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

Catherine Murphy: I will return after Priority Questions.

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

Catherine Murphy: I thank Dr. Norris for her comprehensive introduction and for the copies of the Housing Finance Agency's annual report, which makes for interesting reading. I accept that the agency does not make policy, but I assume it does advise the Government on such issues as the costs and risks associated with, for example, the shared ownership loan scheme. That particular scheme is aimed at people...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Copyright Legislation Review (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects to receive the final recommendations of the Copyright Review Committee; the timeframe in terms of new legislation being drafted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41591/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place to tax rental incomes from properties located abroad; the tax that is applied; if it is dependent on self declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41306/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the rent being paid, on a 65 year lease up to 2034, at a current cost of €1.18million per year by Forfás, for a building they do not occupy (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if he will estimate the total cost to the State of this property in view of the fact that it is subject to seven year...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Media Mergers (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the fact that the recommendations of the 2008 Advisory Group on Media Mergers, which called for a more robust and sophisticated defence of the importance of diverse ownership and content, have not yet been implemented; if he intends to follow the recommendation that there should be a reduction in the role of the Competition...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Media Mergers (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the proposed Consumer and Competition Bill, which was promised for early 2012, will be published; if not, if he will consider publishing the provisions relating to media mergers in advance of the completion of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35517/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change in policy in 2012 in respect of housing applicants who have been approved for rent assistance and where the social housing needs assessment has post dated the commencement of the tenancy, sometimes by months; if a change has been made to refuse to pay arrears; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41295/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to add any additional categories to the job activation initiatives including those who are available for work but not entitled to a payment that will give them access to internship's or other upskilling opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41307/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in situations where a candidate does not fulfil the eligibility criteria for back to education allowance, if there is any flexibility to use previous periods of unemployment; if any change is being considered to the guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41316/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress of the broadband for schools scheme; the number of schools who have received high school broadband to date as part of the scheme; the number of schools still waiting for access; when he anticipates the roll out of the scheme will be completed; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to take a targeted approach to dealing with the housing waiting lists; if the areas with the largest lists will be treated differently in respect of the rental accommodation scheme; the work commenced in relation to the amalgamation of the service between local authorities and the Department of Social Protection's...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the social housing element of part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is still in place; the number of houses that have come into the housing stock from that source by county since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41750/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that voter registration may take place in mass registration campaigns at locations such as college campuses; if official supervision is required for such mass registration campaigns to take place; if he will provide information on the methods by which a person may register to vote; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an allegation of anti-Semitic intimidation which was conducted on Twitter (details supplied) and has generated huge interest internationally; the steps, if any, the Gardaí have taken to deal with those allegations when the person in question raised the matters with them; his views on whether the Gardaí...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has reviewed the arrangements by which private contractors supply residential units for young persons who are subject to care orders by the State as a consequence they live in such care homes between the ages of 16 and 18; if the support received by such young persons is on a par with a Health Service Executive run unit; if not, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve the national standards for aftercare in respect of 18 to 23 year olds when they are moving from supported residential units to private rented accommodation; the action that is being undertaken; the Departments that are involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41309/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health if will provide details of the occupational therapy services available here and the locations of same; the number of adults and children in County Kildare who are awaiting assessment from an occupational therapist; if he will provide details on current expected delays in occupational therapist referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41353/12]

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I note the Minister’s voice has been deteriorating as the day has gone on. I am sure she will be glad to have this Bill passed shortly. While issues have been raised about strengthening the detail of the legislation, every side of the House is agreed in principle with it, a unique situation. It shows that we have all kept our focus and that focus has been on the rights of children....

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: On a point of order, I was notified by phone that there would be a statement and responses by party leaders, and that the only one who would be able to make a response from our group, with which we were very unhappy, was Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, not that we were unhappy with him but-----