Parliamentary questions

Irish Water Establishment

Catherine Murphy

5. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to a letter sent from a multinational company to his Department in February 2012 regarding proposals to install water meters, as released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (details supplied), if he will indicate the context and assumptions under which the company made its key proposals; if it was assumed at the time that the soon to be established water utility would be made available for sale eventually, either in part or entirely; the initial contact the letter was responding to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22636/15]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Catherine Murphy

10. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there has been such an extreme delay in the issuing of updated planning guidelines governing wind farms; when he will be signing the new guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22318/15]

Emergency Accommodation Provision

Catherine Murphy

14. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the obligations that are set out in respect of a housing authority where there is a refusal to provide emergency accommodation for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22316/15]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

18. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that has been released to local authorities from the announced housing allocation for 2015, in total and in each of the following categories - for construction, long-term lease, housing assistance payment, and rental accommodation scheme; the number of units that are expected to be available in each of the coming five years in each local authority in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22314/15]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Catherine Murphy

95. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to the case of a person (details supplied) who applied in 2001 for an interdepartmental transfer under a previous set of central transfer scheme guidelines but who was required to conform to new standards put in place days after she had made the initial transfer application and, as a consequence, has not been able to avail of the transfer options available to her in the intervening period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22860/15]

Company Takeovers

Catherine Murphy

98. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent of his knowledge of a transaction (details supplied) prior to the completion of the transaction, which would arise in the ordinary course of his responsibilities as Minister in relation to such transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22858/15]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Catherine Murphy

132. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the present inadequate situation at Teach Tearmainn Women's Refuge in Newbridge in County Kildare; that two apartments are furnished and ready to be made available, but cannot be, due to staff funding shortfalls; that Teach Tearmainn is the only such refuge in County Kildare, the fourth most populous county in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22861/15]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

200. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for a general purpose room in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the plans in place for the continued development of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22857/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Catherine Murphy

204. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the funding and services of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive to the outer regions, which are experiencing a housing crisis of epidemic proportions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22635/15]

Local Authority Staff

Catherine Murphy

205. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that a significant cohort of new housing units in the immediate future will be operated under lease, under the housing assistance payment scheme or under the rental accommodation scheme, his plans to reconfigure staffing at local authority level to include a tenancy protection unit at certain high-pressure areas such as in County Kildare and in other commuter belt counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/15]

Road Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

233. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the M7 upgrade project; the projected cost; the projected timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22884/15]

Public Transport Subsidies

Catherine Murphy

234. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of State subsidy to the public transport sector, broken down by company in aggregate since 2008; the measure his Department utilises to establish the inflation rate in the transport sector; the rate in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22887/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1086. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that sufficient funding to tackle homelessness has been awarded to the region encompassing County Kildare, as the lead partner, and County Wicklow and County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/15]

Local Authority Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

1087. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reporting requirements that are in place for local authorities, in respect of the breakdown of their spending on costs of housing and emergency housing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1088. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that it is permissible for a housing authority to refuse to provide emergency accommodation for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22368/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1089. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to lift the embargo specifically in respect of local authority staff resourcing to assist areas where staffing to manage homelessness is critically lacking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22369/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1090. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government what obligations of a local authority are set down in processes to facilitate the timely assessment of a homeless case; how those needs are quantified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22370/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1091. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is obligatory to register a case of homelessness on his Department’s pathway accommodation and support system, once a local authority is aware of the status of the homelessness of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22372/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1092. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is confident that his Department has awarded sufficient funding to provide emergency accommodation to deal with the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22376/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1093. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the responsibility of the requirement of the provision of emergency accommodation to homeless persons rests within the Housing Act 1988; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22377/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1094. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the responsibility for the requirement of the provision of emergency accommodation to homeless persons rests within the Housing Act 1988; that this aspect of the Housing Act has not been amended since it failed to cater for the complications of the new and escalating homelessness crisis, mainly encompassing family groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22378/15]

IBRC Legal Cases

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent to date by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in litigating a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20258/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

289. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the existence of a verbal agreement between a debtor (details supplied) and the chief executive officer of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, which stipulated terms and conditions of loan repayments due to the corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20259/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

290. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of an agreement put in place between a debtor and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied), regarding the flexible repayment of that debtor's loans, which was never escalated to the credit committee of the corporation, as legally required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20260/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

291. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that a debtor to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied) had written to the current special liquidator of the corporation, seeking changes in any of the terms and conditions of that debtor's loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20261/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

292. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation have offered or given discounts to debtors, as an incentive to refinance their loans elsewhere, before the scheduled sale of said loans as part of the liquidation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20262/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

300. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the review into transactions at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, to be undertaken by KPMG, will include a review of both the Blue Ocean Associates sale to a person (details supplied), which resulted in a write-down of €64 million, and the sale of Topaz to a consortium led by the same person, which also involved a significant write-down to the State. [20468/15]

Mental Health Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

727. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the efforts that have been made to employ additional psychologists at Naas child and adolescent mental health services in County Kildare; if he is aware that presently social workers are carrying out the duties that psychologists would ordinarily carry out, as a result of shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20641/15]

Human Rights

Catherine Murphy

28. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); the length the Government are prepared to go to ensure that this person is released; the progress the Irish diplomatic service has made to date; the consular assistance that has been provided to this person, and his family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19330/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

27. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 26 March 2015 in relation to his Department's inquiries into the sale of Siteserv by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the reason he stated this matter was further discussed at a meeting between the former Secretary General of the Department of Finance and the then chief executive officer of the corporation took place in August 2012, when the chief executive officer in question has stated in the public domain that the matter was not discussed at that meeting (details supplied); if he disputes the account provided by the former chief executive officer; if not, if it was his intention to mislead Dáil Éireann in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17564/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

31. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in view of the information which has emerged in the public domain recently which demonstrates a severely strained relationship between his Department and the senior management at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in advance of its special liquidation, if he will state that such difficulties were not a contributory factor in the early winding up of the corporation in February 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17571/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Data

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age in receipt of a reduced jobseeker's allowance social welfare payment in each year 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17660/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, up to the time of its liquidation, was recovering 100% of loans repaid by a person (details supplied); whether this person had any outstanding loan balances after the corporation went into liquidation; if the special liquidator received a 100% repayment of these loans, of if the special liquidator allowed this person to purchase the loans back, at a discount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/15]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Catherine Murphy

157. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance with regard to the report of a person's departure from Allied Irish Banks (details supplied), if he will provide full details of all forms of remuneration, including all benefits, temporary or otherwise, housing allowances, travel, or any type of payment, provided to the person on an annual basis, during that person's time at the bank; if that person will remain a member of the bank's defined benefit pension plan, and if that person will, at a certain point, be entitled to receive a pension; if so, when calculated by an actuarial pension specialist, the amount this equates to in net present value terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17659/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason a young person between 18 and 25 years of age is disadvantaged in accessing a medical card due to having an income below the income threshold; his strategy to ensure that young vulnerable persons can access medical care in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17662/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Catherine Murphy

289. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a young person between 18 and 25 years of age on a social welfare payment and independently living can be considered more disadvantaged than other citizens of the State due to the fact of having an income threshold that is too low to make that person eligible for a medical card; his views that these persons are considered to be less entitled or in need of medical care; his strategy to ensure that young vulnerable persons can access medical care in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17663/15]

Youthreach Programme Funding

Catherine Murphy

443. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons under 25 years of age who were in receipt of a reduced Youthreach social welfare payment in each of the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17661/15]

Housing Assistance Payments

Catherine Murphy

558. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households currently in receipt of the housing assistance payment; if the roll-out of the payment is on track to be available in all local authorities and to 8,400 households by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17674/15]

National Library

Catherine Murphy

23. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department is making available to the National Library of Ireland in its impending task of placing the entire collection of church records online; the estimated timeframe for this project; the staff resources which will be involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16821/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

85. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will describe the quality of the working relationship between his Department and the senior management and staff at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in the months leading up to the appointment of a special liquidator to same; if he will release all correspondence and documentation in the period from the sale of Siteserv plc until the appointment of the special liquidator which indicate his Department’s opinion or concern regarding the quality of decision making by senior management; if he will provide all documentation and correspondence concerning the eventual appointment of a special liquidator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17173/15]

Ministerial Dialogue

Catherine Murphy

86. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the dialogue his Department had with the European Commission regarding its concerns as to the quality of some of the managerial decisions at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will release all documentation and correspondence concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17174/15]

IBRC Liquidation

Catherine Murphy

87. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the dialogue his Department had with the European Commission regarding the appointment of a special liquidator to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will release all documentation and correspondence concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17175/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he or any of his officials expressed any concerns regarding the fact that the winning bid presented during the sale process of Siteserv plc was apparently presented as matching the precise requirements of the seller, in this case without any prior engagement by said bidder with the sale process; his views that such a concise bid is unusual and raises some concerns regarding the extent of information which could potentially have been made available during the sale process; if he will publish all concerns expressed by Department officials regarding the sale process, with particular reference to the foregoing element of the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17176/15]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Catherine Murphy

8. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an itemised list of all cycle routes, and proposed cycle routes, which are being supported financially by the National Transport Authority; if he will indicate the way the authority is supporting cycling initiatives in the commuter belt counties of Kildare and Meath; his plans to address infrastructural deficits in these areas, in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16517/15]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

59. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the primary adviser at Davy Corporate Finance (details supplied) with responsibility for the 2012 Siteserv sale, who was also responsible for managing the corporate finance relationship of an interested party at that time (details supplied), was subsequently hired by his Department to oversee the shareholder management unit, which had responsibility for departmental inquiries into the Siteserv transaction throughout the 2012/2013 period; the dates at which this person began employment in said role; if he considers there to be a major conflict of interest apparent in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16995/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

60. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, as part of his departmental inquiries into the sale of Siteserv by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in 2012, he was aware that shares in Siteserv were bought by senior employees at the entity engaged by Siteserv to facilitate its own sale in the three month period immediately preceding the actual sale to Millington Ltd.; if he was aware that these share acquisitions may have arisen as a result of privileged information relating to the sale being shared in a dishonest fashion; if he is aware that the Irish Stock Exchange has investigated this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16996/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

61. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will release all documentation and correspondence between his Department, other State agencies, the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and all other parties concerning the acquisition of shares in Siteserv Ltd. in the period 1 June 2011 to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16997/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

62. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of instances where a person (details supplied) met with Siteserv company management at any stage from 1 January 2011 to the date of the eventual sale of Siteserv by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, or had direct engagements; if he is aware of instances where this person met with management or staff at the corporation, or had direct engagements, during the same period; if so, if he will share the extent of his knowledge concerning the subject of those meetings and engagements, who participated in them and the dates on which they occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16998/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

63. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances where the main shareholders of Siteserv met with a person (details supplied), or had direct engagements with the person, at any stage from 1 January 2011 to the date of the eventual sale of Siteserv by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16999/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

64. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will account for the reason neither the Financial Services Regulator, the Irish Stock Exchange nor the Irish Takeover Panel initiated any inquiries into the sale of Siteserv by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will share the extent of his Department’s correspondence with each of these entities in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17000/15]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

65. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all staff employed in his Department do not have financial interests which may conflict with their public service duties; the requirements which are placed upon staff in order to ensure impartiality; if it is permissible for staff who are employed at his Department to comply with these regulations by transferring any potential compromising interests to their spouses or civil partners; if such transfers are required to be disclosed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17001/15]

Freedom of Information

Catherine Murphy

122. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason documents released to this Deputy, under the Freedom of Information Acts, concerning the sale of a company (details supplied) were so heavily redacted; if he will provide a page by page justification for each redaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16654/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

123. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the number of large transactions undertaken by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation which his Department had concerns over, as described in documents released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act, concerning the sale of a company (details supplied) by the corporation, and which he was also described as being very concerned about; if he will specifically and methodically indicate the amounts concerned in each case, that is, the impact upon the capital holdings of the corporation, the cost to the State, the total write-downs on original value and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16655/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

124. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will elaborate specifically upon what his Department officials described as poor management which was displayed in a number of large transactions, as described in documents released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act, concerning the sale of a company (details supplied) by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if his Department had any concerns regarding specific persons working in the corporation with regard to these poor decisions; if so, if he will state whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16656/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

125. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 16 December 2014, the reason he refused to answer the specific question, which asked if he was satisfied that the sale of a company (details supplied) by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was done in the best possible interests of the State, instead indicating that he was informed that the board of the corporation considered it so; his views that failing to supply his position on this matter may lead to a reasonable assumption, based on the reply to the parliamentary question, that his Department had no concerns whatsoever regarding the matter; if he will concede that this is a dissimulative approach to take, considering information which later came to light proved otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16657/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

126. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will categorically state if the sale of a company (details supplied) by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was in fact conducted for the maximum return for the State; the reason he has failed to state his position thus far on this matter, even though it has come to light that his Department believed that the sale decision has raised a number of areas where it believes that decisions taken by the corporation resulted in a less optimum return for the bank, as is clearly written in documents marked seen by the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16658/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

127. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will release the findings of the review undertaken by officials at the Central Bank of Ireland into the sale of a company (details supplied) by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will indicate the main recommendations arising from same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16659/15]

IBRC Liquidation

Catherine Murphy

128. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason he stated in Dáil Éireann on 6 February 2013 during his opening remarks on Second Stage of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013, that he wished to emphasise that the reason these steps were being taken was entirely distinct from the performance or direction of the board or management of the corporation, and that he wished to acknowledge, with much appreciation, the significant efforts the directors and staff of the corporation had made to the stabilisation of, and maintenance of value in, the corporation; if at that time, as has been revealed in documents dated July 2012 and released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act, he was very concerned with how a large number of transactions had been handled over the previous number of months, and that this had led the Department to question the effectiveness of the chief executive officer and the current management team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16660/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

129. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he took the advice of his officials who recommended that the chairman of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation be asked to commission a full independent review of a company's (details supplied) transaction, as written in documents released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act; if so, the procedure that was followed; the findings of that review; the measures that were taken on foot of the review being conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Catherine Murphy

14. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an estimate, per housing authority area, of the number of new builds that will be completed in each of the next three years, under the recently announced programme to tackle the homelessness crisis; the factors that led to the wide variation in the projected spend, per person, on the waiting list across housing authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15562/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

43. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish a tenancy protection unit in any area outside Dublin; if he recognises the urgent need for such a unit in certain high-pressure areas suffering from local housing crises; his plans to resource local authority staff to enable local authorities to provide even a basic housing service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15559/15]

IBRC Liquidation

Catherine Murphy

67. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the point at which the decision was made to start drafting of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013; if it is the case that the strained relationship which existed between the management of the corporation and his Department, referred to in correspondence from the time which has come to light very recently, had a bearing on the Government's decision to draft said legislation and appoint a special liquidator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16123/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

69. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the closed process by which the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation disposed of a company (details supplied) was fully in compliance with European Union competition and state aid rules; if he received any correspondence from the Commission in relation to same; if so, the details of the Commission's interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16128/15]

Road Signage

Catherine Murphy

188. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, for each local authority in the State, indicating the amounts spent in each of the past seven years on road, street and related signage and signposts; the amounts received by each company contracted by the State in that period to make said signage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16177/15]

Road Signage

Catherine Murphy

196. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, indicating the amounts spent in each of the past seven years on road, street and related signage and signposts by the National Roads Authority; the amounts received by each company contracted by the State in that period to make said signage; the amounts spent contracting third parties to install said signage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16178/15]

Teaching Contracts

Catherine Murphy

21. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that issues of working time and conditions recently raised at teacher conferences have exposed a prevailing and growing casualisation of labour within the teaching profession which is to the detriment of the profession as a whole; if she will recognise that for the public sector to increasingly move towards this eroding of workplace security sets a bad example for the private sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15462/15]

Road Safety Data

Catherine Murphy

175. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when the Road Safety Authority website database road collisions will be updated with details of such events that have occurred since the site was last updated for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15910/15]

IBRC Staff

Catherine Murphy

305. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if staff which his Department seconded to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from September 2012 reported to his Department any concerns related to persons working at the corporation (details supplied) and their potential conflicts of interest relating to the disposal of an indebted entity, Boundary Capital; if the person on secondment indicated to whom the debt of Boundary Capital was sold; if any action was taken at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15583/15]

IBRC Staff

Catherine Murphy

307. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to his statement that his Department had a number of concerns regarding the quality of decisions taken at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation over the sale of a company (details supplied), if those concerns specifically included the possibility that a senior staff member (details supplied) of the corporation had a triple conflict of interest in that the staff member simultaneously managed the company's account, the account of the owner of the ultimately successful bidder for the company and the personal account of the chief executive officer of the company during the sale process; if his Department made any inquiries on this specific matter; if so, if he will share these findings; if this specific matter was raised by him or his officials during the meetings which took place arising from the sale of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15637/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

308. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of bids that were received during the first round of the sale of an entity (details supplied) by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will provide a list of those bids; if the company which was ultimately successful in purchasing the entity was in fact among the first bidders; if that bid amount changed over the course of the bidding process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15708/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Catherine Murphy

678. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the provision of broadband services to residents in Allenwood in County Kildare and surrounding areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15452/15]

IBRC Staff

Catherine Murphy

86. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, with respect to a person (details supplied) seconded to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from September 2012, the reports, this person prepared during his tenure at the corporation; if he will make copies of these reports available; if that person's remit was to examine decisions prior to his deployment; the recommendations that person made with respect to transactions proposed by the corporation during his tenure; if that person's intervention led to changes, or to the abandonment of any proposed transaction; if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15104/15]

IBRC Staff

Catherine Murphy

87. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, with respect to a person (details supplied) seconded to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from September 2012, the reason such an appointment was made, if the Minister was, as he has stated numerous times, satisfied that transactions at the corporation were being carried out in the best interests of the taxpayer, in particular, the transaction involving the sale of a company (details supplied); his views that some decisions at the corporation were questionable, as to whether the taxpayers' interests were fully served, and that is the reason the secondment in question was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15105/15]

Child Poverty

Catherine Murphy

13. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware that the present housing crisis is one of the biggest contributors to child poverty, curtailed educational attainment and childhood health concerns; his views that the extreme pressures placed on families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness create an urgent child welfare issue in many cases; the measures he proposes to address this; the correspondence he has had with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and with the Minister for Social Protection on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14402/15]

Wildlife Regulations

Catherine Murphy

904. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the recent public consultation conducted on section 40 of the Irish Wildlife Act, the way any change to the section, if such is to be made, would be made; the instrument that will be used to amend the Irish Wildlife Acts; the timeframe for any findings and recommendations to be made to her from the working group she has established within her Department to consider the matter; when she will make a decision on the matter; the persons, bodies, sections and perspectives that are represented within the working group; if the working group comprises only her Department's staff or if she will provide the names of other representatives that are involved; if she will provide a copy of the terms of reference or instruction for the working group; if she or her Department solicited any submissions from any groups or organisations on this matter; if any submissions or comments were received on the matter outside of the mechanism notified for the public consultation; if she will clarify any distinction being made between the different types of submissions received; if different weighting or treatment will be afforded to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14163/15]

National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan

Catherine Murphy

13. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on delivery of the national disability strategy implementation plan; the number of Departments of State that have submitted their required inputs into the draft plan; the targets that have been discussed under the plan; her views that the plan has taken an inordinate amount of time to prepare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13400/15]

Legal Services Regulation

Catherine Murphy

32. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that the regulatory regime governing the legal profession as it stands is at variance with the services directive; the full implications of this; the legislative measures that are required; the implications that may arise for persons who suffered a professional loss as a result of decisions taken underneath the flawed regulations; if she is aware of any litigation which has commenced as a result of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13290/15]

Irish Water Administration

Catherine Murphy

246. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the precise criteria used by consultancy firms (details supplied) in determining to which entity to award the original Irish Water tender in 2012; the amount that was paid to said firms for their services in respect of this advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13852/15]

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

263. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 26 February 2015, the reason appointments were made to the board of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland without a public competition; if he considers it good practice to have made such appointments in the knowledge that the Government of which he is a member viewed such practice dimly and was imminently to reform these processes; if he will further explain the way it is not a conflict of interest to make an appointment to the board and compliance committee of a person with very close previous professional links with large media entities, which are routinely the subject of complaints before the compliance committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13825/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

28. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in respect of the departmental review of the sale of Siteserv to Millington by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the process that resulted in him being convinced that the sale amounted to the best outcome for the State; if he and his officials looked at both rounds of bids; if so, the number and name of the companies that made bids in the first round; the place in the hierarchy Millington fell; the number of those bids that went forward to the second round; the criteria for moving to the second round; the place Millington, the winning bid, fell in the hierarchy in terms of the amounts bid; if the tender process was uniform for all bidders; if not, the reason for same; if not, the way the bids were ranked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13118/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

31. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed account of the dialogue which took place between his Department and the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in advance of, during and after the introduction of the updated framework agreement governing the relationship between the bank and him in March 2012; if he will provide an itemised list of all such correspondence, including the purpose and detail of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13119/15]

Courts Service

Catherine Murphy

399. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the regulations governing public access to the public sittings of District and Circuit Courts; the circumstances in which public attendance at these courts can be curtailed; if it is a decision for the relevant judge concerned as to when curtailments on public attendance can be put into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13210/15]

Crime Prevention

Catherine Murphy

423. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the way the extra €2.8 million to tackle youth crime announced in December 2014 has been allocated; if she will provide a list of organisations, including their location, which have received funding from this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13418/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

64. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January, 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if she will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13115/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

80. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if records were kept of the meeting or meetings he or officials of his Department held with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in respect of a sale (details supplied); if so, if he will include these records in his response; if not, the reason; if not, the questions he raised in respect of payment to directors of the company in view of the large debt that was being written down, and the answers he received; the questions he raised in respect of the number of tenders considered; the reason the bid was more advantageous to the State; the questions he raised in respect of those who were involved in the tender process in the various entities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12546/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

81. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation extended a €10 million credit facility to an entity which was already heavily indebted to it (details supplied) at any point between 2010 and its sale in 2012; if he will confirm that all due diligence procedures were followed in advance of the forwarding of this line of credit; if this €10 million or outstanding portion thereof was specifically recovered through the sale of the entity concerned or if the money was written down entirely at that point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12621/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

82. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the recent media reports which state that the board of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation turned down a reportedly higher offer for an entity (details supplied) because one element of that proposal included a mandatory eight week due diligence exercise; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that had the board chosen this reported bid, the new framework agreement would have been in place once the said eight week period had expired; if he has considered that the sale of the entity was rushed in that respect; if he has invited any explanation as to what end such a rush was undertaken for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12628/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

102. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January, 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if he will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13110/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

109. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if he will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12544/15]

IDA Portfolio

Catherine Murphy

129. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to any case where Ireland is in breach of the directive on services in the Internal Market and if so, if he will provide the details of all such breaches; if enforcement proceedings have commenced against Ireland over any such breaches; the fines possible; the immediate steps he proposes to take within his departmental powers to address this breach; if these steps will include new legislation or amendments to legislation presently before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the correspondence, he has had with representatives of the professions in question, and the action necessary from them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

131. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if he will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13113/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if he will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13105/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

152. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list in tabular form of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if he will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13109/15]

Legal Services Regulation

Catherine Murphy

164. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to any case where Ireland is in breach of the directive on services in the Internal Market; if she will provide the details of all such breaches; if enforcement proceedings have commenced against Ireland over any such breaches; the immediate steps she proposes to take to address such breaches; if these steps will include new legislation or amendments to legislation presently before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the correspondence, if any, she has had with representatives of the professions in question; any future action that is required from them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12612/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January, 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if she will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13114/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

180. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list in tabular form of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if he will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13107/15]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Catherine Murphy

200. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of primary care centres in Celbridge, Leixlip and Kilcock in County Kildare; when these centres will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12562/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

209. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January, 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if he will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13112/15]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

214. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January, 2004, including any such awarded singularly or as a joint bid or consortium including said company; if he will indicate which Department, agency or semi-State company was the contacting party in each case; the value in each case; the purpose of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13111/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Catherine Murphy

230. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will account for the under-provision of spaces for children with special needs in the east Offaly/west Kildare area; her plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12549/15]