Parliamentary questions

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

347. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25040/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

383. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if she will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25031/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

384. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by her Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if she will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25047/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

395. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25022/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

396. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25038/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

483. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25029/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

484. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25045/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

511. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly funded from the fund; if he will indicate for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25028/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

512. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014, inclusive, and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25044/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

564. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if she will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25025/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

565. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if she will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25041/15]

Climate Change Policy

Catherine Murphy

580. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Ireland will make its contribution to the Green Climate Fund, as referred to by him at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Lima, Peru, recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24566/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

616. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25026/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

617. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25042/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

635. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25023/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

636. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25039/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

654. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if he will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25035/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

655. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by his Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25051/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

663. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including projects that were part-funded and wholly-funded from the fund; if she will indicate, for each such part-funded project, where the balance of funding was sourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25021/15]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Catherine Murphy

664. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that was received by her Department from the national lottery fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if she will provide a detailed breakdown indicating the way this money was spent, or otherwise directed, for each of these years; if any moneys are held in reserve arising from funds received over this period or before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25037/15]

Beit Collection

Catherine Murphy

666. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the export licences issued for paintings, such as the Beit Foundation paintings proposed for sale in the United Kingdom in June and July 2015, if she will identify, specifically and explicitly, the mechanism and exact legislative provision that was used to delegate export licensing authority to the National Gallery of Ireland in April 1985, or at any other time, pursuant to the powers in the Documents and Pictures (Regulation of Export) Act 1945; if she will identify, specifically and explicitly, any other relevant legislative provisions authorising the National Gallery of Ireland to lawfully issue such export licences; if she will identify the authority that is entitled to issue export licences for paintings such as those as the Beit Foundation paintings proposed for sale in the United Kingdom in July 2015, and the legislative provisions that apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25120/15]

National Cultural Institutions

Catherine Murphy

3. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional funding that will be made available to the National Library and the National Museum to bring safety and security standards up to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24085/15]

National Library

Catherine Murphy

15. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will make available all correspondence or concerns expressed to her Department by the management of the National Library of Ireland regarding the safety and security of the national collection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23876/15]

National Archives

Catherine Murphy

17. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of the high sums spent annually on renting storage for National Archive records, she is considering any proposals to enhance the ability of the State to store and process these records more efficiently, without relying on private storage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23878/15]

National Archives

Catherine Murphy

19. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update in relation to the ongoing digitisation projects under the auspices of the National Archives; if she is aware that there are potential concerns surrounding different formats of digitisation taking place which could result in an extra cost if, at some point in the future, it is attempted to make records available through the same electronic medium; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23877/15]

Hedge Cutting Season

Catherine Murphy

38. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the representations she has received in relation to expanding the timeframe for legal hedge-cutting and gorse-burning; if, under present legislation, it is permissible to engage in hedge-cutting at any time if there is a safety concern; the expert advice to the working group in her Department in this regard, and with regard to the observed time in which bird-nesting takes place; if she is considering amending legislation in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23879/15]

Ministerial Correspondence

Catherine Murphy

255. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding an alleged mishandling of the public procurement process, which resulted in a serious consequence for the person concerned; the powers his Department has to review the matter; the steps he is taking to respond to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24326/15]

Swimming Pool Programme Applications

Catherine Murphy

268. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the management of the National University of Ireland has decided to close the swimming pool on the south campus in Maynooth University on 31 August 2015; that the north Kildare area is already critically under-served with regard to public swimming pool access; if the imminent closure of the university pool would have a bearing on the decision to fund a new public pool in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24346/15]

Cultural Policy

Catherine Murphy

269. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will share the results of the review of the export licensing system for artworks; if she is considering proposals to amend the licensing system to afford the National Gallery greater powers to intervene, when it is proposed that artworks of significant National importance be disposed of abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24086/15]

Road Improvement Schemes

Catherine Murphy

3. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied the route proposed for the M7 upgrade in County Kildare is the most beneficial and cost effective; the timescale as to when the upgrade will be completed; the public consultation which has taken place to date on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23837/15]

Rail Network Expansion

Catherine Murphy

5. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the Dublin Area Rapid Transit underground project, the railway procurement order for which expires in September 2015; the revised options for the project he is considering; the new timeline proposed for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23838/15]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Catherine Murphy

10. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is in a position to support the Naas neighbourhood greenway project in County Kildare either in part or in full; the consultation his Department has had relating to the proposal; the advice and support that has been offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23485/15]

National Mitigation Plan

Catherine Murphy

13. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the precise targets and reduction measurement proposals his Department is proposing to mitigate harmful emissions to address the significant shortcomings in the transport sector that are projected, a 22% increase over the 2011 to 2020 period; if his Department has set in place any indicative targets for the profile of domestic fuel use for petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, electricity, fuel oil, jet kerosene and renewables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23483/15]

Swimming Pool Programme Status

Catherine Murphy

33. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the planned roll-out of a public swimming pool in the north Kildare area; the timeline for completion of the construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23484/15]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Catherine Murphy

252. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in anticipation of the 2030 European Union effort-sharing decision on transport emissions reductions, he will outline the specific proposals by his Department on ensuring the domestic fleet of cars, vans and lorries adapt to ensure the meeting of new standards; the policy measures proposed in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23839/15]

Media Mergers

Catherine Murphy

107. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is considering to better regulate the ownership of media in the State; if he can account for the reason, as has been reported recently, that proposals on regulation of media ownership will only apply to new acquisitions-mergers, and will not attempt to regulate or ameliorate existing concentrations of media ownership in the State, in the public interest; the conclusions of the European Commission with regard to retrospective regulation proposals and their compatibility with European Union market law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22941/15]

Legislative Measures

Catherine Murphy

761. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to draft secondary legislation in relation to section 130 of the Local Government Act 2001; if so, to the time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23199/15]

Planning Issues

Catherine Murphy

762. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the secondary legislation and guidelines that apply in relation to section 247 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; his plans to make new legislative provisions in respect of this section; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23201/15]

Public Transport Fares

Catherine Murphy

892. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the annual inflation rate in the transport sector; and the rate of increase in average ticket prices for Irish Rail intercity rail journeys, commuter rail journeys, Dublin Bus journeys, Dublin Area Rapid Transit journeys, Bus Éireann journeys and LUAS journeys in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23486/15]

Public Transport Fares

Catherine Murphy

893. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that public transport customer pricing is not set according to a fair and uniform national standard and that, as a consequence, different rates apply to similar distances and average journey times; if his Department is preparing any policy to ensure that a fair and reasonable pricing policy is applied across the State with regard to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23482/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Catherine Murphy

3. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reconvene the homelessness forum, given the fact that ever more families are finding it impossible to source even emergency accommodation and the fact that Government policy is exacerbating this trend; if he is aware that the situation in County Kildare, County Meath and County Wicklow is rapidly deteriorating; his plans to address this crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22634/15]

Irish Water Establishment

Catherine Murphy

5. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to a letter sent from a multinational company to his Department in February 2012 regarding proposals to install water meters, as released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (details supplied), if he will indicate the context and assumptions under which the company made its key proposals; if it was assumed at the time that the soon to be established water utility would be made available for sale eventually, either in part or entirely; the initial contact the letter was responding to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22636/15]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Catherine Murphy

10. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there has been such an extreme delay in the issuing of updated planning guidelines governing wind farms; when he will be signing the new guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22318/15]

Emergency Accommodation Provision

Catherine Murphy

14. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the obligations that are set out in respect of a housing authority where there is a refusal to provide emergency accommodation for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22316/15]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

18. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that has been released to local authorities from the announced housing allocation for 2015, in total and in each of the following categories - for construction, long-term lease, housing assistance payment, and rental accommodation scheme; the number of units that are expected to be available in each of the coming five years in each local authority in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22314/15]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Catherine Murphy

95. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to the case of a person (details supplied) who applied in 2001 for an interdepartmental transfer under a previous set of central transfer scheme guidelines but who was required to conform to new standards put in place days after she had made the initial transfer application and, as a consequence, has not been able to avail of the transfer options available to her in the intervening period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22860/15]

Company Takeovers

Catherine Murphy

98. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent of his knowledge of a transaction (details supplied) prior to the completion of the transaction, which would arise in the ordinary course of his responsibilities as Minister in relation to such transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22858/15]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Catherine Murphy

132. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the present inadequate situation at Teach Tearmainn Women's Refuge in Newbridge in County Kildare; that two apartments are furnished and ready to be made available, but cannot be, due to staff funding shortfalls; that Teach Tearmainn is the only such refuge in County Kildare, the fourth most populous county in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22861/15]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

200. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for a general purpose room in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the plans in place for the continued development of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22857/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Catherine Murphy

204. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the funding and services of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive to the outer regions, which are experiencing a housing crisis of epidemic proportions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22635/15]

Local Authority Staff

Catherine Murphy

205. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that a significant cohort of new housing units in the immediate future will be operated under lease, under the housing assistance payment scheme or under the rental accommodation scheme, his plans to reconfigure staffing at local authority level to include a tenancy protection unit at certain high-pressure areas such as in County Kildare and in other commuter belt counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/15]

Road Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

233. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the M7 upgrade project; the projected cost; the projected timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22884/15]

Public Transport Subsidies

Catherine Murphy

234. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of State subsidy to the public transport sector, broken down by company in aggregate since 2008; the measure his Department utilises to establish the inflation rate in the transport sector; the rate in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22887/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1086. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that sufficient funding to tackle homelessness has been awarded to the region encompassing County Kildare, as the lead partner, and County Wicklow and County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/15]

Local Authority Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

1087. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reporting requirements that are in place for local authorities, in respect of the breakdown of their spending on costs of housing and emergency housing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1088. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that it is permissible for a housing authority to refuse to provide emergency accommodation for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22368/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1089. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to lift the embargo specifically in respect of local authority staff resourcing to assist areas where staffing to manage homelessness is critically lacking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22369/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1090. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government what obligations of a local authority are set down in processes to facilitate the timely assessment of a homeless case; how those needs are quantified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22370/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1091. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is obligatory to register a case of homelessness on his Department’s pathway accommodation and support system, once a local authority is aware of the status of the homelessness of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22372/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1092. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is confident that his Department has awarded sufficient funding to provide emergency accommodation to deal with the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22376/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1093. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the responsibility of the requirement of the provision of emergency accommodation to homeless persons rests within the Housing Act 1988; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22377/15]

Homelessness Strategy

Catherine Murphy

1094. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the responsibility for the requirement of the provision of emergency accommodation to homeless persons rests within the Housing Act 1988; that this aspect of the Housing Act has not been amended since it failed to cater for the complications of the new and escalating homelessness crisis, mainly encompassing family groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22378/15]

IBRC Legal Cases

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent to date by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in litigating a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20258/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

289. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the existence of a verbal agreement between a debtor (details supplied) and the chief executive officer of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, which stipulated terms and conditions of loan repayments due to the corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20259/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

290. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of an agreement put in place between a debtor and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied), regarding the flexible repayment of that debtor's loans, which was never escalated to the credit committee of the corporation, as legally required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20260/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

291. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that a debtor to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied) had written to the current special liquidator of the corporation, seeking changes in any of the terms and conditions of that debtor's loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20261/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

292. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation have offered or given discounts to debtors, as an incentive to refinance their loans elsewhere, before the scheduled sale of said loans as part of the liquidation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20262/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

300. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the review into transactions at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, to be undertaken by KPMG, will include a review of both the Blue Ocean Associates sale to a person (details supplied), which resulted in a write-down of €64 million, and the sale of Topaz to a consortium led by the same person, which also involved a significant write-down to the State. [20468/15]

Mental Health Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

727. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the efforts that have been made to employ additional psychologists at Naas child and adolescent mental health services in County Kildare; if he is aware that presently social workers are carrying out the duties that psychologists would ordinarily carry out, as a result of shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20641/15]

Human Rights

Catherine Murphy

28. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); the length the Government are prepared to go to ensure that this person is released; the progress the Irish diplomatic service has made to date; the consular assistance that has been provided to this person, and his family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19330/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

27. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 26 March 2015 in relation to his Department's inquiries into the sale of Siteserv by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the reason he stated this matter was further discussed at a meeting between the former Secretary General of the Department of Finance and the then chief executive officer of the corporation took place in August 2012, when the chief executive officer in question has stated in the public domain that the matter was not discussed at that meeting (details supplied); if he disputes the account provided by the former chief executive officer; if not, if it was his intention to mislead Dáil Éireann in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17564/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

31. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in view of the information which has emerged in the public domain recently which demonstrates a severely strained relationship between his Department and the senior management at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in advance of its special liquidation, if he will state that such difficulties were not a contributory factor in the early winding up of the corporation in February 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17571/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Data

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age in receipt of a reduced jobseeker's allowance social welfare payment in each year 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17660/15]

IBRC Loans

Catherine Murphy

156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, up to the time of its liquidation, was recovering 100% of loans repaid by a person (details supplied); whether this person had any outstanding loan balances after the corporation went into liquidation; if the special liquidator received a 100% repayment of these loans, of if the special liquidator allowed this person to purchase the loans back, at a discount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/15]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Catherine Murphy

157. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance with regard to the report of a person's departure from Allied Irish Banks (details supplied), if he will provide full details of all forms of remuneration, including all benefits, temporary or otherwise, housing allowances, travel, or any type of payment, provided to the person on an annual basis, during that person's time at the bank; if that person will remain a member of the bank's defined benefit pension plan, and if that person will, at a certain point, be entitled to receive a pension; if so, when calculated by an actuarial pension specialist, the amount this equates to in net present value terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17659/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason a young person between 18 and 25 years of age is disadvantaged in accessing a medical card due to having an income below the income threshold; his strategy to ensure that young vulnerable persons can access medical care in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17662/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Catherine Murphy

289. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a young person between 18 and 25 years of age on a social welfare payment and independently living can be considered more disadvantaged than other citizens of the State due to the fact of having an income threshold that is too low to make that person eligible for a medical card; his views that these persons are considered to be less entitled or in need of medical care; his strategy to ensure that young vulnerable persons can access medical care in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17663/15]

Youthreach Programme Funding

Catherine Murphy

443. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons under 25 years of age who were in receipt of a reduced Youthreach social welfare payment in each of the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17661/15]

Housing Assistance Payments

Catherine Murphy

558. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households currently in receipt of the housing assistance payment; if the roll-out of the payment is on track to be available in all local authorities and to 8,400 households by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17674/15]

National Library

Catherine Murphy

23. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department is making available to the National Library of Ireland in its impending task of placing the entire collection of church records online; the estimated timeframe for this project; the staff resources which will be involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16821/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

85. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will describe the quality of the working relationship between his Department and the senior management and staff at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in the months leading up to the appointment of a special liquidator to same; if he will release all correspondence and documentation in the period from the sale of Siteserv plc until the appointment of the special liquidator which indicate his Department’s opinion or concern regarding the quality of decision making by senior management; if he will provide all documentation and correspondence concerning the eventual appointment of a special liquidator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17173/15]

Ministerial Dialogue

Catherine Murphy

86. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the dialogue his Department had with the European Commission regarding its concerns as to the quality of some of the managerial decisions at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will release all documentation and correspondence concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17174/15]

IBRC Liquidation

Catherine Murphy

87. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the dialogue his Department had with the European Commission regarding the appointment of a special liquidator to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will release all documentation and correspondence concerning same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17175/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he or any of his officials expressed any concerns regarding the fact that the winning bid presented during the sale process of Siteserv plc was apparently presented as matching the precise requirements of the seller, in this case without any prior engagement by said bidder with the sale process; his views that such a concise bid is unusual and raises some concerns regarding the extent of information which could potentially have been made available during the sale process; if he will publish all concerns expressed by Department officials regarding the sale process, with particular reference to the foregoing element of the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17176/15]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Catherine Murphy

8. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an itemised list of all cycle routes, and proposed cycle routes, which are being supported financially by the National Transport Authority; if he will indicate the way the authority is supporting cycling initiatives in the commuter belt counties of Kildare and Meath; his plans to address infrastructural deficits in these areas, in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16517/15]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

59. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the primary adviser at Davy Corporate Finance (details supplied) with responsibility for the 2012 Siteserv sale, who was also responsible for managing the corporate finance relationship of an interested party at that time (details supplied), was subsequently hired by his Department to oversee the shareholder management unit, which had responsibility for departmental inquiries into the Siteserv transaction throughout the 2012/2013 period; the dates at which this person began employment in said role; if he considers there to be a major conflict of interest apparent in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16995/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

60. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, as part of his departmental inquiries into the sale of Siteserv by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in 2012, he was aware that shares in Siteserv were bought by senior employees at the entity engaged by Siteserv to facilitate its own sale in the three month period immediately preceding the actual sale to Millington Ltd.; if he was aware that these share acquisitions may have arisen as a result of privileged information relating to the sale being shared in a dishonest fashion; if he is aware that the Irish Stock Exchange has investigated this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16996/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

61. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will release all documentation and correspondence between his Department, other State agencies, the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and all other parties concerning the acquisition of shares in Siteserv Ltd. in the period 1 June 2011 to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16997/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

62. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of instances where a person (details supplied) met with Siteserv company management at any stage from 1 January 2011 to the date of the eventual sale of Siteserv by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, or had direct engagements; if he is aware of instances where this person met with management or staff at the corporation, or had direct engagements, during the same period; if so, if he will share the extent of his knowledge concerning the subject of those meetings and engagements, who participated in them and the dates on which they occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16998/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

63. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances where the main shareholders of Siteserv met with a person (details supplied), or had direct engagements with the person, at any stage from 1 January 2011 to the date of the eventual sale of Siteserv by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16999/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

64. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will account for the reason neither the Financial Services Regulator, the Irish Stock Exchange nor the Irish Takeover Panel initiated any inquiries into the sale of Siteserv by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will share the extent of his Department’s correspondence with each of these entities in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17000/15]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

65. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all staff employed in his Department do not have financial interests which may conflict with their public service duties; the requirements which are placed upon staff in order to ensure impartiality; if it is permissible for staff who are employed at his Department to comply with these regulations by transferring any potential compromising interests to their spouses or civil partners; if such transfers are required to be disclosed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17001/15]

Freedom of Information

Catherine Murphy

122. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason documents released to this Deputy, under the Freedom of Information Acts, concerning the sale of a company (details supplied) were so heavily redacted; if he will provide a page by page justification for each redaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16654/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

123. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the number of large transactions undertaken by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation which his Department had concerns over, as described in documents released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act, concerning the sale of a company (details supplied) by the corporation, and which he was also described as being very concerned about; if he will specifically and methodically indicate the amounts concerned in each case, that is, the impact upon the capital holdings of the corporation, the cost to the State, the total write-downs on original value and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16655/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

124. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will elaborate specifically upon what his Department officials described as poor management which was displayed in a number of large transactions, as described in documents released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act, concerning the sale of a company (details supplied) by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if his Department had any concerns regarding specific persons working in the corporation with regard to these poor decisions; if so, if he will state whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16656/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

125. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 16 December 2014, the reason he refused to answer the specific question, which asked if he was satisfied that the sale of a company (details supplied) by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was done in the best possible interests of the State, instead indicating that he was informed that the board of the corporation considered it so; his views that failing to supply his position on this matter may lead to a reasonable assumption, based on the reply to the parliamentary question, that his Department had no concerns whatsoever regarding the matter; if he will concede that this is a dissimulative approach to take, considering information which later came to light proved otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16657/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

126. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will categorically state if the sale of a company (details supplied) by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was in fact conducted for the maximum return for the State; the reason he has failed to state his position thus far on this matter, even though it has come to light that his Department believed that the sale decision has raised a number of areas where it believes that decisions taken by the corporation resulted in a less optimum return for the bank, as is clearly written in documents marked seen by the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16658/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

127. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will release the findings of the review undertaken by officials at the Central Bank of Ireland into the sale of a company (details supplied) by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will indicate the main recommendations arising from same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16659/15]

IBRC Liquidation

Catherine Murphy

128. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason he stated in Dáil Éireann on 6 February 2013 during his opening remarks on Second Stage of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013, that he wished to emphasise that the reason these steps were being taken was entirely distinct from the performance or direction of the board or management of the corporation, and that he wished to acknowledge, with much appreciation, the significant efforts the directors and staff of the corporation had made to the stabilisation of, and maintenance of value in, the corporation; if at that time, as has been revealed in documents dated July 2012 and released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act, he was very concerned with how a large number of transactions had been handled over the previous number of months, and that this had led the Department to question the effectiveness of the chief executive officer and the current management team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16660/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

129. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he took the advice of his officials who recommended that the chairman of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation be asked to commission a full independent review of a company's (details supplied) transaction, as written in documents released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act; if so, the procedure that was followed; the findings of that review; the measures that were taken on foot of the review being conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/15]