hiving off of certain policy aims into vehicles such as this Bill. I acknowledge the hard work by the Department...

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I also welcome the legislation and thank the Deputies for using Private Members' time for Second Stage. I am pleased that the Minister indicated when he was appointed to office that the reform of section 37 was a priority for him. I acknowledge that he has a legitimate intention in that regard and we all appreciate the fact that this Bill is not being opposed by the Government. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Mergers (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is considering to better regulate the ownership of media in the State; if he can account for the reason, as has been reported recently, that proposals on regulation of media ownership will only apply to new acquisitions-mergers, and will not attempt to regulate or ameliorate existing concentrations of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 761. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to draft secondary legislation in relation to section 130 of the Local Government Act 2001; if so, to the time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23199/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 762. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the secondary legislation and guidelines that apply in relation to section 247 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; his plans to make new legislative provisions in respect of this section; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23201/15]

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

Catherine Murphy: 892. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the annual inflation rate in the transport sector; and the rate of increase in average ticket prices for Irish Rail intercity rail journeys, commuter rail journeys, Dublin Bus journeys, Dublin Area Rapid Transit journeys, Bus Éireann journeys and LUAS journeys in each of the past ten years; and...

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

Catherine Murphy: 893. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that public transport customer pricing is not set according to a fair and uniform national standard and that, as a consequence, different rates apply to similar distances and average journey times; if his Department is preparing any policy to ensure that a fair and reasonable pricing policy is applied across the State...

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there has been such an extreme delay in the issuing of updated planning guidelines governing wind farms; when he will be signing the new guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22318/15]

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: This is simply to find out why there is such delay in the updated planning guidelines on wind farms.

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I was one of those who made a submission. The very fact there was this level of interest shows that people wanted ground rules before there was to be large and industrial-scale wind farms, for which there are already applications in place. Part of the reason people made submissions was to ensure there was a basis and yet major applications have gone in. One application, for example,...

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Could the Minister give us an estimate of when he thinks the guidelines will be concluded and published?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Establishment (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I take it that the assumption that there was ever any intention to sell the utility off is completely its own and had nothing to do with the political approach that was being taken.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Establishment (11 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to a letter sent from a multinational company to his Department in February 2012 regarding proposals to install water meters, as released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (details supplied), if he will indicate the context and assumptions under which the company made its key proposals;...