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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 681. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which records maintained by the former Department of Local Government and Public Health from 1924 to 1947 are in the possession of his Department since its establishment in 1947; if these records contain information relating to payments made by the State to religious institutions in return for those institutions taking individuals deemed in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 704. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which patient information is made available to third party pharmaceutical companies or any other entity broken down by category of information; if he will instruct the health care pricing office to divulge precisely how much information has been provided by indicating, in tabular format, the entities to which information has been provided; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 712. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the claim by certain general practitioners with medical card contracts to the Rights Commissioner that they are entitled to be considered employees of the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32706/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Records (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 794. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which records maintained by the former Department of Local Government and Public Health from 1924 to 1947 are in the possession of his Department including the powers and functions intended to be vested in his Department in the coming weeks; if these records contain information relating to payments made by the State to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Placement Tenders (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 806. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of tenders issued and the number brought to contract and agreed for residential placements for children in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will list all such contracts; if any contracts have been agreed but not yet paid and if so, the reason this may happen; if any contracts have been agreed but the residential units in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 821. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the money provided for Tusla in 2014 is adequate; if the agency will requite a supplementary allocation of funds; if he will provide a breakdown of 2013 and 2014 expenditure to date of the agency by specific category; the salary and pension costs broken down by grade; the moneys spent on consultants broken down by specific contract;...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I acknowledge the significant changes that have been made in this section by amendment No. 56. Obviously that was the area over which people were most exercised and concerned. In order to change behaviour there must be a way to change behaviour. The Minister referred to the concerns that might arise regarding the additional administrative burden but that can be reduced by people taking a...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The point I was trying to make is that this Bill defines the GRO records as personal records. What seemed exciting about what the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Welfare, Deputy Burton, had to say was that once the records are outside of the time limits - 100 years for a birth, 75 years for marriage and 50 years for a death - they become public records. There is one piece of...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: My question is more to do with the compatibility of two legislative measures. I raised issues about historical records as they relate to genealogy on Committee Stage and I was reassured by what the Minister said on some aspects of that but the Bill defines birth, death and marriage records as personal records. I attended an event recently where the Minister for Social Protection was helping...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the shared ownership scheme operated by local authorities whereby the redemption figure carries a credit on the rental side, based on actual rent paid, in a similar way to that of the discount applied in the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31790/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any consideration is being given to the shared ownership scheme for those who do not quality for other local authority loans, who cannot raise the finance elsewhere and who will then not be in a position to purchase the rental side of the loan; if rental affordability and arrears are part of that consideration; and if...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Finian McGrath for tabling this Private Members' motion. While it mainly focuses on services for people with disabilities, every one of us will probably refer to the cutbacks to the Pobal grant scheme which were announced. Some 26 organisations, which provide essential advocacy for people with disabilities, face serious curtailment or closure. One of the things people talk...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the new measures she has implemented to the eligibility criteria of applicants for the back to education scheme in terms of students who wish to work throughout the summer term of their college course; if she will render them ineligible for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31027/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage and actual figures of the fall off in rent supplement claims for new tenancies in north of Kildare and other nationwide constituencies in 2013 and 2014 by quarter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31026/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Statutory Instruments (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 116. To ask the Taoiseach if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from the 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30707/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 117. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and the board in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30708/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Bond Issues (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 63 and 64 of 3 July 2014, his intention regarding the proceeds of the sale of the €25 billion of floating rate notes and €3.46 billion of Government fixed coupon bonds acquired by the Central Bank of Ireland last year; the portion that will be destroyed and to what specific schedule; the portion that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Notes (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the €25 billion of floating rate notes and €3.46 billion of Government fixed coupon 2025 bonds acquired by the Central Bank of Ireland, if he will ask the ECB or Commission for a review of the economic efficacy that destruction of proceeds from the sale of said bonds would have in view of the fact that they form such a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has implemented to ensure college applicants for the back to education schemes for the 2014 and 2015 year will be advised of their eligibility prior to the commencement of courses in 2014-15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30941/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the implementation of an increase in rent supplement payments to alleviate the accommodation crisis for families enduring a housing crisis in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30943/14]