Parliamentary questions

Local Authority Management

Catherine Murphy

498. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which local authorities will provide support for municipal district mayors in a proportionate manner to cost-effectively reflect the rebalancing of duties away from county mayor toward municipal district level; if guidelines in respect of this have been issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32622/14]

TB Eradication Scheme

Catherine Murphy

557. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he has studied the recent paper published in a journal (details supplied) which indicates that culling badgers has little impact on reducing the spread of TB; if he has taken note of the failure of the trail badger cull in the UK and if, in view of this, if he will reconsider seeking contractors for a badger cull this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32729/14]

TB Eradication Scheme

Catherine Murphy

562. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of the expense of culling badgers here versus the expense of vaccination, taking account of the reductions in the incidence of TB that the two options achieve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32807/14]

Garda Data

Catherine Murphy

576. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank and division, that availed of maternity leave, sick leave, adoptive leave, carer's leave or a career break in 2013 and 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32288/14]

Garda Data

Catherine Murphy

577. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank and division, that were forced to avail of sick leave or otherwise could not carry out their duties as a result of an injury or illness, including stress-related illnesses, received while in the course of their duties in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32289/14]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Catherine Murphy

667. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if any hospitals are currently employing or seeking to employ agency staff to do the same jobs as contracted staff but at higher rates of remuneration; if he will verify and respond to the specific example provided (details supplied); if he considers this discriminatory practice and if so, his plans to prohibit it to a reasonable extent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32193/14]

Departmental Records

Catherine Murphy

681. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the extent to which records maintained by the former Department of Local Government and Public Health from 1924 to 1947 are in the possession of his Department since its establishment in 1947; if these records contain information relating to payments made by the State to religious institutions in return for those institutions taking individuals deemed in need of institutional care such as that provided by mother and baby homes, Magdalene Laundries, children's and orphans homes and related institutions; if he will undertake to determine the fullest extent to which these records exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32414/14]

Patient Files

Catherine Murphy

704. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the extent to which patient information is made available to third party pharmaceutical companies or any other entity broken down by category of information; if he will instruct the health care pricing office to divulge precisely how much information has been provided by indicating, in tabular format, the entities to which information has been provided; the dates upon which information was provided in the past ten years; the number of patients whose information has been shared; if consent was sought in any case; if any sum was paid in exchange for said information; the stated reasons for which access to this information was sought; if he has contacted the Data Protection Commissioner to ascertain if this data transfer is consistent with data protection legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32636/14]

Health Care Professionals

Catherine Murphy

712. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his response to the claim by certain general practitioners with medical card contracts to the Rights Commissioner that they are entitled to be considered employees of the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32706/14]

Departmental Records

Catherine Murphy

794. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which records maintained by the former Department of Local Government and Public Health from 1924 to 1947 are in the possession of his Department including the powers and functions intended to be vested in his Department in the coming weeks; if these records contain information relating to payments made by the State to religious institutions in return for those institutions taking individuals deemed in need of institutional care such as that provided by mother and baby homes, Magdalen Laundries, children's and orphans' homes and related institutions; if he will undertake to determine the fullest extent to which these records exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32413/14]

Residential Placement Tenders

Catherine Murphy

806. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of tenders issued and the number brought to contract and agreed for residential placements for children in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will list all such contracts; if any contracts have been agreed but not yet paid and if so, the reason this may happen; if any contracts have been agreed but the residential units in question have not been occupied yet; if so, which ones and the amount that has been paid in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32611/14]

Child and Family Agency Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

821. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the money provided for Tusla in 2014 is adequate; if the agency will requite a supplementary allocation of funds; if he will provide a breakdown of 2013 and 2014 expenditure to date of the agency by specific category; the salary and pension costs broken down by grade; the moneys spent on consultants broken down by specific contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32711/14]

Shared Ownership Scheme

Catherine Murphy

167. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the shared ownership scheme operated by local authorities whereby the redemption figure carries a credit on the rental side, based on actual rent paid, in a similar way to that of the discount applied in the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31790/14]

Shared Ownership Scheme

Catherine Murphy

168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any consideration is being given to the shared ownership scheme for those who do not quality for other local authority loans, who cannot raise the finance elsewhere and who will then not be in a position to purchase the rental side of the loan; if rental affordability and arrears are part of that consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31791/14]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Catherine Murphy

84. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the new measures she has implemented to the eligibility criteria of applicants for the back to education scheme in terms of students who wish to work throughout the summer term of their college course; if she will render them ineligible for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31027/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Catherine Murphy

102. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the percentage and actual figures of the fall off in rent supplement claims for new tenancies in north of Kildare and other nationwide constituencies in 2013 and 2014 by quarter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31026/14]

Statutory Instruments

Catherine Murphy

116. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from the 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30707/14]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Murphy

117. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and the board in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30708/14]

IBRC Bonds

Catherine Murphy

166. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 63 and 64 of 3 July 2014, his intention regarding the proceeds of the sale of the €25 billion of floating rate notes and €3.46 billion of Government fixed coupon bonds acquired by the Central Bank of Ireland last year; the portion that will be destroyed and to what specific schedule; the portion that will be redirected toward supplementing Government income and to what schedule; the total projected cost of the bonds, including all interest coupons-final maturity payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30831/14]

Promissory Notes

Catherine Murphy

167. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the €25 billion of floating rate notes and €3.46 billion of Government fixed coupon 2025 bonds acquired by the Central Bank of Ireland, he will ask the ECB or Commission for a review of the economic efficacy that destruction of proceeds from the sale of said bonds would have in view of the fact that they form such a major portion of legacy bank debt, that this money is already in circulation, and that such destruction would simply take this sum out of circulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30832/14]