Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Strategies

Paul Murphy

228. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28308/16]

Departmental Strategy Statements

Paul Murphy

279. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28309/16]

Departmental Strategy Statements

Paul Murphy

407. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28307/16]

State Aid Investigations

Paul Murphy

22. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, following the judgment from the European Commission concerning a company (details supplied), an analysis as to the extent to which other multinational corporations may be liable for taxes to the State or to other jurisdictions has been undertaken; if this amount has been quantified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27618/16]

NAMA Investigations

Paul Murphy

41. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will support a full investigation into all of NAMA's major portfolio sales in view of the recent concerns regarding the sale of NAMA's Northern Ireland portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27619/16]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

67. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to any family members of Irish citizens who are refugees from the Syria-Iraq conflict; if she takes into account the particular difficulties of acquiring in-date travel documents for these refugees when seeking visas to Ireland to be reunited with their family members resident here; if she will consider issuing travel documents to such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27424/16]

Family Reunification Applications

Paul Murphy

79. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will explore the measures possible to ensure the safe passage of an Irish family's family members (details supplied) to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27216/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Paul Murphy

93. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on any discussions she has had with the British Government regarding the free movement of persons following the Brexit vote; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19477/16]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Paul Murphy

255. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the position and the work of the Government and the Irish permanent representation in relation to the examination by the European Council of the scope of provisional application of CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27770/16]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Paul Murphy

256. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Government’s position as to which elements of CETA fall under EU competence and which are considered to fall under national competence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27771/16]

EU Issues

Paul Murphy

466. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the position of the European Commission President, Mr. Jean Claude Juncker, as outlined in his recent state of the union speech supporting the creation of the position of an EU Foreign Minister; the consultations that have been had with this State on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26584/16]

EU Issues

Paul Murphy

467. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the statement by the European Commission President, Mr. Jean Claude Juncker, in his recent state of the union speech that Europe can no longer afford to rely on the military might of others or let France alone defend its honour in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26585/16]

Vehicle Clamping

Paul Murphy

881. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the enactment of all the sections of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015; the envisaged timeline for the setting of clamping regulations by the NTA; his views on whether management companies clamping residents for arrears of management fees should be prohibited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26653/16]

European Defence Capabilities

Paul Murphy

971. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the position of Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker regarding EU defence as outlined in his state of the Union speech, which included support for the establishment of a European defence fund to encourage research and innovation and for a toughening up of EU defence policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26577/16]

Motor Insurance

Paul Murphy

251. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a review of regulations regarding motor insurance in view of the practice of many motor insurance companies denying coverage to cars over ten years or older; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Paul Murphy

423. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the policy of not permitting special needs assistants, SNAs, who took redundancy prior to 1 May 2014 to be employed in full-time SNA positions, especially in view of the fact that the option of taking panel rights instead of a redundancy payment was available to these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25329/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Paul Murphy

576. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been budgeted for the work of the Expert Commission on Water Charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24790/16]

Human Rights Cases

Paul Murphy

843. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the hunger strike of a person (details supplied) in detention in Israel; if he will report on any representations on the matter he or his Department has made with the Israeli state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25076/16]

Consular Services Provision

Paul Murphy

848. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on the detention of a person (details supplied) in Iran; the representations he or his Department have made to the Iranian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25697/16]

Commemorative Events

Paul Murphy

965. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos 873 and 874 of 14 April 2016, if she will confirm that the inaugural official National Famine Commemoration Day took place in 2008 as indicated by a press statement (details supplied) which announces this year's commemoration as the 9th consecutive year in which the National Famine Commemoration has taken place, as opposed to this event being an informal one. [25113/16]