Parliamentary questions

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

30. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 16 December 2014, if he will indicate if, notwithstanding the commercial independence of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time, his Department endeavoured to query the reason such a large loss to the State, amounting to over €100 million, was permitted to happen in the sale of the company concerned (details supplied); if not, the reason his Department was not concerned that such a large loss had occurred when the clear objective of IBRC was to maximise the return to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4700/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare cannot be facilitated in an appropriate second level school closer than 50 km from that child's home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5088/15]

Climate Change Negotiations

Catherine Murphy

132. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport now that the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill has been published, his Department's response in terms of the preparation of a sectoral emissions reduction plan; if he plans to prepare a draft plan in anticipation of the national adaptation plan; if such a plan will be left until the latter end of the 2017 timescale envisaged in the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4337/15]

Road Projects

Catherine Murphy

146. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to confirm funding for the upgraded M7 Naas-Osberstown interchange and Sallins bypass; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this stretch of motorway is the most dangerous in the State in terms of incidents recorded annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4347/15]

Community Welfare Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

226. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection whether front-line services provided by her Department to the individual citizen have suffered dramatically, given that many urban centres are without community welfare officer access and rely instead on a telephone number which is often not answered; whether she is aware that many persons attempting to make contact with CWOs are doing so in distressing situations; whether communication with these citizens has fallen to an unacceptable level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5024/15]

Electric Vehicle Grants

Catherine Murphy

14. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on progress towards the 2020 target for electric vehicle use in the State; the number of EV charge points that have been installed by location and type of charge point in each year since 2008; the number of charge points that have been installed by Electric Ireland at private dwellings, by county; if it is likely that the 2020 target will be met; the additional supports he has planned to boost take-up; if his Department has had any discussions with a company (details supplied) with regard to the deployment of their vehicles in the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3892/15]

Fish Producer Organisations

Catherine Murphy

84. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the various roles of fishing producer organisations; the oversight and control exercised over them; in what circumstances a fishing producer organisation will be excluded and-or disqualified from its role under the Common Fisheries Policy or other legislative provisions; the circumstances in which they will be shut down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4249/15]

Legislative Measures

Catherine Murphy

85. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the European and international legislative provisions and relevant sections of same under which fishing producer organisations operating here operate; if he will provide and list the associated provisions and sections of same in legislation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4250/15]

Legislative Measures

Catherine Murphy

86. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the State’s regulation of fishing producer organisations, if he will provide specific administrative arrangements or legislative specifications which differ from those in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4251/15]

Fish Producer Organisations

Catherine Murphy

87. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if membership of a fishing producer organisation is at individual boat level; if not, the level at which it is assigned; if he will identify any legislative provision here specifying this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4252/15]

Fish Producer Organisations

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria which must be met to qualify as a member of a fishing producer organisation; the legislative provisions specifying this; the categories of membership for fishing producer organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4253/15]

Fish Producer Organisations

Catherine Murphy

89. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the information provided to the European Commission on fish producer organisations concerning their funding, quota allocation, membership and landings; if he will provide a copy of the most recent set of such reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4254/15]

Irish Water Funding

Catherine Murphy

3. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the funding model of Irish Water; the net income from the model annually broken down by category; the estimation of households in the State that Irish Water is relying on to determine the full cost of the €100 allowance and the cost in each year up to 2019; the plans of Irish Water to engage any supplementary measures such as borrowing to augment income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3675/15]

Unfinished Housing Developments

Catherine Murphy

9. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to initiate any legislative reform to address the continued difficulties that exist in the taking in charge of estates where outstanding issues have not been addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that with construction activity increasing the need for these measures has never been greater; if he proposes to tackle the problems caused by extended permissions making it impossible for estates to be taken in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3610/15]

Planning Issues

Catherine Murphy

18. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the planning review of the performance of planning functions reopened by his Department in July 2013; when it is likely to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3611/15]

Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

27. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to the annual planning statistics produced by his Department, the reason the number of planning decisions taken nationally where the decision differs from the recommendation of the planner officer jumped from an average of just 400 per year between 2003 and 2007 to an average of 5,600 per year between 2010 and 2012 with particularly high differences recorded in counties Cork, Donegal, Kildare, Meath and Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3609/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

29. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the objectives agreed at the homelessness conference which took place in his Department in December 2014; the progress on each of the agreed points to emerge from that conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3612/15]

Parliamentary Party Allowances Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

56. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular format, the total amounts paid to each qualifying political party in respect of annual Exchequer payments under the Electoral Acts in each of the years 2012, 2013 and 2014; the fixed payment amount each year; the variable amount in each case and the way this was calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3953/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

118. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has allocated the planned expansion of social housing across each local authority in the State; the criteria being used to determine the greatest need and to ensure a fair demographic spread of the extra investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3676/15]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

119. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on establishing a forum on school enrolment in north Kildare considering the major obstacles which have arisen in recent years; her views on whether such a forum is useful in establishing a full appreciation of parental choice in the area; if it will assist in achieving greater diversity, particularly with regard to Gaelscoil provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3370/15]