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Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Property Tax Exemptions
Catherine Murphy
88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has received revised information as to the number of housing estates which qualify for an exemption from the local property tax since the introduction of the tax; if he will provide a list of all such estates indicating their location and the nature of their exemption, that is, unfinished, pyrite damage and so on, in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49084/14]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
Catherine Murphy
89. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if any portion of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has been accessed by a company (details supplied) as part of a programme of investment; if so, if he will provide the amount and nature of the funds awarded; the conditions stipulated concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49117/14]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Crime Data
Catherine Murphy
291. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding stolen firearms, if statistics are available indicating the proportion of all firearms recorded as stolen that are in cases where such firearms were taken from a licenceholder; if she will provide this ratio for each year in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49103/14]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Firearms Licences
Catherine Murphy
292. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the court challenges which are mounted against a refusal to award a firearms licence, if she will indicate the cost to the State of court proceedings in these matters since 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49106/14]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Health Services
Catherine Murphy
424. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason a child cannot simultaneously occupy a place on a list for occupational therapy and a place on the waiting list for access to child and adolescent mental health services; if it is permissible for one service to deny treatment based on the fact that a child has attempted to access another service; if not, if he will investigate this matter (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49222/14]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Planning Issues
Catherine Murphy
543. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the forthcoming planning policy statement will be published; the way it will feed into legislation currently being drafted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49107/14]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Departmental Strategies
Catherine Murphy
621. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the final national landscape strategy will be published and implemented; the legislative proposals she envisages to provide statutory effect to its provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49108/14]
Wed, 17 Dec 2014
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IBRC Liquidation
Catherine Murphy
58. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an itemised list of all disposals made by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation prior to the appointment of a special liquidator; the original value of the liability or loan concerned, in each case; the amount realised at disposal; the method the disposal was made through including examinership, receivership, direct sale or other; the date at which the disposal was made; if he will provide the same information in respect of the period IBRC has been in special liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48755/14]
Wed, 17 Dec 2014
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Irish Water Administration
Catherine Murphy
249. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of water application packs that have been returned to Irish Water to date; of the water packs returned, the number that have completed the section F declaration; the number that were returned without any completed information; the number that were returned illegible; of all packs returned, the number that have been counted by Irish Water as indicating the returner wishes to be counted as a registered customer of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48754/14]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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IBRC Operations
Catherine Murphy
220. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in its disposal of a company (details supplied) in March 2012, acted in the best financial interest of the State; if his attention has been drawn to the company being sold to a much lower bid; if so, if he sought a satisfactory answer as to the reason; the reason the company was not put into examinership or receivership; if he has questioned the reason the same legal representatives acted for both the company in question and the purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48159/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Social Welfare Code Reform
Catherine Murphy
18. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that where a young person who is having a domiciliary care allowance payment awarded in respect of them reaches 16 and applies for a welfare payment in their own right, pending the successful outcome of that application the parent-guardian concerned loses their payment entirely, and must wait to apply for a carer's allowance payment to be successful before having key financial support restored; her views that this creates a very serious lack of support for vulnerable families during this period; her plans to help alleviate this pressure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47092/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Exchequer Savings
Catherine Murphy
20. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the reported budgetary savings made in her Department throughout her time as Minister that have had a real and adverse effect on the quality and efficiency of the service provided to citizens who access their services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47093/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Catherine Murphy
59. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that long term sick claimants of illness benefit supports are not permitted to avail of the Christmas bonus announced recently for unemployed recipients; her plans to widen the Christmas bonus qualifying criteria for persons claiming illness benefit for up to eight years and more; if she will widen the fuel allowance scheme to allow these claimants to avail of equal treatment than those availing of unemployment supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47458/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Catherine Murphy
61. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have been continuously unemployed for more than the 391 cumulative-paid total days are required to avail of the Christmas bonus, due to the fact that they are no longer part of another person's claim; if this qualifying period of 391 days will be assessable against joint claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47467/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Tourism Promotion
Catherine Murphy
168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his Department's intention to increase the tourism potential of the Liffey Valley amenity area; the deliberations he or his predecessor has had with interested parties regarding this; if his Department has had any contact with the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs with respect to the tourist potential of establishing a national park in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47370/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Genealogical Services
Catherine Murphy
97. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in the pursuit of a vital all-island approach to genealogical heritage, a conflict arises in the different legal regimes surrounding access to digitised records online versus digitised indexes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46866/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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National Cultural Institutions
Catherine Murphy
109. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has conducted a needs assessment regarding future funding of the national cultural institutions, in particular the National Archives, National Museum and National Library; if she is cognisant of the urgent need to invest in these areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46865/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Pension Provisions
Catherine Murphy
145. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the most recent LCP Ireland pensions accounting briefing (details supplied) which estimated the current deficit in the 29 largest defined benefit pension schemes to have more than doubled in one year to €8.5 billion; if her Department had performed a risk analysis of the State's potential exposure if the scenario continues to deteriorate; the measures she is proposing to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44336/14]
Thu, 4 Dec 2014
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Rail Network
Catherine Murphy
16. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the review of the business case for DART underground by the National Transport Authority is complete; if so, if he will share the findings of the report; the timeframe now envisaged for the project; if it is still the intention to move forward under the existing railway order; if compulsory purchases necessary to the project are envisaged; if so, will the notices to treat process be concluded by September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46014/14]
Thu, 4 Dec 2014
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National Children's Hospital
Catherine Murphy
150. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the business case for the siting of the proposed national children's hospital at St. James's Hospital; the advantages that site has which were the overriding factors in choosing to site the hospital there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46592/14]