Parliamentary questions

State Bodies Property

Catherine Murphy

1634. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of station houses, previously owned and maintained by CIE and Irish Rail, that have been sold recently; if he will provide an itemised list of all such cases indicating the moneys received by the State in each case, the estimate value of each property before sale; the reason such sales were considered; if public heritage was taken into consideration in advance of sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31853/15]

Air Traffic Control Services

Catherine Murphy

1635. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there have been any changes to prescribed flight paths in the Dublin region in the past year; if so, the details of same; if he will provide a map of the current standard flight paths utilised by Dublin Airport, Baldonnel Airport and Weston Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31868/15]

Air Traffic Control Services

Catherine Murphy

1636. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific conditions that exist for air traffic at Dublin Airport, Baldonnel Airport and Weston Airport with regard to the overflight of residential areas between 18:00 hrs and 07:00 hrs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31870/15]

Vacancies on State Boards

Catherine Murphy

1694. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to advertise publicly for the position of chairman of the Irish Film Board; if so, when she intends to do this; the qualifications required for the position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31444/15]

Housing Assistance Payments

Catherine Murphy

3. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the housing assistance payment will be confined to existing rent cap limits for rent supplement in locations where those rent caps are being routinely negotiated upwards; if so, how they anticipate acquiring houses under the HAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29234/15]

Building Regulations

Catherine Murphy

10. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he and his colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for housing and planning, wrote to each chief executive of the four local authorities in County Dublin on 10 June 2015 on the matter of building standards; if he will describe precisely the unreasonable and excessive requirements in the standard of housing or ancillary services to which he referred in the letter; the standards he would deem acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28763/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Catherine Murphy

29. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the information supplied to him regarding the steady rise in the number of homeless persons in the Dublin commuter belt region, if he will consider extending the Dublin Homeless Executive model to those areas in the immediate hinterland of the four Dublin local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28762/15]

Child Benefit Data

Catherine Murphy

85. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of claims under the child benefit scheme that are reviewed yearly; if the claims for review are selected randomly or on a targeted basis; if targeted, how is this determined; the number of claimants who have had more than one review in the past five years; the number of claims that have been withdrawn and reinstated in the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29979/15]

Child Benefit Administration

Catherine Murphy

103. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has received yet another review of a child benefit claim following just days after the claim was reinstated; if this person is being specifically targeted, given that the person was subjected to several reviews since 2012; if the error made by her Department in respect of details on this person's PPS number is at the heart of the issue; if the person has been given a full and frank explanation of how this error occurred; if not, when will the person receive this; in the event that the Data Protection Act was breached, if this was notified to the Data Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30180/15]

JobsPlus Scheme

Catherine Murphy

121. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that jobseekers engaging in return to work interviews have been obligated to hand in advice to employers of a grant of €10,000 that is available to employers for every curriculum vitae the employee submits; that the jobseekers have no choice in submitting this letter along with their curriculum vitae, and that they are not permitted to hand their curriculum vitae alone to prospective employers; if she has a defined policy in this regard; if that is a policy position that has recently changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30415/15]

Valuation Office

Catherine Murphy

237. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it was possible when the Valuation Office had oversight for foreshores for it to value the foreshore as land within the meaning of section 3 of the Valuation Act 2001; if so, when that remit changed; if it has been transferred elsewhere; if not, the way it is valued; if the foreshore in question abuts a residential unit, the legal issues this creates in the context of ground rent and lease agreements; if this issue is covered by legislation, the details of that legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29845/15]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

400. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department was notified by the Department of Social Protection of an identity error in respect of a person (details supplied); the measures her Department has taken to ensure there are no residual consequences for the person in question; if she will outline how the various records have been amended; if her Department will acknowledge the error in writing to this person; if the Data Protection Acts were breached and, if so, whether this has been notified to the Data Protection Commissioner; if not, the reason for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30280/15]

Child Care Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

496. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate where gaps exist in the speech and language, child psychology and occupational services nationally, by county or Health Service Executive area, including child and adolescent mental health services; if his Department has funding to fill these gaps; if so, the recruitment initiatives that have been, or are being, undertaken to fill these gaps; the waiting list numbers that exist for the corresponding shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29839/15]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Catherine Murphy

706. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there has been an extreme delay in his signing off the updated planning guidelines for wind developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29235/15]

JobsPlus Scheme

Catherine Murphy

234. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the purpose of the €10,000 bursary to employers employing those from the live register has impacted upon numbers on the live register; if so, the number of persons involved; the number of employers who have been paid this bursary to date; the total cost to the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28963/15]

Job Initiatives

Catherine Murphy

236. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers, by region, who have been penalised with penalty rates for not engaging with the Pathways to Work programme; the number of penalties that have been applied, and for how long; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28967/15]

Water Conservation Grant

Catherine Murphy

237. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are homeowners, landlords, tenants, and separately, social housing tenants who have registered for the water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28971/15]

Water Conservation Grant

Catherine Murphy

238. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the name of the company which was awarded the contract at tender stage to administer the water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28972/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Catherine Murphy

239. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the limit of the rent supplement to reflect the market increase in rents; her views on recent reports published by homelessness advocates, in terms of the homelessness crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28974/15]

Job Assist Scheme Eligibility

Catherine Murphy

243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to roll-out the Pathways to Work programme to include all jobseekers and lone parents who are transitioning on to the jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29047/15]

Pension Provisions

Catherine Murphy

315. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the changes which have been made to regulations governing approved minimum retirement funds in the past three years; if he is aware that changes made recently have had the effect of preventing withdrawals from a pension fund above 4% of gross value per year until a beneficiary has reached 75 years of age; the circumstances under which a person may withdraw more than this level in order to address outstanding tax liabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/15]

Valuation Office

Catherine Murphy

322. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is possible for the Valuation Office to value foreshore as land within the meaning of section 3 of the Valuation Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29165/15]

Public Sector Staff

Catherine Murphy

326. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public servants, who have opted for part-time work for parenting reasons, may opt back to full-time positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28293/15]

State Properties

Catherine Murphy

329. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in respect of the sale of an estate (details supplied) in County Cork; the steps taken by him to safeguard the property interests of the State in such transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28475/15]

Freedom of Information Requests

Catherine Murphy

336. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that some Departments and agencies are setting down inordinate search fees in response to precisely formulated and subsequently refined Freedom of Information Act 2014 requests, and then using them as the basis for the denial of such requests; if instructions have been issued, or signals provided, to officials to carry out exhaustive searching far beyond the immediate information fields sought; the way applicants are expected to make and refine requests, in the absence of information required under section 58.2 (d) of the Act; if he will re-affirm that the purpose of the Freedom of Information Acts is to make requests for information easier rather than more difficult; if he will issue guidelines to the effect that the level of searching should be proportionate and responsive to the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29028/15]

Freedom of Information Requests

Catherine Murphy

337. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the practice whereby Government bodies under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 effectively deny, through substantial redaction, freedom of information requests to them, concerning funding applications by voluntary and community organisations, on the basis that any such information could reasonably be expected to result in a material financial loss or gain to the organisations, or could prejudice the competitive position of those organisations in the conduct of their business; if such denials are in accordance with the intentions of the Act; if he will reconcile such denials with the requirements of the Charities Acts for voluntary organisations to be fully transparent in their financial operations; if he will issue guidance to bodies covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2014, that it is improper to rely on such arguments to deny such requests made under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29030/15]

EU Directives

Catherine Murphy

348. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the communication held between his Department with the Law Society regarding the effect of the services directive or of Statutory Instrument 533/2010 in implementing the services directive, on the current laws and regulations restricting commercial communications by solicitors, including their continued enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28457/15]

EU Directives

Catherine Murphy

349. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any provision has been made or recommended by his Department for either this year or a coming year for claims against the State for losses arising from a failure by the State to fully or correctly bring all its existing laws and restrictions on commercial communications by legal professionals into compliance with the provisions of the services directive; if so, the sum that has been estimated as appropriate, in view of the 1,650% increase in such investigations initiated by the Law Society between 2012 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28458/15]

Garda Deployment

Catherine Murphy

456. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of gardaí in each district and division who are, as of this date, working on light duty, following a determination from the chief medical officer or their superior officer; if she will provide, in the same table, the number of gardaí in each district and division who are on maternity leave at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28641/15]

Health Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

659. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health to outline the notice periods that ought to be provided to parents who are waiting on appointments for their children in respect of child ophthalmic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29012/15]

Health Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

660. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to improve on the service offered in respect of parents who are waiting on appointments for their children for child ophthalmic services; his views on whether a notice period of less than one week is acceptable after a wait of over 15 months with no update as to the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29013/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Murphy

661. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health to detail the hospital waiting lists, categorised by hospital and operation, that are closed to new referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29014/15]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Catherine Murphy

662. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of procedures conducted within the European Union following a referral from an Irish general practitioner on behalf of the Health Service Executive; the cost of these procedures to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29015/15]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Catherine Murphy

810. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered developing adult apprenticeships for child care to equip those returning to the workforce with the skills that might assist child care providers with the staff to address the acute child care shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28961/15]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Catherine Murphy

811. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships for young persons that have been developed in the past two years; the sector skills areas covered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28969/15]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Catherine Murphy

835. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship curriculum programmes that have been developed for adults returning to second chance learning; her plans to encourage the recruitment of a cohort of lone parents returning to the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29227/15]

Water Conservation Grant

Catherine Murphy

840. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have registered for the water conservation grant, to date; the estimated total cost of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28970/15]

Climate Change Policy

Catherine Murphy

841. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way Ireland is engaging with other European countries in crafting 2030 climate targets which target the most cost-effective means of reducing emissions; the potential he envisages in reducing emissions from that sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29045/15]

Housing Assistance Payments Implementation

Catherine Murphy

872. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to roll out the housing assistance payment programme to County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28975/15]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

873. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to secure additional funding to purchase social housing units in order to stem the homelessness crisis in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28976/15]

Housing Assistance Payments Data

Catherine Murphy

874. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment tenancies that were secured in 2013 and 2014; if these tenancies have resulted in a reduction in the waiting lists for social housing, per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28977/15]

Aviation Issues

Catherine Murphy

944. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is co-operating with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government in engaging with the process that is under way at the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO. to establish a global market-based mechanism for international aviation; the way Ireland is ensuring the ICAO mechanism will have environmental integrity equal to that of the European Union emissions trading scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29043/15]

Fuel Oil Specifications

Catherine Murphy

945. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the State supports a 2025 fuel efficiency standard for cars, vans and trucks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29046/15]

Mental Health Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

20. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 727 of 26 May 2015, (details supplied), his views that the deployment of one child psychologist at the mid-Kildare Linn Dara child and adolescent mental health service team is satisfactory in view of the very significant delays that parents are experiencing accessing this essential service for their children; if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of similar child psychologist posts per county, indicating the address of the unit at which they are based in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27649/15]

Child Care Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

28. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is no respite facility in County Kildare for children who are under seven years of age, who have significant physical, emotional and behavioural challenges, and who require full-time adult supervision; that County Kildare is the fourth most populous county in the State with a very significant need in this area; the measures he proposes to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27700/15]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

103. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that a significant data breach occurred within her Department with regard to a person (details supplied); if she is aware that as a consequence of the mistake, child benefit was discontinued for this person who is a lone parent; that due to the nature of the breach other significant negative consequences for this person and their child may have arisen; the steps her Department has taken to rectify the situation; if the Data Protection Commissioner has been made aware of the breach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28190/15]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Catherine Murphy

209. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Health Information and Quality Authority has advised that several nursing homes should reduce their patient numbers starting in September 2015; if the Health Service Executive is prepared for a knock-on demand for beds at acute hospitals as a result; the position regarding the development nationally of appropriate step-down facilities to alleviate pressure upon nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28068/15]

Homeless Persons Data

Catherine Murphy

22. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department collects data on the impact that increasing homelessness is having upon children; if so, the information collected; the way this translates into policy; if his Department has made known any concerns to the Departments of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Health, or Social Protection regarding increasing numbers of children who are being made homeless with their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27273/15]

General Practitioner Contracts

Catherine Murphy

172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason the name of a general practitioner (details supplied) has not been included on the list of general practitioners wishing to provide services under the new free general practitioner for children under six scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27867/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

226. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times and dates on which the task force overseeing the interdisciplinary unit on homelessness has met since its inception; the progress it has reported to him, in terms of the impact on the number of homeless; if he is aware of any time the task force, the cross-departmental team on homelessness or the national homelessness consultative committee has considered the problems presented by extreme variances in how some local authorities in the greater Dublin area respond to homelessness problems; if a wider strategy is needed for the whole area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27831/15]

Garda Deployment

Catherine Murphy

25. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the dialogue she has had with the present Garda Commissioner since the commissioner's appointment concerning the deployment of Garda resources; if any of that dialogue has covered imbalances in Garda personnel deployment in the context of her remit to tackle worsening crime trends; if she will provide a breakdown of Garda deployment per district and division as per the most recent statistics available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27069/15]

EU Directives

Catherine Murphy

37. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact which has taken place between the European Commission and her Department concerning Ireland's infringement of the services directive in legal services; the position the Commission has taken on her Department's efforts to communicate to the Law Society the necessary measures for compliance; if she will release all documentation and correspondence between her Department and the Law Society concerning same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27051/15]

Community Employment Schemes Funding

Catherine Murphy

48. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has accepted Labour Court recommendation No. 19293 of 22 July 2008; her current position on this ruling; the number of potential persons who would receive pension payments if the recommendation was brought into effect; the projected cost in a full year of both the pension liability and the gratuity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27008/15]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

125. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the present regulations which define a person's habitual residency for the liability of tax in this State; if his Department has placed an estimate on the number of Irish citizens who conduct much of their business activities in this State, yet are domiciled abroad under the current regulations; if so, if he will share this figure for each of the past 15 years to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27157/15]

Medical Card Reviews

Catherine Murphy

442. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the negative impact of the minimum income thresholds for medical card holders who are also in receipt of social welfare payments; if it is open to him to amend this minimum income threshold to allow the Health Service Executive to award medical cards in such cases of obvious need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24635/15]

Psychological Services

Catherine Murphy

443. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that at present there is no child psychology service available in County Kildare, the fourth most populous county in the State; his views that this presents a significant child welfare issue; the dialogue he has had with the Health Service Executive in respect of this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27274/15]

European Court of Justice Rulings

Catherine Murphy

533. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the costs to the Exchequer arising from the State's obligation to enforce the decision of the European Court of Justice of the European Union on 26 April 2005 in case C 494/01, Commission v. Ireland, in the matter of the waste directive, and the associated programme of measures; his plans to fully transpose the landfill directive to ensure that waste processing and transit licences may only be issued to entities where there is a guarantee of financial security in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27079/15]

Cycling Policy

Catherine Murphy

563. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulatory regime governing the use and operation of rickshaws; if they are subject to the same rules as regular cyclists; his views that greater regulation is required, given the commercial nature of their operation and the fact that they tend to proliferate at night time in busy city centre areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27118/15]

Public Sector Reform Implementation

Catherine Murphy

16. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria his Department utilises to anticipate and prepare for future human resource trends in the public service, including how the need to respond to imbalances in staffing resources per capita across geographical regions is measured and how these data are incorporated into policy; what he considers to be, based on available data projections for demographical trends, the most pressing concerns to the ability of the public service, including in particular local government; if he will provide an effective and generally equal service for all citizens in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26381/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Catherine Murphy

111. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the critical lack of autism spectrum disorder units for children in the north-western Kildare area; the measures she proposes to address this issue in the long term; if a satisfactory resolution in the case of a young student (details supplied) is being worked on; if so, the provision that will be made in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25823/15]

School Patronage

Catherine Murphy

124. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the documents released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (details supplied) that show a sustained increase of indicators utilised by her Department to determine the new school need over the past number of years in north Kildare; her further view on the evidence of recent years that also points to a very big increase in numbers looking for places in a Gaelscoil, multi-denominational or non-religious patronage models of education; her view that a new strategy is required to anticipate these continuing trends in north Kildare; if she will commit to initiating this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25820/15]

Civil Registration Legislation

Catherine Murphy

156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the qualifications necessary to become a registered marriage solemniser; if the General Register Office maintains a list of recognised religious organisations as nominating bodies for this purpose; if the General Register Office has discretion to refuse a request; if so, on what grounds; if the General Register Office has any role in determining which religious groups may act as nominating bodies or have their members included in the list of registered solemnisers and which may not; if so, the criteria used to determine this; if she will provide a list of applicants whose applications have been refused since 2005, indicating the nominating body in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25739/15]

Local Authority Functions

Catherine Murphy

601. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the policy-making powers of local authorities under section 130 of the Local Government Act 2001 with regard to planning; the way these interact with the executive function in the same field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25749/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance

Catherine Murphy

43. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if, prior to the change in policy, her Department considered the negative impact of the reduction in unemployment assistance for persons from 18 to 24 years of age, where it forced a certain cohort of young persons below the minimum income thresholds for medical card holders aged between 18 and 24; if she is aware of several cases where this created an extreme burden upon such persons who could not access medical services; the steps she will take to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25504/15]

Banking Sector

Catherine Murphy

90. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that Allied Irish Banks is currently developing proposals to outsource work and staff from its application and development management teams within its information technology division to a third-party service provider; that the teams play a vital role within the bank's daily operations, including payment processing; if he will consider it detrimental to the public interest for such outsourcing to proceed, especially if the contract was awarded outside the State; the representations he has made to the management of the bank regarding this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25544/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Catherine Murphy

32. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of tenancies that have been deemed terminated, where rent arrears of at least 28 days existed under section 37 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, in each of the past three years and to date in 2015; if she will provide this information in tabular form, broken down by county; if she is aware that such tenancy terminations have been occurring more frequently in areas where market rent prices are at such levels as to be beyond the reach of struggling families trying to find accommodation within rent supplement levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24636/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

146. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate for each such part-funded project where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25034/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

147. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25050/15]

Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

158. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount of money that would be saved in each year if the Christmas bonus was discontinued; the cost of the partial restoration in 2014; the projected cost of a full restoration by December 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24618/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

198. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery Fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part funded and wholly funded from the fund; if she will indicate, for each such part funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25033/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

199. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by her Department from the National Lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if she will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25049/15]

IBRC Liquidation

Catherine Murphy

237. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the relationship and oversight procedures which were put in place between his Department and the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if such measures are robust; the extent to which he may inquire about and intervene with the day-to-day management of the corporation in special liquidation; if any Departmental personnel are seconded to act in an oversight or public interest capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24738/15]

NAMA Accounts

Catherine Murphy

238. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the audit and oversight procedures to which the National Asset Management Agency is subject; if he is aware of any instances where the agency's internal audit procedures uncovered fraud or criminality in relation to loans acquired by the agency which had been contracted though forged documentation and credentials presented to former lenders; if so, if he will provide details of same, including the total amounts concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24739/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

297. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money received from the National Lottery Fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way this was divided between Government Departments in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25013/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

298. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery Fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25032/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

299. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the National Lottery Fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25048/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

311. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery Fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25030/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

312. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the National Lottery Fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25046/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

327. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25020/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

328. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent or otherwise directed for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25036/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

346. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25024/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

347. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25040/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

383. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if she will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25031/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

384. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by her Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if she will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25047/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

395. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25022/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

396. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25038/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

483. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25029/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

484. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25045/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

511. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly funded from the fund; if he will indicate for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25028/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

512. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014, inclusive, and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25044/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

564. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if she will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25025/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

565. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if she will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25041/15]

Climate Change Policy

Catherine Murphy

580. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Ireland will make its contribution to the Green Climate Fund, as referred to by him at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Lima, Peru, recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24566/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

616. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25026/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

617. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25042/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

635. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25023/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

636. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25039/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

654. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25035/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

655. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25051/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

663. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if she will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25021/15]