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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application under the direct recapitalisation instrument of the European Stability Mechanism treaty to attain a retrospective recapitalisation of certain Irish financial institutions since the treaty has been constituted; if not, his plans to do so; when it will happen; if this option has been ruled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions and or meetings he has held in the past six months with the European Central Bank and eurozone Ministers for Finance regarding the stated Government policy of seeking retrospective recapitalisation of formerly covered financial institutions; if he has conveyed any change in policy in this regard to them; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Local Government Fund (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all transfers which have taken place from the local government fund to the Central Fund in 2014 by date and amount concerned; all transfers which took place in the reverse by date and amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the proceeds from the sale of the combined portfolio off floating rate notes and fixed rate bonds which had been acquired by the Central Bank of Ireland following the liquidation of IBRC, the amount of these proceeds which were destroyed in 2014; the dates this occurred; the amount of interest which was paid in 2014 on the elements of the bond...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Water Meters Installation (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 227. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority at water meter installation sites by date and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1461/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason certain crime statistics, in particular rates of theft and burglary, are higher in the commuter belt counties of Kildare and Meath; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Garda resources per capita in these counties are the worst in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1681/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the most up-to-date numbers of gardaí by district and division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1757/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list in tabular form, of all Garda vehicles by vehicle type in each Garda district; the number of vehicles of each type that were retired from service in 2014; the number of new vehicles of each type that were introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1758/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the reduction of an entire class of available spaces at a Gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this situation has arisen in part because of the lack of forward planning to take into account the demand for Gaelscoil education in the area; her plans to initiate an immediate...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I asked the Tánaiste a number of questions she did not answer. Is the amount of money finite or is it likely to be increased? I also asked her about possible short-term rent caps, increased powers for the PRTB and about something akin to a family income supplement. I acknowledge that from what I can discern, there has been a noticeable difference with regard to community welfare...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I wish the Tánaiste and her colleagues a very happy Christmas. The mention of Christmas conjures up images of joy, warmth and family gatherings around the dinner table. However, for many, that is not the reality. In the past few days we have received reports from Threshold and Focus Ireland and this morning from the Simon Community confirming what is obvious to any of us who has been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Parliamentary Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department performs analysis on the nature of parliamentary questions submitted to it in order to try to ascertain trends and developments which require urgent attention or policy change; if so, the way this feeds into policy formation within her Department; if the nature of withdrawn questions is recorded or analysed; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received revised information as to the number of housing estates which qualify for an exemption from the local property tax since the introduction of the tax; if he will provide a list of all such estates indicating their location and the nature of their exemption, that is, unfinished, pyrite damage and so on, in each case; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if any portion of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has been accessed by a company (details supplied) as part of a programme of investment; if so, if he will provide the amount and nature of the funds awarded; the conditions stipulated concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49117/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding stolen firearms, if statistics are available indicating the proportion of all firearms recorded as stolen that are in cases where such firearms were taken from a licenceholder; if she will provide this ratio for each year in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49103/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the court challenges which are mounted against a refusal to award a firearms licence, if she will indicate the cost to the State of court proceedings in these matters since 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49106/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child cannot simultaneously occupy a place on a list for occupational therapy and a place on the waiting list for access to child and adolescent mental health services; if it is permissible for one service to deny treatment based on the fact that a child has attempted to access another service; if not, if he will investigate this matter...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the forthcoming planning policy statement will be published; the way it will feed into legislation currently being drafted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49107/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 621. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the final national landscape strategy will be published and implemented; the legislative proposals she envisages to provide statutory effect to its provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49108/14]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Dec 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Clare Daly for bringing forward this Bill. I favour the repeal of the eighth amendment. I voted not to include it in the Constitution in 1983 and I know that the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, did exactly the same. In fact, the Labour Party was quite heroic at that time. It must be really disappointing for Labour Deputies not to be supporting this Bill. That...