Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Human Rights Issues

Paul Murphy

9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the actions taken by him to secure the release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is detained in Egypt and facing serious charges that could result in the death penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45311/15]

Syrian Conflict

Paul Murphy

15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the war in Syria; and the discussions he or his departmental officials have had with other Governments on the war and the military intervention by the various international powers and whether the Irish Government is supporting these military interventions. [45312/15]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Murphy

17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 170 and 171 of 2 December 2015, if procedures exist for accidental or unscheduled meetings that may take place between Ministers or senior officials and bidders for State contracts under the Minister's remit, and if such policies contain an obligation to take note of the topics discussed at such meetings. [44111/15]

Ministerial Meetings

Paul Murphy

40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received any written or oral representations on behalf of Task Alarms from any elected representative, and the topics discussed at his meeting with a bidder for contracts under the senior alerts scheme on 10 December 2015. [44112/15]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Paul Murphy

38. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed on lower rates of pay due to participation in an apprenticeship or training. [37223/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Paul Murphy

190. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the new builds and acquisitions to be completed and the new units to be provided by housing associations under the capital assistance scheme by local authority area in the second half of 2015 in tabular form. [44272/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Paul Murphy

191. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the figures provided to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht on 24 November 2015 projecting 950 local authority new builds and acquisitions and 440 new units under the capital assistance programme by the end of 2015 when compared with the latest on his Department’s website for the first six months of the year showing 246 local authority new builds and acquisitions in the first half of 2015, including 20 new builds and 226 acquisitions, and 157 new housing association units, mean that there will be 704 local authority new builds and acquisitions in the second half of 2015, including in excess of 180 local authority new builds, plus 283 new units provided by voluntary housing associations under the capital assistance scheme; and if not, to provide alternative figures broken down under these headings. [44273/15]

Housing Data

Paul Murphy

192. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has analysed the proportion of council homes purchased under previous tenant purchase schemes that have ended up owned by landlords in the private rented sector; and how many of these are rent supplement, housing assistance payment or rental accommodation scheme tenancies. [44274/15]

Child and Family Agency Services

Paul Murphy

340. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will request Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to meet with representatives of the Target project in Donaghmede in Dublin 13 to discuss the restoration of funding for their counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43811/15]

HSE Funding

Paul Murphy

381. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to meet with the Target project in Donaghmede in Dublin 13 to discuss the restoration of funding for their special needs programme and for a clinical director of counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43809/15]

Respite Care Services Availability

Paul Murphy

382. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who needs respite care from St. Michael's House and the Health Service Executive. [43810/15]

Adult Education Provision

Paul Murphy

505. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the City of Dublin Education and Training Board to meet representatives of the Target project in Donaghmede in Dublin 13 to discuss the restoration of a dedicated literacy co-ordinator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43812/15]

Disability Services Provision

Paul Murphy

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 22 October 2015 regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, the status of the serious delays in the provision of occupational therapy and other treatments from the school age team in the Dublin South-West area; the measures that were taken to improve the Health Service Executive's situation; his views on the staffing issues in Galro which are resulting in delays in the provision of important treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42716/15]

Hospital Staff

Paul Murphy

20. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the situation in Tallaght Hospital in Dublin 24 for staff who engage in whistle-blowing, as in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42939/15]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Paul Murphy

22. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 21 October 2015, if he has met with the Respond Housing Association to discuss and resolve the issue of funding for Cuan Álainn. [42651/15]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Paul Murphy

33. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 21 October 2015, his progress in resolving the issue of funding of Cuan Álainn women's refuge in Tallaght, Dublin 24. [42650/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Paul Murphy

155. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposal for a school campus at the Commons on the Hazelhatch Road in Celbridge, County Kildare, and of the planning application made by the Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board for a primary-secondary school campus at the site; the Department or other body that is currently dealing with this application and the related school campus proposal; if she is pursuing this site as the preferred site for the proposed school campus, notwithstanding the objections raised by the planning department of Kildare County Council and upheld by An Bord Pleanála to the training board's proposals; and if she has any other sites in mind for a primary or a secondary school on the Dublin Road, the Hazelhatch Road or the Newtown Road side of the Liffey in Celbridge. [43135/15]

Site Acquisitions

Paul Murphy

156. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the Commons on the Hazelhatch Road in Celbridge, County Kildare, site was purchased; who purchased this site; who authorised its purchase; the amount paid; the zoning status when purchased, that is, agricultural, residential or strategic infrastructure; if the site has been re-zoned; and if the purchase was agreed subject to planning permission for the intended use. [43136/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Paul Murphy

157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans and intentions with regard to a Gaelcolaiste in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43137/15]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Murphy

170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government given freedom of information documentation (details supplied) from his Department which shows a meeting between himself and a bidder for contracts for the senior alert scheme while an agency under his Department's remit was deciding on the tenders for those contracts, if this represents a breach of normal procedures in a tendering process, as is indicated in previous correspondence from his Department to bidders for those contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43138/15]