Parliamentary questions

Garda Deployment

Eoghan Murphy

621. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider allocating additional resources to the gardaí so that they may increase the number of gardaí on active duty in Dublin city centre; and if she will consider bringing forward zero tolerance legislation and regulations when it comes to certain activities, including public street drinking, drug use, begging, breaches in planning law, and cycling on footpaths. [33730/14]

Health Screening Programmes

Eoghan Murphy

962. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's policy on foetal abnormality testing; the State support provided; and the guidelines or policy that is in place for the HSE in dealing with religious and cultural beliefs that may be at odds with the welfare of women in this State. [33731/14]

Health Services

Eoghan Murphy

991. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on implementing best practices regarding hereditary angioedema (HAE) which have been outlined in a report (details supplied), and adopted in most European Union countries, specifically to make home infusions of C1-INH protein standard practice; his views on the report's positive cost-benefit analysis of said practice and to educate medical professionals of the symptoms of HAE. [33815/14]

Proposed Legislation

Eoghan Murphy

1662. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce regulations that will permit local authorities to enact by-laws pertaining to the trailing of leads over public roads, footpaths and car parks (details supplied). [33170/14]

Parking Charges

Eoghan Murphy

1675. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bring forward regulations or primary legislation that would give local authorities the right to forgo, extinguish or transfer an income stream arising directly from a designated zoned area of permit parking for which it has entered into a contract under the applicable by-law with members of the public/residents; his further plans to bring forward regulations or primary legislation which would give local authorities the authority to cancel that pre-existing contract to move that beneficial interest in the value of the permit parking/fee out of the public domain directly as a consequence of serving or facilitating the needs of a private commercial vendor to become the sole beneficiary of that beneficial interest. [33060/14]

Flood Risk Insurance Cover

Eoghan Murphy

161. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies refusing home insurance, including but not limited to flood insurance, to householders in Dublin based on a supposed risk of flooding, even though there is no history or projected risk of flooding in the area in question. [30767/14]

VAT Rate Application

Eoghan Murphy

173. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering a VAT rate of 23% on health products; and if this will include food or drink products that are viewed as natural remedies to certain conditions, or are taken as alternatives to other similar foods because of dietary requirements. [30977/14]

Departmental Funding

Eoghan Murphy

268. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise on potential funding awards in her Department, either from the national lottery fund or other, that could be granted in respect of fitness (details supplied), at primary school level; and if he will provide a relevant point of contact for accessing such funding. [30769/14]

Departmental Funding

Eoghan Murphy

277. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on potential funding awards in her Department, either from the national lottery fund or other, that could be granted in respect of projects in the area of science, engineering and fitness (details supplied), at primary school level; and if he will provide a relevant point of contact for accessing such funding. [30768/14]

School Curriculum

Eoghan Murphy

282. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the work undertaken to date by the programme officer charged with developing the new curriculum on education about religion and beliefs and ethics for primary schools following the Report of the Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector; when a curriculum will be published; her plans to provide appropriate in-service and resources to facilitate the implementation of this new curriculum when published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30979/14]

Data Protection

Eoghan Murphy

566. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to any Government agencies that have direct access to the networks of telecommunications companies; the number of court orders that were obtained in the past three calendar years to directly access the calls and e-mails of citizens; her plans to introduce new legislation to protect the privacy of telecommunications and to ensure that Government agencies are only given access to such data on foot of a High Court warrant; and if Government agencies that are accessing the privacy of telecommunications without a court order are complying with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. [30665/14]

Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit

Eoghan Murphy

573. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is concerned regarding reports of errors in the property price register; if these errors are fraudulent or accidental; and the way the errors are monitored, detected and corrected. [30978/14]

HSE Funding

Eoghan Murphy

640. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of February 2014, if the response from the Health Service Executive includes its involvement in the creation of new posts at an organisation (details supplied); and if not, if the Health Service Executive will indicate the amount of money it has put into these new posts and the timeframe for same. [30975/14]

Professional Ethics

Eoghan Murphy

641. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that members of the dentistry profession or any medical profession have to disclose gifts received by industry, for example, hospitality, entertainment or travel; the way such disclosures are policed or regulated; and if he is satisfied with current practice in this area. [30976/14]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Eoghan Murphy

696. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider adding the multiple sclerosis drug Fampyra to the drug payment scheme. [31511/14]

Sports Events

Eoghan Murphy

11. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed bid for the Rugby World Cup. [27316/14]

Tourism Industry

Eoghan Murphy

15. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the performance of the tourism sector here to date in 2014, in comparison with the previous two years and projecting forward for the rest of the year, including the increased numbers in employment. [27315/14]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Eoghan Murphy

60. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide assurances that he will not allow banks here to impose any further increase in variable rate mortgages while the ECB rate remains as low as it is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27629/14]

Employment Rights

Eoghan Murphy

177. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering regulating the live-in au pair market as in other European countries to reduce the occurrence of abuse in the sector; if her attention has been drawn to the exploitation in the live-out au pair market where au-pairs regularly have no protection due to the fact that this type of employment tends to subsidise foreign students whose visas do not permit employment; if she will consider bringing this sector out of the black economy by way of legislation akin to JobBridge and make the necessary provisions in law by amending the visa scheme. [27611/14]

Criminal Law

Eoghan Murphy

136. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish definition of hatred as per the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 does not include gender as its basis, or gender identity or expression, as per EU law. [27580/14]