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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance the discretion, if any, the Revenue sheriff has when seizure and sale would involve the tools of trade; if consideration is given to the prospect of earnings in the future from these goods; if attachment orders are considered for potential as opposed to actual earnings; the way that is evaluated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50061/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of judicial reviews that have been taken in each year since 2007 in respect of the Revenue sheriff; the number that have concluded in the courts; the number that have been settled in advance of a court hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50062/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Finance Acts to regulate the rights, powers and duties of officers regarding the collection of outstanding taxes and seizure of goods in order to ensure the maximum transparency and accountability; if he will provide for an appeal process for those who have had goods seized and disposed of; if he is satisfied that there are adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Irish research that informs policy into the strengths and weaknesses in terms of the effectiveness of learning in post-primary schools of different sizes, for example, 250, 500, 750, 1,000, 1,250 or 1,500; the size of school that falls into the category super school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50005/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the aspects if any of the presentation made at a meeting regarding a school (details supplied) that were considered when the decision was made to provide for two vertical schools on the same campus as opposed to the junior-senior option of the existing school, the preferred choice of parents; if any consideration was given to a report which was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupils from a school (details supplied) will be required to enrol in the proposed new Maynooth Community College or will it be open to them to attend Maynooth Post Primary School; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50023/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he intends to handle the downsizing of a school (details supplied); what the maximum intake will be; the consideration that has been given to subject choice in that scenario during the transition period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been no direct correspondence between his Department and the parent body of a school (details supplied); the reason no explanation has been given on the reason the junior-senior option, their preferred option, was not agreed to; if he will agree to a plebiscite of parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration was given to the wider community impact of the decision to provide for two vertical post primary schools as opposed to a junior-senior school on the one site in Maynooth; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the post primary school is regarded as a unifying force in the town; if he is aware of the high regard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the 2014 intake to schools (details supplied) will be handled; where the pupils of both will be accommodated in September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can reconcile the way his stated aim of increasing pluralism and choice for parents and students in school patronage models fits with the potential new patronage model for schools (details supplied) as part of the Government's overall commitment to reducing the proportion of schools under catholic patronage; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a right to have returned personal data contained on a computer which has been seized by the Revenue Sheriff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50059/13]

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. It is only right and proper that we focus our attention on this group. Nationally, 30% of young people are unemployed but the percentage is higher in, for example, Donegal and Limerick, where it approaches 50%. There is plenty of research to show that when people experience unemployment early in their lives, they are likely to experience it...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The motion before us seeks the approval of the Dáil to endorse the Government's decision on exiting the bailout without a precautionary credit line, but we are being asked to do this in a vacuum. When the Technical Group last met representatives of the troika, we explored what the precautionary credit line would look like and what it would take to put it together. We were told it would...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Some of it is true, but there is a sin of omission as the Government never gives the other side, which is that the level of indebtedness in this country continues to be completely unsustainable. On the so-called prom night in February we were told, for example, by the Minister for Finance that it was crucial for IBRC mortgage holders to understand that their position following the...

Other Questions: NAMA Property Rental (20 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 8. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered approaching the National Asset Management Agency to determine if it would be possible for that agency to provide start-up businesses with appropriate premises at discounted rental rates from the stock of properties held which would be suitable; if he considers such a proposal to have merit in terms of encouraging domestic growth; and if...

Other Questions: NAMA Property Rental (20 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The question seeks to ascertain whether the Minister sees merit in approaching NAMA to do the same with small incubator units for business in the domestic economy as would be the case with, for example, housing units where they are suitable. In some locations, there would be a shortage of suitable properties. It may well be that the local authorities, which will have a business unit, could...

Other Questions: NAMA Property Rental (20 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Quite a lot of the Minister's reply dealt with the higher-end area. I was specifically trying to focus on microenterprise. We all would accept that if there will be many jobs created, it will be in small to medium-sized businesses. Those smaller businesses are the ones that have the potential to employ one or two persons. Can I take if from the Minister's reply, because it will not be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (20 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenues collected from the local property tax to date broken down by local authority area; the first expected date when sums corresponding to local property tax revenues will be transferred from the central fund to the local government fund; the reason such transfers may be postponed; if he has this year requested moneys to be transferred from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí engaged in community policing in each county; the number of persons engaged in community policing including volunteers and Garda Reserve members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49624/13]