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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has established a list of housing estates where public lighting arrears have built up to such an extent that the power supply is in danger of being turned off; if he considers such estates to warrant inclusion in the list of Category 4 estates requiring immediate intervention; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any impediment contained within legislation governing the establishment and operation of Irish Water to the taking in charge of housing estates by local authorities; if he will confirm that the permission of Irish Water has been required since 1 January 2014 in order for an estate to be taken in charge; the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, in respect of existing cases where local authorities currently manage the critical water infrastructure of an unfinished estate that has not been taken in charge but who do so to ensure basic water and sanitation provision, if there has been an impediment to this arrangement since Irish Water took...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing estates that cannot be taken in charge by local authorities, but are not classified as unfinished estates; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in most of these estates significant issues like the provision of street lighting remain a problem for residents; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the Government’s commitment to the principles underlying Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is expected to be borne out in the context of the pressing and major crisis in housing provision; the way future proposals in this area will address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for ophthalmology services broken down by Health Service Executive region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12246/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the national average waiting time for ophthalmology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12247/14]

Other Questions: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I acknowledge that since I tabled the question, the Minister responded to me directly on some of the issues I raised. His letter of reply acknowledged that the case was launched while the individual in question was a member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. It was at this point that a conflict of interest arose. Conflicts of interest arise all the time. The reason for having a...

Other Questions: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on his recent commitment to amend existing defamation legislation; if he will indicate that, in addition to the changes he proposed recently, he is willing to explore new proposals to tackle potential conflicts of interest arising for members of the board of the Broadcasting Authority of...

Other Questions: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: My question is on the governance of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and arises on foot of the issue which arose with the payout by RTE to a member of the authority who took legal action. I want to find out about the changes proposed by the Minister to the Broadcasting Act 2009, which he has indicated he intends to bring forward.

Other Questions: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: If someone was a member of the complaints committee overseeing broadcasting and launched a legal action, lessons would fall to be learned in the context of the code of conduct. I am trying to find out if there is oversight in the Department where there is a conflict of interest. Where is the conflict disclosed? A major conflict of interest arose recently when €85,000 was paid out by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made to date in drafting legislation to better regulate the broadcast and electronic media in the State; if he will outline the main regulatory gaps which he feels must be addressed by new legislation in the area; if there is a specific timeframe he is working towards to introduce the new legislation;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Expenditure (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the amount of funding that has been set aside to provide for mortgage interest supplement to homeowners who are participating in the MARP process; the amount that has been drawn down since the introduction of the requirement on homeowners to have engaged in the MARP process for a year; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Negotiations (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the Government's initial analysis of the technical background to the European Commission's communication on 2030 climate targets, which, he told the Council of Ministers, raised some serious issues of concern from a national perspective, including concerns relating to the anticipated marginal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (11 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 421. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present extent of deployment of the automated vehicle and personnel locations system which is operated by An Garda Síochána; his views on whether there is a strong case to expand the system to the Kildare and Meath divisions in view of the fact that they are the worst served districts in terms of gardaí per capita and the...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: We are having a week of debate on this topic and, indeed, part of next week's schedule will be allocated to it as well, which appears to be excessive in the extreme. When we consider this week, next week, the week after St. Patrick's Day and the Easter break, and the fact that we have a big legislative programme, one can predict that by next July there will be late sittings and guillotines....

Other Questions: National Archives (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Some 70,000 boxes of records in the National Archives have not been catalogued. If the Minister proceeds to implement the change Deputy Michael Creed has proposed which would be very welcome, will he also ensure the resources are provided to make all of the records physically available?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Library (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated to the National Library of Ireland, NLI, in each of the past ten years, including 2014; if he will provide details of any representations made to him by the management of the NLI outlining the severity of the situation which obtains there at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Library (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: A number of staff from the National Library of Ireland came before the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht recently and I tabled this question as a consequence of what they had to say. Only 1% of the holdings of the National Library of Ireland are conserved to international standards. When members of the committee teased out the matter further with their guests, it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Library (6 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The National Library of Ireland appears to be in an impossible position and its resources seem to be stretched to the point where it has found it necessary to bring in outside experts on occasion. The overall figure for the cuts it has been obliged to absorb is somewhere in the region of 40%. It appears that a very low priority is being afforded to certain aspects of our cultural heritage....