Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

General Register Office

Catherine Murphy

54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total income derived by the general records office through fees paid by persons searching records at the office's site, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8686/15]

Water Conservation Grant

Catherine Murphy

55. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will share the results of the scoping exercise undertaken in her Department to determine the resources that will be required to administer the annual allowance as set out in the most recent Irish Water legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8720/15]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

62. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, in tabular form, and using the most recently available data from the Revenue Commissioners, the combined pre-tax total declared earnings of all persons, or tax couples, who are, or were, in income bands (details supplied); the number of persons, or tax couples, in each of these income bands; the combined total income tax paid by all persons, or tax couples, in each income band; the combined total universal social charge paid by all the persons, or tax couples, in each income band; the combined total pay-related social insurance paid by all persons, or tax couples, in each income band, for each year from 2005 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8584/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

79. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the relationship framework which governed the interactions between his Department and the former management and board of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, prior to its liquidation; if he will indicate the precise financial thresholds under the framework which would have triggered mandatory consultation in advance of a transaction and-or disposal; if he will provide a list of all instances where such consultation took place and the sums involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8718/15]

Housing Assistance Payments Administration

Catherine Murphy

221. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extra staffing that has been put in place to administer the forthcoming introduction of the housing assistance payment scheme; the number, and the locations; the amount that has been allocated for this; the new information and communications technology systems that have been put in place to administer the scheme; and the amount that has been spent on same to date [8700/15]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Catherine Murphy

227. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the perilous funding situation of an organisation (details supplied), which conducts vital suicide prevention work in the community; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that funding to tackle suicide has never been of more critical need, considering the number of suicides reached its highest ever number in 2011 and that Ireland has the fourth highest rate of suicide for men aged 15 to 24 years of age, in Europe; if he will commit to ensuring that vital funding to this organisation is maintained by Pobal through the scheme to support national organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8570/15]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Catherine Murphy

229. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made in respect of which organisations formerly in receipt of Pobal funding and now in receipt of associated bridging funding will continue to be awarded funding; the amount that will be allocated; the number of organisations in receipt of bridging funding; the number that have applied for continued funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8573/15]

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

245. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he appointed any persons to the board of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland without a recruitment competition; if so, the reason for same; if he is satisfied that all persons on the compliance committee of the board of the authority have no conflicts of interest in adjudicating complaints made against broadcasters in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8721/15]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

31. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of extra speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and psychological professionals to address the shortfall which exists in all three areas; the amount of the 2014 allocation of €20 million that was spent on this recruitment; the number of positions that are in place; the number that remain to be filled; the number of persons on recruitment panels; if he will provide a breakdown of the locations, where the new-hires are currently employed; if he is satisfied that the new-hires have addressed particular pressure points for these services, around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8007/15]

Health Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

45. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if funding will be located by the Health Service Executive, for the exceptional case of a young person with special care needs (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will provide that person with a full-time residential care setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8006/15]

International Agreements

Catherine Murphy

131. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update to the co-operation activities which have been carried out under the memorandum of understanding on health regulation, training, promotion, hospital standards and so on, with the People's Republic of China, since August 2012; if further agreements are being negotiated or intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8428/15]

Special Areas of Conservation Designation

Catherine Murphy

194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that significant challenges exist to the proper conservation of the Curragh, County Kildare, principally due to high vehicular traffic and illegal dumping; the measures her Department is undertaking to help preserve the Curragh, in line with the County Kildare biodiversity plan; if she will consider designating the area a natural heritage area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8378/15]

Child Care Costs

Catherine Murphy

133. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of child care in counties Kildare and Meath and similar high-pressure commuter belt areas has increased dramatically, in recent years; if targeted measures are being considered under the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures programme, including the option of targeting resources in very high-pressure areas where a greater demonstrable need is evident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7746/15]

Youth Services Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funding, in each scheme, provided in 2014, under his Department’s youth services grant scheme to special projects for youth, the Young People's Facilities and Services Fund, local drugs task force projects, local youth club grant scheme and youth information centres; the bodies which benefited and their geographic locations; the total capital funding in each case; the way the spread of funding is calculated, based on need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7747/15]

Security Checks

Catherine Murphy

175. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he or any predecessor in office has ever received a report from the complaints referee appointed under section 9 of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages (Regulation) Act 1993; the dates such reports were received; the findings of any such report; the actions that were prompted in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8269/15]

Garda Deployment

Catherine Murphy

352. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the deployment of the newly trained gardaí graduating from Templemore, County Tipperary; if such deployments will seek to address the present imbalances in service provision; when these deployments will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8309/15]

Youth Services Funding

Catherine Murphy

360. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funding, in each scheme, provided in 2014, under his Department's youth services grant scheme, special projects for youth scheme, the young people's facilities and services fund, local drugs task force projects, local youth club grant scheme and youth information centres; the bodies that benefited, and their geographic locations; the total capital funding in each case; the way the spread of funding is calculated, based on need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7860/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Murphy

465. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the extent to which it is within his remit to consider the health needs of preschool children, with special needs, starting their education in September 2015, if he will ensure enough assessments are made available in good time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8080/15]

Information and Communications Technology

Catherine Murphy

525. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the digital strategy for schools; the current expected publication date; if the draft strategy has been circulated to stakeholders for consultation; if so, the findings of the consultation and what stakeholders took part; if she will ensure that a working hyper-link to the relevant section is placed on her Department's website, as the current link is malfunctioning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7837/15]

Local Authority Staff Recruitment

Catherine Murphy

579. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the effect the current recruitment embargo is having on the ability of local authorities to deliver their services effectively in recent years; the local authorities most affected by staff shortages; the measures he has proposed to address these high-pressure areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5740/15]