Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Property Taxation Application

Eoghan Murphy

1009. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has consulted the Department of Finance on possible exemptions to the property tax based on a person’s pension or a variation of the tax to reflect different levels of income or a person’s relative means. [38034/12]

Proposed Legislation

Eoghan Murphy

1155. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 605 of 14 September 2011, if he has had the opportunity to revise the 2009 legislation in response to the Start Mortgages decision. [37007/12]

Legislative Programme

Eoghan Murphy

1187. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to implement the Charities Act 2009. [37669/12]

Health Services Staff

Eoghan Murphy

1503. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 30 June 2011, if the Labour Court recommendation in relation to the inclusion of senior staff nursing increments under the moratorium has been considered by his Department. [37036/12]

Speech and Language Therapy

Eoghan Murphy

1691. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health in view of the shortage of speech and language therapists in the health service, if he will consider allowing graduate speech and language therapists to conduct their mandatory supervised one-year placement with the health service to allow graduates receive their qualification and make available more personnel in this area at a reduced cost to the State. [38029/12]

Parking Provision

Eoghan Murphy

1873. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 33353/12, if he will consider the possibility of indenting footpaths where practicable to allow more space for cars to park, without disrupting the traffic flow on a road and still allowing the use of footpaths. [37008/12]

Open Government Partnership

Eoghan Murphy

70 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if this country will be signing up to the Open Government Partnership.
[35156/12]

EU Presidency

Eoghan Murphy

73 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for the EU Presidency next year in so far as Turkey’s accession to the EU is concerned; and if he anticipates any significant developments, in particular in relation to the opening or closing of remaining chapters.
[35157/12]

Trade Relations

Eoghan Murphy

229 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to expand Ireland’s trade relationship with Turkey.
[35158/12]

Electoral Divisions

Eoghan Murphy

462 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the legislation to be brought forward to implement the recent Constituency Commission report, if any changes are to be made to the Constituency Commission report, either in a substantive way, or at a technical level, for example, proposed names for new constituencies.
[34727/12]

Residency Permits

Eoghan Murphy

534 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a stamp 4 visa in respect of persons (details supplied).
[34724/12]

Public Order Offences

Eoghan Murphy

535 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the increase in public order offences, public drinking, drug abuse and anti-social behaviour in the Temple Bar area, Dublin, a significant cultural and tourist centre; and the actions being taken to address this growing problem.
[34728/12]

Garda Operations

Eoghan Murphy

600 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that there are sufficient policing numbers for the O’Connell Street area; if his attention has bean drawn to any increase in public order offences or anti social behaviour; his views on whether the area is safe for tourists and those working there, and if any specific actions are being considered for the area.
[35201/12]

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

128 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the following information, estimated, for a single person with no dependants, no credits, breaks or reliefs, earning €42,000 in income, with no other assumed additional sources of income: the amount of income tax and other taxes on incomes expected to be paid by this person in 2012; if he will provide a percentage breakdown of the areas of Government spending on which the taxes paid by the person are to be spent by each Department and in each area in line with the budget for 2012; if he will provide a detailed description of the way the taxes paid by the person are to be spent in simple monetary terms euros and cents in line with this breakdown; if he will provide a figure detailing the person’s annual contribution to national debt repayments, a figure detailing the person’s share of the national debt and a figure detailing the person’s share of the national deficit; and if he will provide the same information as projected for 2013.
[33359/12]

FÁS Training Programmes

Eoghan Murphy

141 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no longer an ecommerce training course being offered by FÁS; and his views on whether an ecommerce course would be a useful addition to the current courses on offer.
[33352/12]

Statutory Sick Pay Scheme

Eoghan Murphy

247 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of her proposal to introduce statutory sick pay on employers, if she has carried out a full cost-impact analysis on small businesses if this proposal were to be introduced; and if so what are the results of this.
[33356/12]

Performance Management and Development System

Eoghan Murphy

327 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority employees who completed performance management and development system assessments in 2011 by authority sector; and if he will provide a breakdown of the scoring categories 5 to 1 in each authority sector.
[33358/12]

Property Transaction Register

Eoghan Murphy

368 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any steps have been taken to establish a property transaction register; and when he envisions it to be up and running.
[33354/12]

Foreign Adoptions

Eoghan Murphy

433 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the recommendations made by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to adoptions from Ethiopia; if this organisation has received the completed legal advice it was seeking from Ethiopia.
[33355/12]

Health Service Staff

Eoghan Murphy

500 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of health service employees who completed performance management and development system assessments in 2011 by the Health Service Executive area and hospital; and if she will provide a breakdown of the scoring categories 5 to 1 in each HSE area and hospital.
[33357/12]

Parking Regulations

Eoghan Murphy

547 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make it possible for local authorities to introduce partial footpath parking in urban areas.
[33353/12]

Smarter Transport

Eoghan Murphy

708 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing road authorities to make bye-laws for the provision and use of charging bays on public roads for electrically powered vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles; if he will consider authorising a road authority to make bye-laws for the control and regulation of parking by car club vehicles on public roads. [31605/12]

Rail Services

Eoghan Murphy

108 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Luas BXD project.
[32113/12]

Departmental Staff

Eoghan Murphy

109 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff members awaiting redeployment in his Department and agencies under his aegis.
[31972/12]

Skills Shortages

Eoghan Murphy

211 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific actions have been taken to address the skills shortage in the technology sector, where there currently exists significant under-employment, and which was highlighted by a briefing to Cabinet earlier this year by a senior manager in a major internet company invested and located here.
[31685/12]

School Patronage

Eoghan Murphy

218 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department will play in assessing the preferred patronage for the new primary school to be established in the Dublin 2/4 area; if he will examine or consider any changes to the existing schools patronages; and the direct communications he expects to have with parents living in the catchment area before the new school is built.
[31688/12]

Visa Applications

Eoghan Murphy

299 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the possibility of establishing a visa scheme specific to persons working in the technology and related sectors, which will have specific criteria for admission so that it will not be open to abuse but will allow Irish companies and foreign technology companies investing here to recruit the necessary skilled personnel from abroad.
[31683/12]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoghan Murphy

425 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on introducing a wage threshold for those in council housing whereby those earning a higher wage would no longer be able to avail of council housing.
[32286/12]

Immigration Policy

Eoghan Murphy

479 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he supports the principle of establishing a specific technology visa scheme to help the indigenous sector and multinationals located here to attract the necessary talent to ensure that Ireland is established as the high tech capital of Europe.
[31686/12]

Immigration Policy

Eoghan Murphy

490 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the possibility of establishing a visa scheme specific to persons working in the technology and related sectors, which will have specific criteria for admission in order that it will not be open to abuse but will allow Irish companies and foreign technology companies investing here to recruit the necessary skilled personnel from abroad.
[31684/12]

Registration of Title

Eoghan Murphy

480 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding ownership of land in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
[31751/12]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Eoghan Murphy

655 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason some treatment drugs (details supplied) prescribed by a doctor are not covered by the drugs payment scheme.
[32287/12]

Patient Transport

Eoghan Murphy

656 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that transport for patients to and from the Central Remedial Clinic in Clontarf, Dublin, has been terminated (details supplied).
[32288/12]

Proposed Legislation

Eoghan Murphy

707 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider incorporating the Smarter Transport Bill 2011 into upcoming legislation.
[31604/12]

Smarter Transport

Eoghan Murphy

708 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing road authorities to make bye-laws for the provision and use of charging bays on public roads for electrically powered vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles; if he will consider authorising a road authority to make bye-laws for the control and regulation of parking by car club vehicles on public roads. [31605/12]