Results 17,521-17,540 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are on the waiting list for two years of more in all children's hospitals waiting for a diagnosis and treatment for juvenile arthritis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16644/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Campaigns (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had engagement or consultation with the Road Safety Authority regarding the one meter clearance when overtaking a cyclist in 50km/h areas and under and 1.5 meters in areas over 50km/h campaign; the research and briefing that was undertaken by him and-or the RSA regarding arriving at the conclusion that a one meter clearance...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of spot checks on capital projects in the past three years under the sports capital programme and swimming pools; the number of checks that raised concerns; the way in which these cases and-or issues were resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15416/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of sports capital grant applications received in 2016 and 2017; the number for those years that were declined; the number of applicants contacted prior to a decision on the grant to provide further information or offer clarity in respect of their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15417/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to trying to free up funds from the unclaimed prize fund of the National Lottery to top up the sports capital programme; if not, his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15418/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the national evaluation and its outcomes that Sport Ireland carried out of the various programmes developed and funded in 2016 in view of the fact that each programme was to have strict evaluation criteria with regard to learners’ reaction and impact of programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Toll Operators (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 8 March 2018, if he will notify officials in the relevant section of his Department that a person (details supplied) continues to receive correspondence from a toll operator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15458/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has prepared a code of practice providing practical guidance regarding compliance with the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 and the regulations and establishing standards in relation to the general behaviour, performance of duties and conduct of parking controllers and clamping operators with regard to clamping activities; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Campaigns (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by the Road Safety Authority, RSA, in 2017 and to date in 2018, on promoted social media advertisements and content by the amount spent per campaign and social media platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16385/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop guidelines for planning authorities with respect to solar farm projects; the criteria used in the absence of guidelines to determine planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16327/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the chairperson of An Bord Pleanála formally requested that national guidelines for solar farm projects should be provided to planning authorities; if so, his views on same; the nature of the response; if not, his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16328/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1636. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to a number of Deputies (details supplied); her plans to review same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15119/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I am very familiar with Kerdiffstown.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. Action was taken only when it went on fire and it took weeks to put it out. While it is welcome that there are no unlicensed waste or landfill facilities operating at the moment, in fact, the number of landfill sites is contracting considerably. There will be only two landfill sites available from next year in addition to the incinerator. Waste is also shipped abroad. It seems there...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: What is trans-shipment?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: A lot of these were privately run sites. The efforts made to recoup is an issue we should look at specifically when we look at it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is exactly that. It would be quite useful to specify the sanctions should be within the financial aspect of the particular entity, in this case one of the colleges. In terms of a change of culture, we should remember the HSE example of getting compliance. It would be useful for us to have a number of routine sanctions we would recommend to change the culture.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It was around 2000 when the original list of swimming pools was opened up, and each local authority was asked to nominate two locations for swimming pools. This is the first time it has really been opened up since. It is there in theory, but I wonder about the good use of public money. It has to be there in practice, but the amount of grant aid is not sufficient to build a swimming pool....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I suspect there would be no money in it for public private partnerships so I do not expect that is a likely route.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There have been instances where there was public funding for a number of pools in the same location. Even though one was built, it was not viable as a consequence of the area not having the population to support two pools. This is essentially the kind of thing that brings these kinds of projects into disrepute. We have a national standard of one for every 110,000 people. We might as well...