Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Water Charges Administration

Catherine Murphy

587. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in a position to fully appreciate the considerable difficulties which have been placed on families by the failure of Irish Water legislation to properly take account of situations in which an adult person with complicated care needs is living in the family home; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many such adults have little or no income or capacity to earn income, yet are treated the same as an able-bodied adult in terms of liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8114/15]

Irish Water Remit

Catherine Murphy

591. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the precise statutory provision which enables Irish Water to charge a connection fee for the connection of new developments to a public water main and-or sewer, which replaced the former power of local authorities to charge development contributions in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8159/15]

Garda Strength

Catherine Murphy

27. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2014 and 2015, almost 200 gardaí will have availed of the incentivised career break scheme, as set out in the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2016, and those figures are being counted as actively serving officers when Garda staffing levels are reported; if this is misleading; if she will commit to including such figures in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7120/15]

Legislative Process

Catherine Murphy

29. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the extreme delay in advancing the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012; the reason the legal advice from the Attorney General pertaining to an ongoing legal case in the United Kingdom has been deemed sufficient to halt the legislative progress of the Bill, when the case in question would not be covered by the terms of the Bill as drafted; if she will outline a timeframe for the resumption of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6972/15]

Special Educational Needs Data

Catherine Murphy

181. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs who are being brought to and from school by bus, in situations where a place is not provided for, or available, in their local school; the cost of providing such transport in 2014; the number of children involved in 2014; if an evaluation was done to predict special education needs, in order to provide, as locally as possible, a school space, and reduce long commutes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7512/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Catherine Murphy

183. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) in County Kildare will be assisted in accessing specialised education to assist with their needs, as the student is currently attending mainstream playschool, with the support of a teaching assistant, and would benefit from a more specialised environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7548/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Catherine Murphy

184. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will locate the funds to re-open a special needs playschool (details supplied) in County Kildare that was closed down in June 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7549/15]

Planning Issues

Catherine Murphy

193. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 28 January 2015, when the findings and outcomes of the investigations, under the planning review of the performance of planning functions, will be released; if he has received a copy of the finished report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7410/15]

Planning Issues

Catherine Murphy

196. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legal status of the recently published Planning Policy Statement 2015 (details supplied); his plans to issue a ministerial policy directive to planning authorities, under section 29 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7472/15]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

471. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 11 February 2015, if the Data Protection Commissioner has raised concerns with her Department regarding the primary online database; if so, if she will make these concerns known, her Department's response and the measures intended as a consequence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7162/15]

Water Meters Installation

Catherine Murphy

502. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the requirement that 25% of employed sub-contractors, under the regional water meter installation contracts, should come from the live register has been complied with; the percentage to date; if the contracts remain valid if this figure has not been attained; its implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6928/15]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Catherine Murphy

29. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the Government's position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations; how he plans to address concerns that the main goal of the partnership is to remove regulatory barriers which restrict the potential profits to be made by transnational corporations on both sides of the Atlantic; and his views that by doing so, the partnership will undermine Irish sovereignty by giving global corporations the right to sue the Irish Government should it bring in policies and/or rules which these corporations may consider restrict their ability to engage in business, such as worker’s rights and wages, health and safety, food standards, genetically modified organisms, toxic chemicals, digital privacy, and new banking safeguards to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. [2467/15]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Catherine Murphy

127. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the submission that is proposed from Ireland to the European Union Commission on the new Common Agricultural Policy, including measures to simplify payments or processes; the timeframes for same; the consultation process to support same; the reason there appears to have been no formal consultation call; the mechanisms for making submissions to his Department and-or the European Commission and the contact points proposed; the specific proposals which Ireland is considering at this time, and the rationale for same; when any submission or draft will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6452/15]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Catherine Murphy

128. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process that his Department is undertaking in respect of the recording and updating of hedgerow, ditch and buffer zones; the process where these areas are being considered as an ecological focus area in the new Common Agricultural Policy; the timeframes for same; the process for updating this data; the control and oversight and verification mechanisms in place to ensure the accuracy of the final data set and to ensure mature established hedgerows important for biodiversity are recognised and protected; the consultation there has been on the process; the cross-compliance implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6453/15]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Catherine Murphy

12. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Public Appointment Service does not keep track of the status of applicants for temporary clerical officer positions; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, for the minimal effort to record such information, large efficiency savings can be made and offers of employment can be sent to those who are in a position to accept at the time the offers are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5741/15]

Pupil Data Collection

Catherine Murphy

154. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the collection of data concerning primary school children for the primary online database is legally permissible; the way schools have gathered and processed sensitive personal data, as defined under the Data Protection Acts 1988 - 2003; the way this has been done in a manner consistent with statutory obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6275/15]

Pupil Data Collection

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way it is legally permissible for schools to gather and process the personal data of primary school children for a purpose other than the purpose for which the data has been collected; if she will categorically list the purposes for which data is being collected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6276/15]

Pupil Data Collection

Catherine Murphy

156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that capitation grants and staffing resources are linked to the provision by parents of personal information regarding their children to schools for the primary online database; that there is an inherent coercion in this, in that schools feel obliged to gather and process this information, for fear of losing funding; if this places the schools in an invidious position considering their statutory obligations, as data controllers, under the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1088-2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6277/15]

Schools Data

Catherine Murphy

157. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the creation of the primary online database without the protection of the provisions of the Statistics Act 1996 is an appropriate method of gathering and processing the personal data of primary school children. [6278/15]

Pupil Data Collection

Catherine Murphy

158. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department has instructed schools to make a copy of the personal data collected and processed for the purposes of populating the primary online database; to store and process it on site; the way such actions could possibly meet the security requirements as mandated by data protection legislation, and the way she has satisfied herself of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6279/15]