Parliamentary questions

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

734. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the tendering process for the new post-primary school in Maynooth in County Kildare; if the cost-benefit analysis is concluded; when will construction commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7115/16]

School Transport Provision

Catherine Murphy

735. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to consider a more nuanced approach to school transport services where school service buses are full at the point of departure but school buses going past these stops are not full but students are refused access to school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7142/16]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

779. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded; each State Board appointment made by him or by an agency of his Department from 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6690/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

802. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing completions, by quarter, and by county, confirmed for each of the years 2013 to the first quarter of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7067/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

803. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses purchased, by quarter and by county, in respect of social housing allocations in each of the years 2013 to the first quarter of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7068/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

804. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant houses acquired back by local authorities, by quarter, and by county, in respect of social housing in each of the years 2013 to the first quarter of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7069/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

805. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the longest amount of time in years and months that a single person has been waiting for an allocation of social housing, by county, for each of the years from 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7070/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

806. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the longest amount of time in years and months that a couple or one-parent family with one child have been waiting for an allocation of social housing by county, for each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7071/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

807. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the longest amount of time in years and months that a couple or one-parent family with two or more children have been waiting for an allocation of social housing, by county, for each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7072/16]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

821. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded; and each State board appointment made by him or by an agency of his Department from 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6687/16]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

849. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded; each State board appointment made by him or by an agency of his Department from 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6698/16]

Public Transport Provision

Catherine Murphy

863. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding for more rolling stock on the overcrowded commuter lines servicing counties Kildare and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7060/16]

Rail Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

864. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to invest in rolling stock over the past ten years; the service lines this has been applied to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7061/16]

Rail Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

865. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the national and European Union infrastructure funding available to expand train services and carriage capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7062/16]

Public Transport Initiatives

Catherine Murphy

868. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to invest in contactless payment for Dublin Bus and for Bus Éireann services at the point of entry to the bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7172/16]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

872. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded; each State board appointment made by her or by an agency of her Department from 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6685/16]

Local Enterprise Offices

Catherine Murphy

225. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason local enterprise office mentoring sessions for new and expanding business are limited to only two mentoring sessions, given the potential return on investment and growth that is secured when additional supports are offered; the European Union norms and funding available for investment and the provision of supports for new and emerging companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5576/16]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data

Catherine Murphy

753. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 150 successful applications that were successfully accepted onto the mortgage to rent scheme by year, by bank and by the housing association that was the beneficiary of the housing stock to rent back as a mortgage to rent property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5575/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Catherine Murphy

46. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will establish a welfare officer as a point of contact for homeless persons within the Kildare, Wicklow and Meath areas to enable homeless families to obtain help with social protection claims where no address provision is available; if she is aware that no homeless persons unit exists in this region to advise and assist persons in this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5241/16]

JobPath Implementation

Catherine Murphy

47. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has evaluated the JobPath contract performance; what key performance indicators are used to measure performance; what targets have been met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5242/16]