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Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Smarter Transport
Eoghan Murphy
165. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to further encourage the use of more sustainable transport solutions by allowing local authorities to create bye-laws to regulate the use of electric vehicles, car clubs and so on. [8497/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Nuclear Proliferation
Eoghan Murphy
206. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be represented at the forthcoming International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, to be held on 4-5 March in Oslo. [8233/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Tobacco Smuggling
Eoghan Murphy
232. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the illegal cigarette trading business, in particular the open selling of cigarettes in pedestrianised areas of the city centre. [8234/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Excise Duties Yield
Eoghan Murphy
291. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount that is expected to be raised from the increase in excise duty on a bottle of wine introduced in Budget 2013. [8841/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Consumer Protection
Eoghan Murphy
370. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) charge €3.75 per bill for non direct debit payments of bills; if it is illegal to fine persons for choosing a particular method of payment where no financial justification is found for the charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8840/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Local Authority Housing Maintenance
Eoghan Murphy
529. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is familiar with Dublin City Council's proposals to energy retrofit Glovers Court, Dublin 2; and his views on whether these proposals will come to fruition. [8838/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Public Service Obligation Services
Eoghan Murphy
759. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way costs are apportioned by the National Transport Authority to companies operating Public Service Obligation routes such as Dublin Bus and CIE, and the process used to decide the amount of money that goes to each company. [8228/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Public Service Obligation Services
Eoghan Murphy
760. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times CIE companies have not met the quality benchmarks in their Public Service Obligation contracts. [8229/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Public Service Obligation Services
Eoghan Murphy
761. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of the subvention paid to each of the publicly financed transport companies by the service they offer for example how much of the public service obligation goes to each of the routes in each company and the way this is determined. [8230/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Public Service Obligation Services
Eoghan Murphy
762. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a private operator were to propose to operate a fully commercial service when an existing public sector obligation subvention service is operated, if the National Transport Authority will consider withdrawing the PSO support for the existing service. [8231/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Public Service Obligation Services
Eoghan Murphy
763. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way financial performance of the CIE companies are monitored to ensure that they are able to deliver on their Public Service Obligation requirements for the duration of their contracts. [8232/13]
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
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Taxi Regulations
Eoghan Murphy
793. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any inequality in the application procedures applied to persons applying for a taxi PSV licence based on whether or not they were born in this country. [8839/13]
Thu, 14 Feb 2013
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Enterprise Ireland Investments
Eoghan Murphy
196. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline Enterprise Ireland's strategy for supporting Irish initiated or Irish based tech companies that operate in online betting, betting exchange, gambling, competitive social gaming and tipping markets, or that earn revenue from such activities. [7949/13]
Thu, 14 Feb 2013
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Pension Provisions
Eoghan Murphy
201. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding current legislation and the way it could impact on the pension entitlements of current employees in Allied Irish Bank should the pension fund be dissolved. [7946/13]
Thu, 14 Feb 2013
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National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
Eoghan Murphy
239. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding energy proposals. [7948/13]
Thu, 14 Feb 2013
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Proposed Legislation
Eoghan Murphy
277. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, following recent criticism by the High Court of practices in the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in S.R. (Pakistan) v. Minister for Justice and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, 29 January 2013, if he intends to make amendments to the proposed protection review tribunal to address these criticisms in the forthcoming Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill. [7950/13]
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Eoghan Murphy
179. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Taoiseach if there are any retired public sector workers from his Department, or any other part of the public sector, currently on his Department's payroll, for example, for sitting on a committee or preparing a report, but not exclusively these two areas; the number on the payroll; the cost to his Department; the services that are being delivered for this money; and the way that the positions were originally advertised. [6693/13]
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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School Patronage
Eoghan Murphy
294. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations regarding a new Educate Together school (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [7223/13]
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Eoghan Murphy
351. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that gross rents are to be subjected to a 4% PRSI charge. [7225/13]
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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Water Charges Introduction
Eoghan Murphy
470. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the way he intends to deal with water charges in apartment buildings; and if he will give a commitment that each apartment will have its own meter. [7226/13]