Results 17,721-17,740 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a submission regarding the ECCE scheme (details supplied); if a change in the date of birth start date is being considered in the context of a review of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11054/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the heat supplementary welfare allowance on a temporary basis in view of an extreme cold weather event; if a more flexible scheme to provide a heat supplementary welfare allowance has considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10877/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if carbon reduction and fuel poverty proofing has been carried out to prioritise investments outlined in the national planning framework, NPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes are envisaged in respect of the allocation of local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, following the publication of the national planning framework, NPF; if so, the date and the way in which this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10878/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning authorities will be asked to revise their development plans to reflect the new situation in view of the recent publication of the national planning framework, NPF; if not, the date on which this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10879/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the annual returns for approved housing bodies are provided to his Department; if so, the number in surplus; the surplus in 2016 and 2017; if the funds may be reinvested in new housing units; if so, if approval is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10884/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traffic Wardens Data (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of school traffic wardens employed nationally by county or local authority; if funding has been made available for extra wardens in view of the expansion of the Luas project across the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10885/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the updated position from the regional assemblies with respect to the amount of residentially zoned land; if the 41,788 hectares of land that existed following the passing of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 reduced to 11,000 hectares; if not, the amount it was reduced by; the land that has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual grants that have been paid in each of the years 2015 to 2017 to approved housing bodies; the number of housing units involved with respect to each body in each year; the headings grants are paid under; the number of amalgamations that occurred in each of those years and the housing bodies involved; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Incentives (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets and timeframes that are being worked to in terms of the proportion of new builds that have a heating generator that uses renewable energy sources as the principal source of heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11552/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Incentives (8 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific article and paragraphs of building regulations that require or otherwise provide an incentive for developers of new build residential and non-residential units to install heating generators that use renewable energy sources as the principal heating source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11553/18]

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The front page of today's edition of the Irish Examinerdetails the most recent comments of the tireless campaigner, Catherine Corless, on the discarded remains at the Tuam mother and baby home. Ms Corless, who has spent years doing work at her own expense that really should have been done by the State now finds her work hamstrung by the State, yet again, and this time she says money seems to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Can I comment later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I have not had an opportunity-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I apologise as I will have to leave to speak in the Dáil. I have a couple of questions, but I will begin by making a few points. I accept that this is different, in that it is a statutory scheme, but let us look at it from a pensioner's perspective. Certainty about the future is something that people spend their whole lives trying to achieve, but there is a point at which it becomes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Did the submission adhere to the legal requirements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: When was that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Why was it declined? Was a reason given?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I know with legal advice that it is like asking how long is a piece of string. Clearly, it is necessary to narrow down what-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Have the unions scoped out what is needed?