Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Teachers' Remuneration

Catherine Murphy

438. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to action the directive contained in circular 0053/2014 where it was announced that teachers who began their service after January 2011 were to have their pay restored to the pre-cut scales so as to alleviate some of the disparity between teachers’ pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45139/14]

Electromagnetic Fields Studies

Catherine Murphy

485. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the policy that is relied upon to define acceptable levels of electromagnetic fields associated with high-tension power lines; if the policy is to be reviewed to take account of updated expert research in both the engineering and medical disciplines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45304/14]

Electromagnetic Fields Studies

Catherine Murphy

522. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the policy that defines acceptable levels of electromagnetic fields associated with high-tension power lines when planning for the proximity of such power lines to residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45248/14]

Electromagnetic Fields Studies

Catherine Murphy

523. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way policy that covers acceptable proximity between residences and the electromagnetic fields levels associated with high-tension power lines compares with corresponding policies in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45250/14]

Postcode Implementation

Catherine Murphy

547. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost to date of developing the forthcoming postcode system, Eircode; if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the names of all external consultants engaged in the development of the new system, including amounts paid to each consultant on each individual contract and the dates paid; the further expenditure in respect of same for which a commitment has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44776/14]

Postcode Implementation

Catherine Murphy

549. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his response to concerns that the proposed postcode system, Eircode, will not be utilised by freight and courier companies due to an intuitive address adjacency not being included within the new code, and because of this companies will start to adopt their own codes from the private sector using part of the data contained in Eircode; his views that emergency services will not be able to rely on the code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44819/14]

Schools Building Regulations

Catherine Murphy

127. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to cases where the minimum floor space guidelines for classrooms are being breached; if she will provide a list of these cases; her Department's intention to alleviate this overcrowding in view of the maintenance of the pupil-teacher ratio at the second worst level in the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44682/14]

Local Authority Finances

Catherine Murphy

138. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the €323,102,783 cash balance of development contributions held by local authorities but which has not been spent, the amount that was paid in relation to water and wastewater services; if this money can be accessed by local authorities now that Irish Water has taken over responsibility for these services; if this is part of the service-level agreements in place between Irish Water and local authorities; the way local authorities are pursuing the outstanding €394,157,880 of development contributions owed but not paid; the amount that has been written off each year in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44674/14]

Local Authority Finances

Catherine Murphy

140. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are still restricted in accessing cash balances of development contributions held by them; if he is considering any changes in this area in view of the significant sums on balance and sums still owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44676/14]

Local Government Fund

Catherine Murphy

141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the moneys formerly paid in respect of the since-abolished borough and town councils from the local government fund and through other State grants were factored into the calculations for the awarding of moneys from the equalisation portion of the local property tax for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44696/14]

Local Authority Housing Bonds

Catherine Murphy

152. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any development contributions in respect of water services or wastewater services have been attached to planning permissions by any planning authority in the State since 1 January 2014; if any moneys have been taken in respect of these permissions; if any moneys have been returned; if he is satisfied that planning authorities have fully abided by circular PL 21/2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44752/14]

Garda Resources

Catherine Murphy

102. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to seek further funding for An Garda Síochána personnel and resources in order to address existing imbalances in Garda provision which cannot be accounted for due to necessary operational requirements and crime rates; if her Department has a role in determining forward planning for the targeting of Garda resources taking into account likely demographic changes; if not, if it is her plan to pursue such a role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43813/14]

Garda Deployment

Catherine Murphy

107. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that County Kildare has the lowest ratio of gardaí to population of any Garda district in the country; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that such under-investment makes it impossible to engage in effective community policing; if it is her objective to seek a resolution to the extreme imbalances in Garda resourcing which exist around the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43812/14]

Water Charges Introduction

Catherine Murphy

226. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of Irish Water application packs issued that have been returned; the percentage of those returned that contained no PPS number; the percentage that have been returned blank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43607/14]

Waste Management

Catherine Murphy

228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a waste licence, permit or certificate will allow a waste processing operator to continue operations where the exemption planning permission that was relied upon to operate the waste processing on the site was overturned by An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43610/14]

Waste Management

Catherine Murphy

229. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a waste licence, permit or certificate held by a waste processing operator provides for a third-party waste collector to continue to deliver waste to the site where an exemption planning permission for waste delivery to the site was overturned by An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43611/14]

Road Network

Catherine Murphy

247. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of kilometres of paved road within each local authority area, including national primary roads, broken down by road classification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43702/14]

Swimming Pool Programme Status

Catherine Murphy

248. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of each public swimming pool in the State by location; if he will also provide a list of all planned swimming pools and pools under construction by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43705/14]

Local Government Fund

Catherine Murphy

206. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the development contribution fund located at local authority level continues to be set against the general Government deficit; if so the dialogue there is between the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43061/14]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Catherine Murphy

273. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that removals of greenhouse gases resulting from the LULUCF sector are not counted towards the European Union’s 20% greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2020, the way it is proposed to reduce emissions from the Irish agriculture sector up to 2020 to help meet Ireland's binding obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43240/14]