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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (9 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the delay in doing medical assessments is due to the availability of suitably qualified medical assessors; if it is intended to recruit medical assessors, if so, the number and in what locations; the number of medical assessors currently employed by her Department and in what locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42626/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it was an intended consequence that some housing applicants had to remove themselves from a housing waiting list and reapply to another housing authority in order to qualify for rent assistance; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the application may be refused because they cannot demonstrate a connection to...

Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: It will be shelved on Mondays, as and from today. Is Deputy Lawlor happy with that?

Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Dare one have a heart attack and need an ambulance within seven or eight minutes. One would certainly be at risk.

Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Another type of attack is being made. It is on people who will be deprived of services.

Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Does Deputy Lawlor think one day will make a difference? From today, the service will be curtailed from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. and it will not be available to people who need it during the day.

Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: There is a great distance between Blanchardstown, Tallaght or Naas and parts of north Kildare that will not be provided with a vital service during the daytime. That is another attack. Deputy Lawlor is defending that attack.

Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I am broadly supportive of this legislation but, as has been said, it is not the entire solution. It is only right that we give front-line workers as much protection as we can. Too often we think that legislation on its own can solve the ills of the country. There are a few other elements that must be considered at the same time. We lack a civic culture because we have neglecting the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (4 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures for the total corporation tax receipts broken down by sector and industry for the years 1990 to date in 2012; if he will provide details of the various rates of corporation tax for the same period; if figures are available for the effective corporation tax take by sector and industry for the past eight years including to date in 2012;...

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I also wish to begin by thanking Deputy O'Sullivan for her hard work in putting together this comprehensive motion.

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Unfortunately, it is a legacy of Tony Gregory which Deputy O'Sullivan did not want to keep. He brought the problem to the attention of the Dáil originally.

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: However, all these years later, none of us can be happy with the situation. I speak in broad support of the aims of the motion which are about acknowledging the problem, examining comprehensive ways to address it and being open-minded about it. I regret that Deputy Keating introduced a tone which was playing politics with the issue. I acknowledge what was stated by Deputy Stanton about...

Philanthropy and the Arts: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I am a great believer that when somebody does one a turn then one should feel a sense of obligation to return something, and we must see philanthropy in this context as two-way. I am concerned about the approach being taken to The Gathering, which I know is more with regard to tourism. It has the potential to end up as a one dimensional and quite superficial event and we could do so much...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Genealogical Services (3 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to any feasibility study that has been conducted into the development of a consolidated, State overseen facility, both online and by traditional means, to allow members of the public to access digitised genealogical records from a wide variety of State and private sources including but not limited to the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (3 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 18 July 2012, if he will provide details of the engagement he has had with national cultural institutions in relation to developing a commemorative programme to tie in with the Decade of Centenaries and the Gathering event; if part of this engagement has been with the National Archives, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health the reason Crumlin Children's Hospital's Respiratory Department are refusing to treat a person (details supplied) in County Kildare and have instead referred them to Tallaght where they will start from scratch; Crumlin Children's Hospital's will continue to treat them for the several other medical conditions; her views on whether it is good medical practice to...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: As the Minister stated, this is a technical Bill to facilitate his nomination of people to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council. Ten of the disciplines have not been properly established on the council, yet the Minister has no power to extend the terms of the council's appointees. Given the fact that the Health and Social Care Professionals Act was enacted in 2005, why have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Rent assistance is also paid to persons eligible for social housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The loans are off the Government balance sheet when the HFA fund the voluntary housing association as opposed to Government funded projects

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: In actual fact that is probably what makes the decision. It is not counted as Government borrowings.