Parliamentary questions

Register of Electors

Paul Murphy

561. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a legal requirement, or a policy from his Department, to supply the electronic copy of the electoral register to elected representatives, as set out in section 34(e)(3) of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001, in a particular file format. [18159/15]

Tax Code

Paul Murphy

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total estimated cost to the Exchequer of granting the banks the ability to offset corporation tax on previous losses; the amount each bank is expected to gain from this measure; if consultations were held or if communication was exchanged between his Department and senior management in the banks regarding the decision to allow banks to offset losses against corporation tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17578/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the planned cuts to eligibility for the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17324/15]

Family Income Supplement Data

Paul Murphy

16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of part-time workers in receipt of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17325/15]

Departmental Meetings

Paul Murphy

141. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance If it was normal procedure for no minutes to be taken of meetings between the Secretary General of his Department and the board of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if minutes were taken for the meeting between persons on 1 and 2 August 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17583/15]

European Council Meetings

Paul Murphy

142. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the upcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting with particular reference to the Government's position on the indepth review of the macroeconomic imbalances procedure and the implementation of structural reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17584/15]

European Council Meetings

Paul Murphy

143. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the upcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting with particular reference to the Government’s position on the aging report 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17585/15]

Banking Sector Staff

Paul Murphy

144. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in view of the recently announced loss of 1,500 jobs in AIB's Financial Solutions Group and the answers provided to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform where the bank stated that outsourcing is key to reducing its cost base, his views regarding the erosion of job security and working conditions in the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17586/15]

Banking Sector

Paul Murphy

145. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the decision in budget 2014 to grant banks the ability to fully offset losses against all profits each year against corporation tax has been approved by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17587/15]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Paul Murphy

146. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in view of the €1.67 million remuneration package to the chief executive officer of Ulster Bank, if he will introduce caps on the remuneration of chief executive officers of all banks or other such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17588/15]

Job Losses

Paul Murphy

147. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the number of jobs lost as a result of cuts to public spending from 2009 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17589/15]

Fiscal Policy

Paul Murphy

173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason table 10 in the stability programme update of April 2015 does not include a line showing the underlying general government primary balance, as has been provided in previous years; and if he will provide that information. [17885/15]

Human Rights Issues

Paul Murphy

430. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sameh Shoukry, in New York in the United States of America; his views on any developments in the case of a person (details supplied) who is detained in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17349/15]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

435. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Burundi, and the violence used against protesters. [17717/15]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

436. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 21 April 2015, his views on the death of a person (details supplied); his further views on the policing of minority communities in the United States of America, following a number of deaths, with particular reference to the city of Baltimore; if he has made any representations to the authorities in the United States of America on these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17718/15]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

437. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the presidential election result in Kazakhstan; his views that there was a fair and democratic election process in the recent Kazakh presidential election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/15]

Control of Dogs

Paul Murphy

559. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of studies showing a higher rate of hospitalisations from dog bites (details supplied) here in comparison to other European Union States, if his Department is reviewing the situation; if measures are being considered, including legislative change, to deal with the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17691/15]

Wildlife Rangers Appointments

Paul Murphy

610. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the internationally recognised importance of Bull Island in north Dublin as a nature reserve, and the ongoing threat to its wildlife from persons and unleashed dogs, if she will arrange for funds to be made available for the employment of a wildlife ranger and dog warden exclusively for the island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17722/15]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Paul Murphy

90. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if asking candidates in interviews for positions in the civil and public service regarding their political views is prohibited or in breach of any guidelines. [17038/15]

European Council Meetings

Paul Murphy

122. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on discussions held with European Union counterparts on possible military action connected to the current humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17005/15]

European Council Meetings

Paul Murphy

123. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on any discussions held with European Union counterparts regarding refugees from North Africa; if she supports granting visas to persons from the Middle East and north Africa fleeing the conflicts in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17004/15]

Garda Promotions

Paul Murphy

127. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on extending the code of practice of the Commission for Public Service Appointments when filling senior roles in the Garda Síochána such as Assistant Commissioner. [17037/15]

European Council Meetings

Paul Murphy

169. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions held with European Union counterparts regarding a military response to the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean; if he is opposed to such military action by European Union states in north Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17006/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Paul Murphy

170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the airstrikes by the United States of America in Pakistan on 15 January 2015 that killed two captives (details supplied). [17007/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Paul Murphy

171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or any of his staff have discussed with the authorities in the United States of America the drone attacks by that country in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq; his views on these drone airstrikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17008/15]

Sale of Aer Lingus

Paul Murphy

15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the sale of the State's share in Aer Lingus, following advice from the review group on the possible sale of the shares. [16499/15]

Dublin Bus Services

Paul Murphy

25. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports the privatisation of 10% of Dublin Bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16500/15]

EU Issues

Paul Murphy

343. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the death in the Mediterranean of migrants from Africa travelling to Europe by boat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16223/15]

European Council Meetings

Paul Murphy

344. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with other European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers in Luxembourg on 20 April 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16224/15]

European Council Meetings

Paul Murphy

345. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the case of a person (details supplied) with other European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers in Luxembourg on 20 April 2015. [16225/15]

Emergency Accommodation Provision

Paul Murphy

31. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent on emergency accommodation by his Department and local authorities to tackle the immediate homelessness crisis in the four Dublin local authorities in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15773/15]

Water Charges Administration

Paul Murphy

42. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any discussions he has had with Irish Water regarding a large volume of non-payment of water charges; if he has a contingency plan in place should there be a large amount of non-payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15774/15]

UN Conventions Ratification

Paul Murphy

104. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality with reference to the pledges and commitments provided by the Irish Government during the election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (details supplied), in which the Government committed to the expeditious ratification the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, if her Department had assessed the legal complications in ratifying the convention at the time of the provision of these commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16025/15]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Paul Murphy

131. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in view of the financial difficulties faced by many sufferers of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, due to the additional financial burden of paying for medicines and treatment, if his Department has given consideration to including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis on the prescribed list of conditions under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16010/15]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service

Paul Murphy

46. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on reforming the Money Advice and Budgeting Service from 51 individual companies to six companies; her views on maintaining a strong volunteer and community input into service at a local level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15919/15]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service

Paul Murphy

47. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will have a consultation process with the individual Money Advice and Budgeting Service companies prior to implementing any changes to the structure of the service. [15920/15]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service

Paul Murphy

48. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she expects a report from the Citizens Information Board on the reform of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service. [15921/15]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service

Paul Murphy

49. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on having a debate in Dáil Éireann on the restructuring of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; if there are significant reforms in their structures proposed by the Citizens Information Board. [15922/15]

Passport Applications

Paul Murphy

124. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 651 of 15 April 2015 and 742 of 24 March 2015, the procedures around determining if someone applying for a passport has reduced capacity; if the view of a medical professional is required in making this determination; if it is on the basis of other information, or on the opinion of a Garda or other official; if the determination that the applicant is of reduced capacity is contested by the person, if there are any mechanisms in place to appeal this, or to have the opinion of a third party, with appropriate medical expertise, to determine the matter; if there are no procedures in place, his views that such procedures are necessary. [15953/15]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any developments in the detention and trial of a person (details supplied) in Egypt; if he will report on consular assistance provided to that person and the person's family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15326/15]

Human Rights Issues

Paul Murphy

173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the alleged human rights abuse of African-Americans in the United States of America by police authorities; if he raised the matter with the ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland; if the embassy has raised this matter with the authorities in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15327/15]

Diplomatic Representation

Paul Murphy

182. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if representations were made by him or his Department in the case of a person (details supplied), a prisoner in the United States of America, who has had health difficulties recently. [15281/15]

Northern Ireland

Paul Murphy

191. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; if the issue of the North's budget and welfare system was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15282/15]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

198. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 31 March 2015, if he will report on any further representations made to the authorities of the People's Republic of China regarding the detention of women's rights activists. [15283/15]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

204. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with European Union counterparts on human rights and workers' rights issues in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15279/15]

Foreign Policy

Paul Murphy

213. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent election of Mr. Maithripala Sirisena in the Sri Lankan presidential election, his views on the situation in that country; if he supports the call for an international investigation into alleged war crimes, including genocide, carried out against the Tamil population at the end of the civil war in 2009; his views on the protection of the rights of Tamil-speakers and other minorities in Sri Lanka; if he will report on any meetings his Department has had with the Sri Lankan Government, or if the situation in Sri Lanka has been raised at an European Union or United Nations level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15280/15]

Hospital Admissions

Paul Murphy

522. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if an appropriate bed space can be located in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [15638/15]

Health Insurance Community Rating

Paul Murphy

33. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the expected take-up of health insurance by persons under 34 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14709/15]

UN Conventions Ratification

Paul Murphy

115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15034/15]

UN Conventions Ratification

Paul Murphy

116. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has sought advice from the National Disability Authority on the issue of ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; if so, the advice that she received; if that advice identified impediments to the State ratifying the convention; the details of those impediments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15035/15]