Parliamentary questions

Energy Prices

Catherine Murphy

267. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he is taking to address the problem of higher utility charges for persons with pre-pay meters and the lack of competition for this market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5129/18]

Internal Audits

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Audit standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5118/18]

Internal Audits

Catherine Murphy

301. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Auditors standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5105/18]

Internal Audits

Catherine Murphy

311. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Audit standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5117/18]

Internal Audits

Catherine Murphy

330. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Auditors standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5110/18]

Household Benefits Scheme

Catherine Murphy

335. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that more companies other than just a company (details supplied) are allowed to deduct the free electricity allowance from their customers' bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5230/18]

Internal Audits

Catherine Murphy

343. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Audit standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5114/18]

Internal Audits

Catherine Murphy

352. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Audit standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5107/18]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Catherine Murphy

100. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the details of agreed costs for LIHAF sites and all grant agreements that have been signed and approved will be published; the costing and sales prices in addition to the legal binding agreements that apply to all grant approved and grant agreed locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4346/18]

Housing Assistance Payment Administration

Catherine Murphy

341. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the agency that is notified when a landlord refuses to take a HAP payment; the way in which this data is collected; if local authorities are gathering such data; if it is provided to the Residential Tenancies Board; the process by which it is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4908/18]

Housing Assistance Payment Administration

Catherine Murphy

347. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps being taken to reduce the administrative time in processing new HAP payments (details supplied); if an emergency process is being considered for persons at risk of homelessness; if research into the reasons landlords refuse HAP has been carried out, including the payment delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4945/18]

Teachers' Remuneration

Catherine Murphy

203. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe to end the pay inequality in the teaching sector; if he has engaged with his colleague in the Department of Education and Skills on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4361/18]

Teachers' Remuneration

Catherine Murphy

204. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date on the pay review for the teaching sector; the level of engagement he has had with his colleague in the Department of Education and Skills on the matter; the timeframe he anticipates to work to when he begins the process of pay equalisation across the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4363/18]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

234. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional school accommodation in respect of a primary school (details supplied) has been received; and if so, the date on which this application will receive further consideration and-or a final decision. [4218/18]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

240. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being made to accommodate up to 20 pupils that have applied and have been refused places at a school (details supplied); if the shortfall was anticipated; if there are plans for additional capacity in the school for September 2018; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4273/18]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

244. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration given to the impact on pupils that are not accommodated in the nearest school, such as a school (details supplied); if the time and expense involved for students and parents forms a part of the analysis when consideration is given to extra classrooms when the numbers merit this; if it is necessary to plan places at an earlier stage than is currently the case; the arrangements in place for school transport in such cases in which they cannot be accommodated in the nearest school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4335/18]

Proposed Legislation

Catherine Murphy

278. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date on replacing the Communications Retention of Data Act 2011; if it will be assigned to the relevant Oireachtas committee for pre legislative scrutiny; if the European Court of Justice has set a deadline for a new Bill to be enacted in view of the fact that without new legislation it may impact on certain legal cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3979/18]

Crime Data

Catherine Murphy

310. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which annual policy plans are to be constructed in the absence of CSO figures on crime statistics; the data that will replace these statistics; the interaction he has had with the CSO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4272/18]

EU Directives

Catherine Murphy

350. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to include chiropractors in new guidelines for X-ray referral; his further plans to extend and-or re-open the consultation phase regarding the new guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3943/18]

Motor Tax Collection

Catherine Murphy

545. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 23 January 2018, the amount of motor tax collected in each of the years 2015 to 2017 by county, in tabular form; the way in which the funds collected are redistributed; the way in which motor tax receipts are spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4355/18]