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Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Jul 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Dart underground project; if he will confirm that it is his intention to prioritise the project for access to infrastructure funding opportunities which are likely to arise at European level in the near future; if he will provide an updated estimate of the capital costs of this project; and if he...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Jul 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the annual Exchequer fund to the National Transport Authority in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will also provide with the information a table indicating the individual spend by project either wholly or partially funded through the NTA in respect of the same years; if he will give...

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (3 Jul 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that funding promised from the European Globalisation Fund to support former construction workers had to be returned in June 2012 due to the apparent inability of county enterprise boards to disperse the grants; if so, the amount of money that was returned; if he will confirm that applicants were informed at the...

Written Answers — Legal Services Regulation: Legal Services Regulation (3 Jul 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate if the regulatory impact assessment for the Legal Service Bill 2012 has been completed; if so, if he will provide a copy to Dáil Éireann and publish the document publicly forthwith; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32279/12]

Property Taxation (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I ask for information on the expected revenue in 2013 from the proposed property tax. Are incremental increases envisaged? Is it intended that this money will be retained in the areas in which it is collected? The needs and resources model is unintelligible to anyone who studies it whereby some counties are net contributors and yet they have a poorer level of services than other counties....

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an assessment will be undertaken by local authorities of all unfinished estates to determine if residential accommodation is compliant with the Building Control Act 2007 and Building Control Regulations 1997-2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31187/12]

Written Answers — Energy Usage: Energy Usage (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the planned development of an EU Energy Efficiency Directive and domestic energy efficiency targets adopted by previous Governments, he has developed a plan of specific energy efficiency targets for local authorities and other agencies under his Department to achieve in a set timeframe; if he...

Local Government Reform (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Minister for his reply. The Minister mentioned there would be an implementation plan after the policy statement is introduced. Does he anticipate that many of the changes will be in place before the local elections, due to take place in 2014? There is a real desire for reform in this area and it is difficult to see how there could be Oireachtas reform without having local...

Local Government Reform (28 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister did not tell me very much in his reply although I accept proposals must go to the Cabinet and decisions must be made. It would be reasonable, however, to expect to know if some of the changes are expected to be in place in time for the local elections. That should not be a secret or require Cabinet commitment. I refer to town councils. Will there be changes at that level? It...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of any compulsory purchase orders issued by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland since 1988; the purpose of such CPOs; the outcome in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31098/12]

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total revenue generated in 2011 and to date in 2012 from motor vehicle tax; the contribution revenue raised through motor vehicle tax has made to the Local Government Fund in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25420/12]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish in full the National Narcolepsy Steering Committee Report; if he will outline the key findings and recommendations of the report and the resulting mechanisms his Department intends to put in place for children, teenagers, young adults who were vaccinated with the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine in 2009 and 2010 and as a...

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputies Seamus Healy and Finian McGrath.

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: This Bill is overdue, but it is also necessary and I welcome it. A public representative very quickly becomes a one-stop shop and I am sure we all have the experience of people calling to our offices every week with ideas. People come to us asking us to whom they should go because they have a very good idea but they do not have the funding to get it off the ground. One can send them to a...

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I am sorry. I will finish. Why is Microfinance Ireland being set up as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Social Finance Foundation? I do not understand that. I have made my other points and will not eat into the time of Deputies Seamus Healy and Finian McGrath. I thank the Minister, Deputy Bruton, and look forward to his replies to my questions.

National Cultural Institutions: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: We are heading into a decade of centenary celebrations. I am a member of the committee chaired by the Minister. Another anniversary must be remembered within the next few days, the destruction of the public records office in the Four Courts in early July 90 years ago. It was the greatest cultural catastrophe that befell the State. Documents stretching back 700 years were destroyed,...

Written Answers — Strategy for Renewable Energy: Strategy for Renewable Energy (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in seeking to achieve the objectives laid out in Strategic Goals 1 and 3 of the Strategy for Renewable Energy 2012-2020, he will be sending an application to the European Union for State aid approval in respect of a REFIT support mechanism for offshore wind, wave or tidal power; if not, his views on...

Written Answers — Strategy for Renewable Energy: Strategy for Renewable Energy (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Strategy for Renewable Energy 2012-2020 contained only a single reference to microgeneration projects and no firm, explicit commitments to increasing State support for domestic microgeneration capacity here as part of the State's effort to achieving the 2020 target of 40% for domestic renewable...

Written Answers — Illegal Turf Cutting: Illegal Turf Cutting (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 323: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he has taken to ensure that offences under 36(2) of the Habitats Regulations are not committed on raised bog special areas of conservation this summer. [30409/12]

Written Answers — Illegal Turf Cutting: Illegal Turf Cutting (26 Jun 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of names of persons that have been notified by his Department to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and the Marine as cutting turf on raised bog special areas of conservation in 2012 broken down by county. [30410/12]