Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Carer's Allowance Waiting Times

Paul Murphy

83. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for carer’s allowance and benefit applications; the measures he will take to reduce these times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36025/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Paul Murphy

87. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has reviewed the number of properties available to rent within the rent allowance limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36029/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Paul Murphy

282. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the regulations for rent supplement for those who are in homeless accommodation in view of the costs and difficulties they face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35946/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Paul Murphy

416. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason a person's family (details supplied) were not informed of case funding review meetings; if any further case funding review meetings will take place; if a date will be fixed for the assessment from the HSE that the person has been due to receive since March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35891/16]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Paul Murphy

427. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the Tallaght drug and alcohol task force each year since its foundation in 1997 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35949/16]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Paul Murphy

428. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the funding to the Tallaght drug and alcohol task force in view of the fact that the task force did not receive a commensurate increase in its budget following the increase in its responsibilities when alcohol was added to its remit in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35950/16]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Paul Murphy

429. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on increasing the budget for drug and alcohol task forces; his further views on whether increased funding should form part of the new strategic action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35951/16]

Dental Services Provision

Paul Murphy

446. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of 24-hour emergency dental cover; if his Department has made any plans to expand the coverage of emergency dental cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36153/16]

Housing Provision

Paul Murphy

12. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress towards reaching the goal in Rebuilding Ireland that by mid-2017, emergency hotel and bed and breakfast type accommodation for families will only be used in limited circumstances. [35428/16]

NAMA Assets Sale

Paul Murphy

48. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the advertisement of NAMA rental properties for sale on the basis of the potential for large rent increases and reports that a bank (details supplied) intends to sell off up to €1.9 billion in distressed buy-to-let mortgages to vulture funds, in view of the impact this could have on tenants; and if he has raised cross-cutting issues that affect housing with the Minister for Finance, including at the Cabinet sub-committee on housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35429/16]

Teacher Recruitment

Paul Murphy

28. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he envisages difficulties in recruiting extra teachers, as outlined in the budget speech made by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in view of the inferior terms and conditions for new teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30837/16]

School Patronage

Paul Murphy

65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 8 November 2016, if his Department has considered the balance of schools of different ethoi in the Tallaght area; if his Department has considered the lack of an Educate Together secondary school in the Citywest area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35174/16]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

224. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a ban on wild animal circuses on animal welfare grounds; if his Department has investigated the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35389/16]

NAMA Operations

Paul Murphy

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on the reports in the press (details supplied) of repeated lobbying by a former Deputy to NAMA in regard to his business partners' interests in properties controlled by NAMA and the allegation in those reports that those business relationships were not declared to NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34251/16]

Banking Sector

Paul Murphy

8. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is reconsidering the planned privatisation of the State's share in the banks in view of the recent fall in their respective share prices and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34039/16]

European Banking Sector

Paul Murphy

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has made provisions for instability in the European banking sector in view of reported difficulties in German and Italian banks in particular; and the discussions he has had with his counterparts on this matter. [34038/16]

Tax Reliefs Costs

Paul Murphy

25. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will conduct a review of the projected cost of the exemption from capital gains tax he granted to investments in commercial property where the property is held for seven years or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34041/16]

Fiscal Policy

Paul Murphy

34. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on the comments by the chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (details supplied) on compliance with EU fiscal rules; his views on whether the EU fiscal rules are therefore overly restrictive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30839/16]

NAMA Operations

Paul Murphy

48. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on block sales of NAMA rented residential properties being advertised (details supplied) for sale on the basis of the potential for very large rent increases, in view of the scale of the housing crisis and the likelihood rent increases on this scale could effectively lead to mass evictions of tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34040/16]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

199. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports from a group (details supplied) that Italian authorities tortured migrants, including beatings, sexual humiliation and electric shocks, to meet an EU target of 100% of migrants giving fingerprints; if he will raise the issue with his Italian and EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34114/16]