Parliamentary questions

School Enrolments

Paul Murphy

239. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the practice of primary schools seeking a non-refundable fee to hold places for children; if she supports this practice; and if she will consider taking measures to prevent this practice [8851/16]

Teaching Qualifications

Paul Murphy

240. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on changes to regulation 3 which relates to the employment of Montessori and other categories of teachers; if she will provide an assurance that teachers in this category will not be adversely affected by changes to the regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8852/16]

National Internship Scheme

Paul Murphy

32. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why companies which had been banned from the JobBridge scheme, have been readmitted to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8205/16]

National Internship Scheme

Paul Murphy

33. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has produced new rules for the conduct of host companies under the JobBridge scheme, following the decision to readmit companies that had been previously banned from it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8206/16]

National Internship Scheme

Paul Murphy

34. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints she has received from interns on the JobBridge scheme; and the number of these that she investigated and upheld. [8207/16]

National Internship Scheme

Paul Murphy

35. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of visits by JobBridge monitors to host companies in each of the years 2012 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8208/16]

National Internship Scheme

Paul Murphy

36. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of placement advertisements she has rejected, including the reason she rejected them, under the JobBridge scheme, by year, since the scheme began. [8209/16]

National Internship Scheme

Paul Murphy

37. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants who finished a placement early under the JobBridge scheme, citing dissatisfaction with the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8210/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Paul Murphy

38. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had a penalty applied to their social protection payment for refusing to take part in the Gateway scheme, by county. [8211/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Paul Murphy

39. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants who have left the Gateway scheme early, citing dissatisfaction with the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8212/16]

JobPath Implementation

Paul Murphy

40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had a penalty applied to their social protection payments for refusing to take part in the JobPath scheme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8213/16]

JobPath Implementation

Paul Murphy

41. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints she has received from providers regarding participants whom they deemed to be not engaging under the JobPath scheme; the number of these participants who had penalties applied to their social protection payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8214/16]

JobPath Implementation

Paul Murphy

42. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of reviews she has carried out into the operation of the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8215/16]

JobPath Implementation

Paul Murphy

43. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants under the JobPath scheme; the number who have secured full-time and part-time employment because of their participation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8216/16]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Paul Murphy

100. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if persons who are disabled drivers in accordance with SI 353 of 1994 qualify for the exemption on motor tax for cars that are not adapted but are automatic, and, therefore, suited to their needs; and if persons who qualify as disabled under the regulations qualify for the fuel tax exemptions if their cars have not been adapted but suit their needs. [8130/16]

Human Rights Issues

Paul Murphy

364. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the welfare of a person (details supplied) who is being detained and awaiting trial in Egypt and what he is doing to secure this person's release. [8187/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Paul Murphy

365. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for a procedure for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the waiting times for spinal and orthopaedic surgery and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7803/16]

Departmental Properties

Paul Murphy

404. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will resolve the ongoing problem with the implementation of the pitch development proposals at a club (details supplied) in Dublin 24, due to a six-month delay; and to process a land swap with South Dublin County Council or agree to permit the construction of a boundary wall on her Department's land. [7287/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on rent supplement in 2015; the number of households assisted; the average monthly rent supplement paid per household in County Dublin and outside County Dublin; and the number of households on rent supplement in January and December 2015. [6301/16]

NAMA Portfolio

Paul Murphy

72. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of acres of residential land the National Asset Management Agency controls directly or has an interest in through loans owed to it by county. [6302/16]

NAMA Portfolio

Paul Murphy

73. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential units the National Asset Management Agency owns, controls, or has an interest in, directly or indirectly, and the number of such residential units that have been sold on to investment funds and to real estate investment trusts since the agency was established. [6303/16]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Paul Murphy

74. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the expenditure by the National Asset Management Agency on providing social housing and on providing offices to date, by year; and the agency's projected annual spend on social housing and offices in 2016 and in 2017. [6304/16]

NAMA Debtors

Paul Murphy

75. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of debtors who have exited the National Assets Management Agency to date; the number of these who have repaid their debts in full; the total original debts owed to the agency by such exited debtors, and the amount recovered by the agency from them. [6305/16]

NAMA Loan Book Value

Paul Murphy

76. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the final amount the National Assets Management Agency is expected to recover on its debts relative to the €74 billion of loans it acquired; and the amount recovered to date by year. [6306/16]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Paul Murphy

77. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost of tax relief for real estate investment trusts since they were established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/16]

Tax Reliefs Costs

Paul Murphy

78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost of tax relief and exemptions availed of by private landlords, including mortgage interest relief, for each of the years 2011 to 2015. [6308/16]

Tax Reliefs Costs

Paul Murphy

79. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the projected cost of the exemption from capital gains tax for property sold after being acquired and held for seven years. [6309/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Paul Murphy

534. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the differences in standards that prevent speech and language therapists with qualifications from the United Kingdom from having their qualifications recognised in Ireland; to implement a mechanism to allow for the attainment of practical experience in the field of dysphagia in order to allow for the recognition of qualifications from the United Kingdom; to reintroduce training in dysphagia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6822/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Paul Murphy

752. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on acquiring second-hand social housing units in 2015; the number that were acquired; and the average cost per unit in County Dublin and outside County Dublin. [6298/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Paul Murphy

753. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the location of the 28 new council homes built in 2015, and the number provided through the Part V scheme. [6299/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Paul Murphy

754. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on providing social housing through renting and leasing private rental accommodation from landlords and developers through the rental accommodation scheme, the housing assistance payment scheme, the social housing capital expenditure programme, the new Part V in 2015 and other schemes; the number of rented or leased units provided; and the average annual cost per unit per scheme. [6300/16]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

291. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to report on the availability of the tuberculosis BCG vaccine and the measures being taken to ensure it is available to all those who require it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4754/16]

Driver Licence Renewals

Paul Murphy

566. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review the driving licence renewal process for persons over 70 years of age which requires a general practitioner to make an assessment of eyesight, given that an optician may be better suited for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4755/16]