Parliamentary questions

Teachers' Remuneration

Catherine Murphy

164. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a teacher can apply for incremental credit; the way in which a person may make an appeal on a decision if they are not satisfied with the outcome of a decision made on their application for incremental credit being applied to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15097/17]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

281. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure persons can track the progress of their passport applications in real time in view of the fact that the various stages of the process do not update on his Department's website in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15285/17]

Child Care Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

618. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new affordable child care scheme will be applicable to children in part-time child care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15351/17]

Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

96. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new home completions as measured by the building control management system for each month since the inception of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14584/17]

National Monuments

Catherine Murphy

132. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans for buildings on Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14641/17]

Ministerial Functions

Catherine Murphy

67. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he or his officials have had with the Minister of State in his Department regarding a sharing of duties and-or portfolios; the areas the Minister of State has expressed specific interest in; if those areas have been assigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14218/17]

Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements

Catherine Murphy

90. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a draft of the report (details supplied) regarding the Olympic Council of Ireland, OCI, ticketing arrangements for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, in view of the fact that the original deadline for the report was September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14221/17]

Freedom of Information Fees

Catherine Murphy

85. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in respect of which the Chief State Solicitor's office has incurred expenses for the past three years and in 2017 to date; and the amount of fees for counsel and other legal costs incurred respectively for each of the past three years and in 2017 to date. [12783/17]

Visa Applications

Catherine Murphy

91. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas that were applied for in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the categories under which; the waiting time for each category; her plans to reduce waiting times for each category; the reason the delays generally arise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13702/17]

Bank Guarantee Scheme Data

Catherine Murphy

214. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 7 March 2017, the details of every occasion his Department acted as guarantor in which facility deeds were entered into with the Central Bank; the names of the banks in question; the amounts of the facility deeds; the dates on which they were entered into and their duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13465/17]

Water Meters

Catherine Murphy

402. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that had a water metering policy for new house builds prior to the establishment of Irish Water; the number of water meters installed by local authorities during that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12832/17]

Planning Issues

Catherine Murphy

403. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if prior to the establishment of Irish Water, as part of the approval of a planning application for a new house build by a local authority, a water meter had to be installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12833/17]

Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

414. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of potential development sites in each local authority that are publicly owned or controlled; the total area in hectares of these sites; the potential number of bed spaces or housing units that could be constructed on these sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13122/17]

Public Participation Networks

Catherine Murphy

451. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria used to allocate funds to local authorities under public participation networks; the scheme the funds for this scheme are allocated from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13700/17]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Catherine Murphy

459. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding scheme a rural water programme liaison officer's salary, rural water programme group water scheme subsidy payments and recoupment of lost income from rates on water infrastructure are funded from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13781/17]

National Maternity Hospital

Catherine Murphy

1000. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if governance issues have been resolved regarding the proposed new national maternity hospital at a site owned by a religious group (details supplied); his views on whether Holles Street hospital may be eliminated as an independent entity if it has no role in governance at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14091/17]

Aquaculture Licence Appeals

Catherine Murphy

1030. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the organisation responsible for the nomination of each of the current members appointed to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board, ALAB; the date on which they were nominated; the panel in which that organisation is included according to both section 23 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 and associated regulations; the date on which they were last appointed or reappointed by him to ALAB; if he will identify any panel in respect of which there is an outstanding appointment to ALAB; the date on which he requested nominations from each of the organisations in that panel; the associated organisations in that panel that have submitted nominations in respect of that panel and the date on which those nominations were received by him; if a decision has been made not to appoint those parties nominated; the reason no appointment has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13060/17]

Railway Stations

Catherine Murphy

1172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if CIE accepted a €3 million facilitation fee in 2016 in order to grant consent to the assignment of a development agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12815/17]

Railway Stations

Catherine Murphy

1173. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of rents and or capital receipts CIÉ has received since a development agreement (details supplied) was executed; if he is satisfied that it amounts to the agreed 17.5% that falls under the heading of additional rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12818/17]

Railway Stations

Catherine Murphy

1188. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development agreement Coras Iompar Éireann has entered into regarding Tara Street Station with a company (details supplied); the nature of the proposed development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13149/17]