Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Murphy

171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is normal procedure for minutes of meetings to be taken when Ministers meet with bidders for State contracts under the remit of their Departments; why minutes of a meeting between himself and representatives of a company in the process of bidding for contracts under the Senior Alters Scheme were not taken (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43139/15]

Garda Operations

Paul Murphy

49. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there was any investigation within her Department regarding a surveillance programme within An Garda Síochána named Operation Mizen; the approach taken by An Garda Síochána to surveillance of protesters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42694/15]

Traveller Community

Paul Murphy

69. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to tackle the discrimination faced by members of the Traveller community; if she will support the establishment of a Traveller agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42395/15]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

298. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if whales and dolphins in Ireland's 200 nautical-mile exclusive economic zone are adequately protected under the European Union habitats directive and national legislation, given the four super trawlers currently fishing in this area; and if observers from his Department or other State agencies are observing the impact of the super trawlers on whales and dolphins and their habitat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42958/15]

Fishing Industry

Paul Murphy

299. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any super trawlers have been boarded for inspection by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority or by the Irish Naval Service this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42959/15]

Water Charges Arrears

Paul Murphy

569. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any body under his Department's remit is instructing approved housing bodies to actively pursue tenants to pay the water charges arrears; and if those same approved housing bodies are informed in any manner that if their tenants fail to pay the water charges their funding will be affected. [42590/15]

Fishing Industry

Paul Murphy

3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on measures he has taken in monitoring compliance with workplace legislation in the fishing industry, with particular reference to migrant labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41851/15]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Paul Murphy

5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, between the European Union and Canada; the status of the agreement's investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism; if the mechanism will threaten the right of European governments to regulate in the interests of workers, consumers, and the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41852/15]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Paul Murphy

92. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the reformed approach advocated by the European Union for investment protection in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations changes the fundamentals of an approach which enshrines corporate access to justice ahead of that of ordinary citizens. [41853/15]

Employment Rights

Paul Murphy

100. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given correspondence showing a company offering a training rate of pay below the minimum wage, if he is aware of the prevalence of this practice; the steps he is taking to monitor compliance with minimum wage legislation; the number of cases that have been investigated by his Department in the past three years; and if his Department will investigate a case (details supplied). [42122/15]

Motor Tax Exemptions

Paul Murphy

209. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an exemption from motor tax for blood motor bicycles, a volunteer service that transports blood between hospitals but which is not able to avail of the motor tax exemption available to ambulances, as such an exemption would bring the treatment of the service in line with the approach of other jurisdictions notably in the United Kingdom. [42135/15]

Property Tax Administration

Paul Murphy

157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if those who enter into agreements with the Revenue Commissioners to pay the local property tax are still liable for a late payment surcharge given that the late payment is factored into the agreement. [41330/15]

Banking Operations

Paul Murphy

171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to his reply to Question No. 215 of 17 November 2015, in which he explains that receivers acting on behalf of AIB may seek vacant possession of a property even if a lease agreement is in place; if this is in contradiction with the policy outlined by the bank in an earlier reply (details supplied) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on 22 April 2015; if the bank has changed its policy regarding evictions of sitting tenants; and if any changes were discussed with him or with his Department. [41705/15]

Tax Reliefs Costs

Paul Murphy

36. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated the cost to the Exchequer arising from changes to the recently announced reforms to the treatment of tax relief for landlords taking rent supplement tenants. [40385/15]

Credit Union Regulation

Paul Murphy

37. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to a deferral of the implementation of the Consultation Paper 88 reforms in Credit Unions, given the concerns expressed by the credit union movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40384/15]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

154. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of his officials raised the case of a person (details supplied) with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Sameh Hassan Shoukry, or with Mr Shoukry's officials, who participated in the Valetta Summit on migration in Malta on 11 and 12 November 2015. [40830/15]

Labour Activation Measures

Paul Murphy

75. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given a dispute involving workers on the Gateway scheme in the Ballymount depot in south Dublin, the protections in place for Gateway workers; and the monitoring being undertaken to ensure training is taking place as part of the scheme. [40151/15]