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Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
Paul Murphy
13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted research on the impact the reduction in rent supplement levels has had on the level of homelessness in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47089/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Departmental Schemes
Paul Murphy
36. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has conducted an analysis of the cost and number of staff that will be required to administer the €100 water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47088/14]
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Irish Water Administration
Paul Murphy
166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the sources of information Irish Water has used to compile name and address information for its customers. [47425/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Household Benefits Scheme
Paul Murphy
122. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if, after moving from jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance to a carer's allowance, a person becomes ineligible for the telephone and fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46854/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Medical Card Applications
Paul Murphy
298. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46785/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Education and Training Boards
Paul Murphy
376. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the policies and procedures for staff of the County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board on bullying and harassment in work; the way these policies are reviewed; and the procedures her Department has in place for any reviews of the policies. [46783/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Education and Training Boards
Paul Murphy
377. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the number of members of staff in the County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board who have made complaints of bullying and-or harassment against other members of staff and the number of these complainees who have been transferred to another section of the CDDETB following their complaint. [46784/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Waste Management
Paul Murphy
425. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form with respect of each of the relevant local authorities, the date on which domestic refuse charges were introduced; the date on which competition was introduced; and the date on which the service was fully privatised. [47064/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Waste Management
Paul Murphy
426. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form with respect of each of the relevant local authorities, the amount each local authority charged when domestic refuse charges were first introduced; the dates and amounts of subsequent increases in the charges; and the current charges for domestic refuse collection. [47065/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
Paul Murphy
427. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average rents paid by local authorities on behalf of tenants of housing associations, as compared to the average rents paid by local authorities to for-profit private landlords, that is, through schemes such as the housing assistance payment and rental accommodation scheme. [47066/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Housing Assistance Payments Administration
Paul Murphy
85. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who are housed in accommodation owned by private landlords and paid for by the new housing assistance payment are automatically taken off the housing list; if they are subsequently placed on the transfer list only if they specifically request this rather than this being done automatically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45855/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Water Charges Administration
Paul Murphy
87. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the increasing of rent for council tenants who refuse to pay water charges. [45854/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
Paul Murphy
301. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with a victim of abuse (details supplied) who is campaigning for justice for their child who was killed in 1973 in Dalkey, County Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46219/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Naturalisation Applications
Paul Murphy
307. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will abolish or reduce the fees and charges related to naturalisation; her views on the joint statement by the Immigrant Council of Ireland and NASC on 24 November 2014 on this matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45843/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
Paul Murphy
350. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received any recent report on Garda investigations into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she is prepared to meet with the mother of the person and the victim of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46209/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Health Services Provision
Paul Murphy
437. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 5 November 2014, the steps that will be taken to allow the person (details supplied) to access dialectical behavioural therapy as part of the public health sector or have their costs for accessing the treatment in the private sector covered by the Health Service Executive as the treatment is not available in their area. [46317/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers
Paul Murphy
24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants who have enrolled on the VTOS scheme through the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board for the current academic year; the way this number compares with the number for the academic year 2013-2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45364/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Paul Murphy
33. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the high rates of casualisation and low rates of pay in the third level sector for casual academics; and her plans to address the situation. [45365/14]
Wed, 26 Nov 2014
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Election Monitoring Missions
Paul Murphy
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Ireland raising concerns about the refusal of his country's independent national electoral commission to register the Socialist Party of Nigeria as a political party; his views regarding democratic freedoms in the Federal Republic of Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44958/14]
Wed, 26 Nov 2014
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Syrian Conflict
Paul Murphy
19. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation facing Kurds in Kobane and Ireland's position on the conflict. [44959/14]