Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Road Safety Authority Campaigns

Eoghan Murphy

145. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority will consider using some of its safety advertising budget on a campaign that encourages cyclists to follow the rules of the road and to cycle safely. [54747/12]

National Internship Scheme Numbers

Eoghan Murphy

283. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the requirement for a person to have signed on the dole for three months before he or she can apply for a JobBridge scheme placement is a barrier to those who cannot fulfil this requirement but are nonetheless good candidates for such a JobBridge position. [53917/12]

Teaching Qualifications

Eoghan Murphy

110. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers in primary and secondary schools instructing in physical education require any specific qualifications or training in order to perform their role as physical educators, and what these qualifications are. [53637/12]

Physical Education

Eoghan Murphy

111. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned about a lack of resources for the teaching of physical education in primary and secondary schools in disadvantaged areas. [53638/12]

Tax Reliefs Application

Eoghan Murphy

64. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on withdrawing or reducing tax relief for pension contributions when the pension pot reaches a certain level, say €65,000 per annum. [53148/12]

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

65. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered ways of incentivising Irish based pension funds to invest in the economy here in a sustained way. [53149/12]

School Placement

Eoghan Murphy

100. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 6 October 2011, if he will review the case regarding primary school places (details supplied). [53154/12]

Physical Education

Eoghan Murphy

105. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a requirement that children in primary and secondary schools participate in physical education during their school day; if this requirement is mandatory; what it involves in practice for the teacher and the pupils; the time each student will spend on such activity in a given week; if this aspect of their education is directed towards specific goals; and the details of these goals. [53284/12]

State Agencies

Eoghan Murphy

115. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there will be any provisions in Budget 2013 to reduce the number of quangos; and the number of quangos that will then exist following these reforms. [53151/12]

Public Sector Staff Issues

Eoghan Murphy

116. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of reductions of personnel in the public sector over the past four years; the expected reduction over the next two years; and when he expects the moratorium on recruitment to end. [53152/12]

Children's Rights Referendum

Eoghan Murphy

213. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the enactment of changes to family law legislation that are expected following the passing of the Children's Referendum. [53153/12]

The Gathering Expenditure

Eoghan Murphy

105. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an outline of the events confirmed for the Gathering in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52568/12]

Museum Projects

Eoghan Murphy

131. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the establishment of a museum for Irish sport; the efforts he is taking to establish such a body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52569/12]

NAMA Operations

Eoghan Murphy

207. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of people that have taken up National Assets Management Agency's 80:20 deferred payment initiative scheme. [52296/12]

NAMA Investigations

Eoghan Murphy

208. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of investigations currently underway in National Assets Management Agency; the number of people being investigated; the reason for these investigations and the person conducting them. [52297/12]

Exploration Licences Approvals

Eoghan Murphy

138. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the event that a company (details supplied) or any other such company found oil in Dublin Bay, if the State will own that oil or a percentage thereof; if royalties will be paid to the Irish State; if the State will have a share in production of that oil; and if the company will be obligated to supply some oil to Ireland at a discounted rate to provide the State with security of energy supply. [52019/12]

Youth Services Provision

Eoghan Murphy

180. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee are in the process of withdrawing funding from the position of catholic youth care education officer and the impact this will have on youth groups across the south inner city (details supplied). [52017/12]

Offshore Exploration

Eoghan Murphy

205. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agency that would be responsible for the management and clean-up of any oil spill in Dublin Bay that resulted from drilling by a company (details supplied) or any other such entity; the persons who would pay for this and the way it would be done. [52018/12]

Employment Investment Incentive Scheme

Eoghan Murphy

203. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 8 November 2012, if he will consider an investment scheme that applied to all businesses below a certain size, so that this would not skew the market towards one area, and would not risk starving larger companies of capital in view of the fact that the amounts being considered would be relatively low say something similar to the film section scheme for example but not confining the relief to one’s own tax band. [51161/12]

Teacher Training Provision

Eoghan Murphy

247. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove home economics initial teacher education from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo, as recommended in the recent report from the Higher Education Authority. [51159/12]