Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

106. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider to the exceptional humanitarian circumstances and take measures to ensure the safe passage of persons (details supplied) to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17102/16]

IBRC Staff

Paul Murphy

112. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has agreed to pay four weeks' redundancy for each year worked to former employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will treat this as a valid unsecured creditor claim; the measures he will take to ensure the payment of redundancy to former staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16675/16]

Flood Relief Schemes

Paul Murphy

321. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the type of flood defence works as carried out by South Dublin County Council in Bohernabreena, Dublin 24, following flooding in 2011 (details supplied) in any new arrangements with the insurance industry to provide cover in areas where flood defence works have been carried out, given the difficulties of acquiring insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16851/16]

Seanad Reform

Paul Murphy

5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the status of the reform of Seanad Éireann. [15860/16]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he has met with religious leaders since the general election. [15861/16]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Paul Murphy

40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15837/16]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Paul Murphy

49. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she shares the concerns of those who fear that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will weaken consumer protection and environmental legislation; if the negotiations should take place in a more transparent manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15838/16]

Carer's Allowance Data

Paul Murphy

127. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Number 204 of 2 June 2016, the average waiting time for processing payments under the carer's allowance scheme and for benefits in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16144/16]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Paul Murphy

8. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on housing is due to next meet. [15857/16]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Paul Murphy

16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on health is due to next meet. [15858/16]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform is due to next meet. [15859/16]

Legislative Programme

Paul Murphy

84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the Bills relevant to his Department he intends to re-initiate from the previous Dáil Éireann; the Bills his Department is anticipating to introduce in the coming sessions; to provide a previous timescale for each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15311/16]

Greyhound Industry

Paul Murphy

525. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees with the policy of publicly funded greyhound stadiums being managed in such a way that they can be closed for private functions and are not open to the public on these occasions. [15993/16]

Direct Provision System

Paul Murphy

20. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the care of children in the direct provision system; if she will support the taking of all minors out of that system given the inappropriateness of that system for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14839/16]

Child Care Costs

Paul Murphy

29. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the provision of affordable child care; the role she sees for the private sector in child care provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14840/16]

Proposed Legislation

Paul Murphy

42. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Bills she will reinitiate relevant to her Department from the previous Dáil Éireann; the Bills she will introduce in the coming sessions; when she will introduce each Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15196/16]

Proposed Legislation

Paul Murphy

60. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Bills he will re-initiate relevant to his Department from the previous Dáil; the Bills he will introduce in the coming sessions; when he will introduce each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15197/16]

Legislative Programme

Paul Murphy

82. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the Bills he will re-initiate relevant to his Department from the previous Dáil Éireann; the Bills he will introduce in the coming sessions; when he will introduce each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15198/16]

Legislative Programme

Paul Murphy

101. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the Bills he will re-initiate relevant to his Department from the previous Dáil; the Bills he will introduce in the coming sessions; when he will introduce each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15199/16]

Legislative Programme

Paul Murphy

106. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Bills relevant to his Department from the previous Dáil that he will re-initiate; the Bills he will introduce in the coming sessions; when he will introduce each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15200/16]