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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (6 May 2014)

Dara Murphy: 308. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the capital allocation for a county council (details supplied) will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20262/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 May 2014)

Dara Murphy: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the savings that will accrue to the State by reducing the number of post-mastectomy bras to be given to each person following breast cancer surgery, from two bras every year to only one bra every two years; if he will confirm that this saving applies only to medical card holders; if this policy applies nationally; and if he will make a statement on the...

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)

Dara Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Government amendment to the motion. The Minister of State is a very caring Minister. She has inherited her Department at a time of difficult economic circumstances. It must be frustrating for her to have to deal with the problems while she must work under economic restrictions. Her departmental brief requires significant resources. I compliment...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (30 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to combat the illicit tobacco trade and the measures being put in place in view of the forthcoming plain packaging for tobacco products to further discourage the illicit tobacco trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19202/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a student (details supplied) in County Cork who does not have access to a reader for forthcoming State exams and a waiver from assessment of spelling, grammar and punctuation in language subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18755/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Establishment (30 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include representatives of community education in the new education and training boards structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18912/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Fees Waiver (30 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the Quality & Qualifications Ireland, if the Cork City Network of FETAC Quality Assured Community Education Providers will be added to the list of persons and groups that are receive waivers from fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18930/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: 427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a timeframe for the roll-out of high speed fibre cable broadband in the Kerry Pike area of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (30 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: 484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 if 3 April 2014, if there is an interim scheme in place to allow candidates already registered under the non-domestic scheme to qualify as a domestic assessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19253/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (30 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: 765. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the inclusion of fampridine in the drug purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18788/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (17 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: 138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will be made in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18490/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance (15 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: We all know about the historical memories in the DNA of the Germans about the Weimar Republic, but a new DNA is being developed in southern European countries and even in Ireland regarding lack of growth. Does the Minister think it right that an institution such as the ECB would have its terms of reference established in perpetuity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance (15 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: I welcome the Minister and his officials. We are seeing strengthening GDP growth, but domestic demand, while also strengthening, seems to be running significantly lower. Is there a technical reason for this or is there something we should do to strengthen domestic demand in the coming three or four years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance (15 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: I wish to return to the question first raised by Deputy Donnelly with regard to ECB policy generally. I welcome that the Minister has raised the issue of quantitative easing. According to one of the other tables included in the documentation, growth in Europe is running at half of what it is in the United States. Last week there was commentary from the ECB in which it accepted that we were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: I do not believe any of us has to live in the Republic of Ireland. It tends to come in handy when canvassing if one can say one lives in the country. Did the Commission comment on any age restrictions on election candidates in different countries? Deputy Durkan brought it up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: As happened last week when we had members from other countries here, we have heard various accounts of what is happening across Europe and there are differences among all the presentations. I welcome those who have made presentations. Deputy Dooley touched on the concept of "abroad" and I noticed in Ms Boylan's presentation a different focus in regard to the North. Deputy Dooley mentioned...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (15 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: 689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to hire additional enforcement officers in respect of the new taxi regulations announced last week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17438/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: I apologise for being late but I had to attend a function along with Deputy Durkan so we were both engaged, unfortunately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: Yes. I have read the submissions. First, I am struck by the number of different systems. We have a different system here. The Commission is treading on interesting ground by trying to see how many different countries with many different systems operate. I am most interested in the Spanish system because it seems extremely generous so I shall ask the ambassador a couple of specific...

Central Bank Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Apr 2014)

Dara Murphy: I begin my contribution with a sense of confusion, having listened to the second last speaker saying he wanted to bring an air of reality to the debate and then suggesting we adopt a North Korean banking model. There is no doubt the banks in this country let us down very badly but we need more competition.