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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in a position to fully appreciate the considerable difficulties which have been placed on families by the failure of Irish Water legislation to properly take account of situations in which an adult person with complicated care needs is living in the family home; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the precise statutory provision which enables Irish Water to charge a connection fee for the connection of new developments to a public water main and-or sewer, which replaced the former power of local authorities to charge development contributions in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8159/15]

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 1:In page 11, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:"(6) The NTA shall make regulations prohibiting clamping activities in the following locations:(a) a designated parking place for visitors and patients at Health Service Executive funded hospitals and voluntary public hospitals; (b) a designated parking place within a residential development with the exception...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: No, there are mixed developments where some apartments are traditional housing estates where there is a management company.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: It is a pity it is not about parking policy because we lack an overall framework. If an overall clamping framework was in place, where one could look at whether the sanctions are appropriate that would be a better approach. We know already that clamping is outlawed in England, Scotland and Wales as a particular sanction. I had a briefing with the Department and understand part of the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I do not believe it is correct to have clamping in hospital car parks.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I do not believe it is correct at all to have clamping as a sanction in hospital car parks.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: If a car is causing obstruction, I have no problem with it being removed. If a car is parked on a public road leading to a hospital and breaking the rules of the road, there are sanctions that can be used, including clamping. In St. James's Hospital, the Luas runs through the grounds and people often parked along there, which is why paid parking was put in the hospital grounds. It uses a...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Cars should not be clamped in hospital grounds.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I believe clamping should not be permitted on hospital grounds. It is interesting that this issue does not seem to have presented as a significant problem for the United Kingdom, our nearest neighbour, with its population of 57 million. We have a relatively small population in comparison and I believe that hospital traffic can be managed in a way that manages obstructions without putting...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 3:In page 15, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“(8) (a) The NTA shall make regulations stipulating that, in every instance where a charge imposed in accordance with this section is paid before the stipulated deadline, where applicable, the total charge payable shall be reduced by half.(b) The regulations stipulated in paragraph (a) shall apply to...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I will not labour the point. Clearly what I am aiming at is not specifically in respect of clamping but paid parking. This Bill is probably the only available opportunity to do this in the time remaining for this Government. There is no miscellaneous section in the Bill. This is what I was aiming to do. It makes a considerable amount of sense to introduce something like this. The...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I do not quite get the point.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: As I stated, I will not labour the point and I am not pressing the amendment.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 7:In page 26, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 32.Section 35(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1994 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (l):“(l) specifying, or authorising specified road authorities by resolution to specify, the places in which vehicles may be...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I would need to have a good legal hat on to interpret that. If that is the case, and I take it that it is, then it is welcome. Is it possible to communicate it to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in order that the Department could, in turn, communicate it to the local authorities? That would be helpful and would provide the scope such that each local...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2014 and 2015, almost 200 gardaí will have availed of the incentivised career break scheme, as set out in the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2016, and those figures are being counted as actively serving officers when Garda staffing levels are reported; if this is misleading; if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the extreme delay in advancing the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012; the reason the legal advice from the Attorney General pertaining to an ongoing legal case in the United Kingdom has been deemed sufficient to halt the legislative progress of the Bill, when the case in question would not be covered by the terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs who are being brought to and from school by bus, in situations where a place is not provided for, or available, in their local school; the cost of providing such transport in 2014; the number of children involved in 2014; if an evaluation was done to predict special education needs, in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Feb 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) in County Kildare will be assisted in accessing specialised education to assist with their needs, as the student is currently attending mainstream playschool, with the support of a teaching assistant, and would benefit from a more specialised environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7548/15]