Results 24,841-24,860 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the changes to be made by his Department in relation to the July provision scheme for families of autistic children; if he will clarify the position for families with more than one child needing access to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24766/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of capital work contracts for school buildings and school extensions that have gone to successful tender for 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the companies that were awarded the contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24771/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if triage procedures exist in relation to Student Universal Support Ireland grant applications; if he has encountered cases similar to a case where eligibility for a course was erroneously confirmed in writing to the applicant; if so, the steps he has taken to ensure the process eliminates the possibility of such errors; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the Public Procurement (Frameworks Agreements) circular 06/12 will be used by his Department; if he has considered the way in which any investment made under the procurement process might deliver work for companies based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24769/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (22 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of estates that have been listed for taking in charge following their removal from the property tax exemption list; his definition of substantially complete in relation to unfinished estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24768/13]

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Thomas Pringle for tabling this Private Members' motion. An opinion poll carried out across Europe in recent weeks showed that people were becoming more Eurosceptic. There is a lack of vision. We see bits and pieces of things happening in the absence of an overall vision of what kind of European Union will emerge at the end of this crisis. We are still in the middle of that...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Many of us expected that the Irish Presidency would help to set the agenda in our own favour to some extent but it is clear that we are most definitely not setting the agenda. If countries like Germany, France and the Netherlands had anything like the level of debts or joblessness we have, we would hear about it and these items would be constantly on the agenda. I can write this out and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the delegates for their presentations and for the documents that have led to this point. There seems to be a conflict in the advices of the current and previous Attorneys General. The Government does not publish that advice, but it was the basis for not including targets. It is important that we understand the reasons for the decision. Were they purely financial? Was it a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (21 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the proposed bank resolution scheme which is being considered by ECOFIN under his chairmanship; if he will confirm the order in which it is proposed that bank creditors absorb losses under the proposed arrangement; if he is proposing a lower limit to the amount of deposits which can be affected in such a scenario; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (21 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of residential mortgages on the loan books of each covered financial institution which are in arrears of 90 days or more; the total value of all tracker-mortgages currently held by the same institutions; if the covered institutions are adequately capitalised at present to cover losses arising from said mortgages; if not, where he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Application (21 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the extent to which mortgage interest relief has been applied in respect of mortgages taken out in the calendar year 2009; if the purchasers of mortgages in that year were not able to avail of the same kinds of tax relief as purchasers in previous and subsequent years in which he had in place a mortgage interest relief scheme; if so, if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (21 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail, for each of the past four years, the number of schools that have had building contracts terminated prior to the schools completion; the reasons for the termination of the contracts; the expense incurred by his Department in seeking new tenders in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23724/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (21 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if contractors who have failed to complete a school building contract in the past have been awarded other school building contracts; if there are future sanctions imposed on contractors who fail to complete a school building contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23725/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Numbers (21 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of people removed from both invalidity pension and disability benefit in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23878/13]

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I do not think one can ever consult everybody. We have come a long way since the Dublin taxi forum, of which I was a member in 1998, which was under the auspices of the Dublin Transportation Office. I represented consumer interests. It had a much wider remit than the city of Dublin, as Kildare was fully covered by the DTO. Part of the reason I wanted to get involved was that what was...

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I generally welcome the Bill. It is important that we get a balanced outcome for taxi users and those working in the taxi industry. It is important in developing the industry that there is consultation. I note some people are concerned that they were not fully consulted.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to media reports highlighting incidences where refugees and migrants from Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia have been kidnapped in the Sinai peninsula whereupon they frequently suffer enforced labour, rape and organ harvesting; if he has communicated his concerns to the Egyptian ambassador on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (16 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide specific details on the liability formula for local property tax for homeowners who have carried out remedial works to provide for the physical disability of a resident or residents of the house in question; if he is satisfied that all possible scenarios which may arise under this category will be catered for without adversely...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Delays (16 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review processes in her Department in situations where an appeal against a refusal is accepted and registered with the appeals office and where there is often a long delay in the appeals office receiving the file from the relevant scheme department, in some cases leading to excessive delays in the ability of the appeals office to...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputy Tom Fleming, with the agreement of the House. First, I wish to pick up on something Deputy Lawlor said about the 1977 election. I agree it was an election that was bought and also that we have paid a price for that type of behaviour. Essentially, we need to balance our budgets, but we must balance them within a social context. The introduction of this...