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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (24 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in respect of the forthcoming Mental Capacity Bill, he will provide assurances that the issue of Wardship will be addressed with a view to lowering the charges placed upon persons and relatives who are required to frequently access the services of the Courts in relation to issues such as travel outside the State; if he is considering a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (24 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the recent announcement that extra vehicles will be provided to An Garda Síochána, if he will outline the process by which it is determined the divisions to which the vehicles will be assigned; the way the differences in resource levels around the country will be addressed going forward; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (24 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to the document Key Statistics published by his Department on 3 September 2012 (details supplied), he will provide disaggregated data for post leaving certificate courses for tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10 and 11; if he will commit to providing this aggregated data in respect of same in future editions of the report; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Divisions (24 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timescale involved in the redesign of local election boundaries; when the proposed boundary commission will furnish its final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46585/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any circumstances under which the non-EEA national spouse of a naturalised Irish may only be awarded a stamp 4 residence stamp instead of a stamp 4 EU FAM residence stamp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46605/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Comprehensive Action Programme for the Reform of Local Government: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: What about staffing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Comprehensive Action Programme for the Reform of Local Government: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: In his presentation, Mr. Dowling stated that structures have changed little since Victorian times. When considering the county council system and the county being selected as the core, it does not appear to me that anything much has altered. While the area committees have been an improvement, much of what happened at town council level has not been a duplication. Instead, there has been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Comprehensive Action Programme for the Reform of Local Government: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I will but first I was obliged to explain this aspect could be lost. I consider it to be a strength of the Irish community system, never mind the local government system. It is a paradox to talk about the ratio of county councillors to members of the population, while at the same time an unelected regional authority is proposed with two for everyone in the audience. It seems a crazy way of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I referred in my question to the work done by Mark Callanan, Ronan Murphy and Aodh Quinlivan, who are well known experts in the area of local government. The international evidence they have gathered suggests there is limited potential for economies of scale beyond populations of 15,000 to 20,000. These are not people I would dismiss out of hand. I accept that it might be advantageous to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I agree that decisions should be taken as close to the people as possible. There are also opportunities at regional level to devolve functions from national level downwards, for example, in transportation and the building of schools. Many functions could be devolved from the various Ministries to regional level, an approach which would bring them closer to the people. What we would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Are there concerns in this regard and is it a matter that needs to be addressed prior to the enactment of legislation?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, with regard to the enhanced function of regional assemblies, the greater number of shared services and centralised procurement which he proposes as part of wider local government reforms, he has taken into account the academic evidence from similar reforms in other countries which shows that hoped-for efficiency savings...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: There is an opportunity. We have just considered the report of the credit union movement on people's concerns about the cost of energy. We are acutely aware that there is an issue at a household level. It is essential that we link energy security and climate change by way of legislation and achieve returns by meeting our targets. We will discuss local government later. Some London...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering any legislative changes that would permit citizens who occupy local authority housing to transfer between local authorities; if he is considering any legislative changes that would permit citizens who are on a housing waiting list to transfer to another local authority housing waiting list without...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he intends the proposed voluntary redundancy scheme outlined in his proposals for local government reform to be applied across local authorities; if this scheme will take into account existing per capita staffing level differences across local authorities; if the scheme will have regard to a need to maintain certain...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid to each qualifying party leader in respect of Deputies, and not Senators, belonging to his or her party and to each independent Deputy, and not Senator, under Section 1 of the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Office) (Amendment) Act 2001, by virtue of their being members of the 31st Dáil for the period of time...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the precise reserved functions of local councillors which are to be strengthened as part of his wider programme of reform; if he will outline the role that is envisaged for councillors in terms of fostering community engagement at the municipal level in the absence of town councils; if he will further...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow those on shared ownership loans to switch to annuity or other similar loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46461/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of shared ownership loans in 2010 and 2011; the number of these loans where a subsidy is paid on the rental portion; the number of these loans that are in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46464/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (23 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on interim arrangements for the Office of Disability Appeals and the position of Disability Appeals Officer; if he intends to restore the office as constituted under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46381/12]