41. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in the covered institutions, by institution, on a variable rate mortgage; if he has spoken to any of the public interest directors in these institutions in relation to the matter of increasing variable rates, in contradiction to the trend of rate reductions from the ECB in the past three years; if he will provide the percentage of mortgage holders, by institution, in default or mortgage distress that are on variable rate mortgages; if the Regulator carried out an impact analysis in 2011 on this issue as instructed by Government; and if the banks have justified to the regulator or the Central Bank of Ireland the reason for the increase in variable rates, and his views on same. [24886/14]
115. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide clarification regarding the position of self-builders after the introduction of the recent building regulations, SI 80, which came into effect on 1 March 2014; if he will shed light on the position of certified suppliers such as small quarries supplying stone gravel or small family joinery shops in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23779/14]
57. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding upskilling and retraining in the area of Java programming (details supplied). [23778/14]
137. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to plans to close the crèche in Tallaght hospital; the way this will affect parents and children who avail of the crèche facility; and if he has seen or will publish the report commissioned by the hospital management. [23445/14]
577. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the current process in regard to objecting to or appealing planning applications is not unfairly weighted against the objecting parties (details supplied). [23400/14]
572. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Dublin City Council have not met its responsibilities under the management company agreement and specify the actions it has taken to ensure that the developer and their agent, Ballymun Regeneration, complete the transfer of the leases to Gateway Management Company (details supplied). [23322/14]
542. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons with an ileo-anal pouch will qualify for an increased water allowance. [22652/14]
171. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered proposals for restructuring lending practices in the mortgage market whereby mortgage lending would be calculated in terms of the average value of a house over a fixed period, say 20 years, for which the money is being borrowed, rather than calculating the loan in terms of the present-day value of the house which may not reflect the longer-term value of the asset. [23321/14]
113. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering adopting a similar approach to the UK in its implementation of a recent mortgage market review that aims to place more responsibility on mortgage lenders and prevent the development of poor lending practices. [22541/14]
261. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 13 February 2014, when he plans to introduce regulations permitting local authorities to introduce by-laws that would designate electric vehicle charging points on public roads as electric vehicle parking only, as well as permitting local authorities to assign dedicated public parking spaces as car club only spaces. [21899/14]
43. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the Luas cross city project. [21488/14]
580. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the draft misuse of drugs (amendment) regulations, which will amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1988, will be submitted for Government approval to notify the draft regulations to the EU Commission; the reason for the delay in submitting the draft regulations for Government approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20934/14]
461. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information as to the reason Dublin City Council has failed to meet its contractual requirements and transfer title to a company (details supplied). [21160/14]
238. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1190 of 16 July 2013, if he will introduce a pilot scheme in Dublin city to trial the use of partial footpath parking in residential areas. [20700/14]
963. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the policy of closing national monuments, buildings and exhibitions on public and bank holidays is counterproductive for our tourism strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19677/14]
631. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make it easier for visitors from China to obtain a tourist to visit here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19709/14]
444. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the water metering of apartments; when this is likely to commence; if it will be possible to have individual metering for all units in an apartment block; when this is likely to be completed; if persons living in apartments will be charged before then; and if so, the way in which this will be done. [18606/14]
225. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons in receipt of two or more pensions from the State and the cumulative value per annum paid to these persons. [18622/14]
120. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if there has been any progress by his Department or by the office of the Financial Regulator or by the Central Bank of Ireland in dealing with the banks on the issue of variable rate mortgages, the cost of which has risen disproportionately in recent years and contrary to market forces. [19661/14]
119. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the additional measures he is considering to assist and prioritise first-time home buyers over investors when purchasing property. [19655/14]
35. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 8 April 2014, the Government’s position regarding the Rwandan President Paul Kagame and UN allegations regarding his involvement in Congo. [19013/14]
486. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the consultation process on judicial appointments. [17810/14]
461. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is his intention that the open competition for the new Garda Commissioner will be conducted by the new independent policing authority; and if this authority will also appoint the new Commissioner. [17811/14]
208. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on the expected loss to the Exchequer in income tax if the entry point to the marginal rate of tax is increased by €10,000; if he will provide figures on the way the potential increase in a person’s disposable income as a result of such a change might be distributed within the economy, for example, the amount that might be returned to the Exchequer through indirect taxation, and at what amount; what the anticipated impact on employment might be; the expected changes in the national deficit, and in the general Government debt position; and if he will provide these forecasts at every additional hypothetical increase of €10,000 in the entry point to the marginal rate until that entry point is €82,800. [18042/14]
199. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the better than expected sale of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation assets will result in improved redundancy conditions for former staff of IBRC, as originally provided for upon the establishment of IBRC and prior to these terms being changed to facilitate the wind-down of IBRC. [17809/14]
111. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 1 April 2014, in view of the real and potential impact on communications and energy distribution for large parts of the country as a result of inadequate infrastructure, something which is not an operational day to day issue, if he will ask his Department to consider the necessity of introducing guidelines for a new standard of infrastructure based around concrete that would be more durable during severe weather events. [16874/14]
63. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position regarding Rwandan President Paul Kagame and UN allegations regarding his involvement in Congo. [16107/14]
133. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a scheme whereby home owners can have a free electric vehicle charger installed at their home regardless of whether they have an electric vehicle, as is currently the case in the UK, and which may be provided for through EU funding (details supplied). [15761/14]
52. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the extension of the city bikes scheme to counties Cork, Galway and Limerick. [15064/14]
544. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the following issue regarding entitlements under PRSI (details supplied). [15005/14]
358. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the transitional arrangements detailed in SI 105 extend only to educational and health care projects (details supplied). [15006/14]
327. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has held or will hold any discussions with energy and communication providers in the country on the possibility of moving to more weather-durable infrastructure provision through the use of concrete posts, as is the practice in other countries and was previously the practice here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15010/14]
209. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the percentage of primary schools in the country that will be Educate Together or multidenominational schools by 2016; the number of these schools that currently exist; the number that will be established by the State; the number that will be created as a result of an existing school changing patronage; and if he believes this percentage will be improved after 2016 and how. [15009/14]
171. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering making primary school fees tax deductible particularly in areas where there is insufficient capacity in local free schools to meet local demand. [15008/14]
935. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are delays in sending dossiers for adoptions to India; if so, the reason for same; and the action being taken to remedy the situation. [12922/14]
781. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned that funds from the European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals, that is, non-EEA nationals, may be used to support those other than the target group Third Country Nationals (details supplied). [13726/14]
650. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person is in contravention of Part III Section 6(1)(c) of the Household Food Waste and Bio-Waste Regulations 2013 where there is no company offering such a service, as mandated under Part II Section 5(1) of the same regulations; if they are in contravention does the liability fall to the company that is in contravention of Part II Section 5(1); if the services as required under Part III Section (2)(b) are available in every local authority. [12923/14]
198. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if it is the case that there is a charge from the Government for cancelling a credit card with a bank in this jurisdiction; the amount that charge is; the way it is calculated; and the justification for the charge. [12924/14]
387. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of total spend from his Department including via local authorities to community enterprise centres, including funding to the National Association of Community Enterprise Centres, since the scheme was launched in 1989, broken down by year, and the corresponding number of jobs created; the number of persons in employment directly in CECs, including the NACEC; and the cost of this per annum from 2002-end 2013. [12123/14]
345. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 18 February 2014, when the IT lodgment system is expected to be available for testing by ordinary members of the regulated professions in view of the implementation date of 1 March 2014. [11667/14]
344. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 18 February 2014, where he states it is not clear what useful purpose would be served by imposing a requirement for independent verification of design or construction by a third party, his views on whether this is consistent with departmental insistence on such systems for the upholding of standards in fire safety and universal access, for example, as regulated by Part B and Part M respectively of the building regulations. [11666/14]
210. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the total spend from his Department to community enterprise centres, including funding to the National Association of Community Enterprise Centres, since the scheme was launched in 1989, broken down by year, and the corresponding number of jobs created; the number of persons in employment directly in CECs, including the NACEC; and the cost of this per annum from 2002 to the end of 2013. [12122/14]
170. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government where funds already raised through the local property tax will be spent in 2014. [11401/14]
9. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 11 February 2014, if he will provide details of the election missions in which the OSCE specified that a second relevant local language, other than Russian, would be desirable for missions in 2013 and 2014 and the language in question for each mission; if marks were awarded to applicants claiming to have such languages as part of the assessment process; if he will detail the way language abilities claimed by applicants were tested as part of the selection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10361/14]
248. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of mental health services per county and region; the number of staff in each unit; their grade; the number of patients; and the total level of funding provided by region on such services over the past three years. [10035/14]
247. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the distribution of health problems broken down by disease type and county and region within Ireland. [10034/14]
246. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the burden of disease across counties and regions in Ireland by socio-economic strata. [10033/14]