Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Eoghan Murphy

74. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department's policy on dependants (details supplied). [52052/13]

Proposed Legislation

Eoghan Murphy

112. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a proposal (details supplied) on residential tenancy legislation. [52051/13]

Tobacco Control Measures

Eoghan Murphy

167. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is considering, as part of the new plain packaging laws, excluding cigar and pipe tobaccos, as was the case with the display ban introduced for cigarettes. [52212/13]

Register of Electors

Eoghan Murphy

171. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on adding a section to the driver licence application process where persons could ask to be added to the electoral register, if they so wished. [52046/13]

Credit Unions Restructuring

Eoghan Murphy

158. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of transferring the accounts and systems from Newbridge Credit Union to PTSB; if this figure is in the region of €4 million; and the way this amount was arrived at. [50240/13]

Budget Measures

Eoghan Murphy

159. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 5 November 2013, if he will provide the forecasting data referred to, regarding the modelling of household disposable income in aggregate terms and projections for the way this income is allocated between spending and savings, as well as the impact of these decisions on tax revenue and employment, where disposable income of €4 billion in aggregate terms was realised in the economy. [50241/13]

Site Acquisitions

Eoghan Murphy

214. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in respect of his Department's efforts to secure a location for a premises of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50178/13]

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Eoghan Murphy

281. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 12 November 2013, in respect of the NewERA strategy, if he has devised a strategy for the payment of dividends by State-owned companies to the Exchequer for the next five years. [50199/13]

HSE Staff Responsibilities

Eoghan Murphy

584. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the chief executive officers of individual hospitals or areas of the health service are responsible for their performance regarding budgeting and so on; and if so to whom are they responsible. [50200/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Eoghan Murphy

64. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding payment of the property tax where a house is sold in 2013, but the contract is not finalised before 1 November 2013, thereby making the vendor liable for the charge in 2014 although he would no longer own or occupy the property in that tax year; if the vendor is entitled to a refund from the Revenue Commissioners in any circumstance; and if the purchaser is entitled to a refund from the Revenue Commissioners where the tax for 2014 formed part of the sale agreement on the understanding at the time that there was a liability on the property, but which is no longer the case following recent clarification from the Revenue Commissioners regarding exemptions for non-first-time buyers. [49753/13]

Election Monitoring Missions

Eoghan Murphy

51. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 8 October, if he will publish a new roster in 2014; if the current roster will be amended in any way before a new roster is brought in; if any additions can be made to the existing roster; and if not what those persons interested in participating in observation missions should do in the interim. [47783/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Eoghan Murphy

71. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason those paying the property tax for 2014 using a credit or debit card cannot pay the tax in the year in which it is due; and if he will consider extending the deadline for such payments to the end of January 2014 or later. [47786/13]

VAT Rate Reductions

Eoghan Murphy

72. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the reduced 9% VAT rate to the entertainment industry. [47787/13]

VAT Payments

Eoghan Murphy

73. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a situation regarding a decision by the Revenue Commissioners on the levying of VAT retrospectively (details supplied). [47790/13]

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Eoghan Murphy

244. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of the NewEra strategy, if he has devised a strategy for the payment of dividends by State-owned companies to the Exchequer for the next five years. [47785/13]

Waste Management Regulations

Eoghan Murphy

268. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a review, initiated by his Department in June 2012, of the producer responsibility initiative model in Ireland; when this review will be complete; and when he will be in a position to publish the review in full. [47791/13]

Waste Management Regulations

Eoghan Murphy

269. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding producer responsibility initiatives here and the various waste streams which are covered by producer responsibility initiatives. [47792/13]

Waste Management Regulations

Eoghan Murphy

270. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current number and identity of approved producer responsibility initiatives under the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 2007, S.I. No 798 of 2007; the date such approval commenced; the date and term of any extensions to the schemes; the process which was undertaken for the approval of such schemes; and if such approval is contingent upon or will be delayed until the outcome of the review of the producer responsibility initiative model in Ireland. [47793/13]

Waste Management Regulations

Eoghan Murphy

271. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current number and identity of applications to his Department for approval to operate a producer responsibility initiative under the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 2007, S.I. No 798 of 2007; the process which will be undertaken in such an approval process; and if such approval is contingent upon or will be delayed until the outcome of the review of the producer responsibility initiative model in Ireland. [47794/13]

Prison Regulations

Eoghan Murphy

306. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if prisoners are permitted to own mobile phones; if not, whether he believes that many do possess such items when this is not permissible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47789/13]