283. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the requirement for a person to have signed on the dole for three months before he or she can apply for a JobBridge scheme placement is a barrier to those who cannot fulfil this requirement but are nonetheless good candidates for such a JobBridge position. [53917/12]
111. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned about a lack of resources for the teaching of physical education in primary and secondary schools in disadvantaged areas. [53638/12]
110. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers in primary and secondary schools instructing in physical education require any specific qualifications or training in order to perform their role as physical educators, and what these qualifications are. [53637/12]
213. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the enactment of changes to family law legislation that are expected following the passing of the Children's Referendum. [53153/12]
116. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of reductions of personnel in the public sector over the past four years; the expected reduction over the next two years; and when he expects the moratorium on recruitment to end. [53152/12]
115. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there will be any provisions in Budget 2013 to reduce the number of quangos; and the number of quangos that will then exist following these reforms. [53151/12]
105. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a requirement that children in primary and secondary schools participate in physical education during their school day; if this requirement is mandatory; what it involves in practice for the teacher and the pupils; the time each student will spend on such activity in a given week; if this aspect of their education is directed towards specific goals; and the details of these goals. [53284/12]
100. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 6 October 2011, if he will review the case regarding primary school places (details supplied). [53154/12]
65. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered ways of incentivising Irish based pension funds to invest in the economy here in a sustained way. [53149/12]
64. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on withdrawing or reducing tax relief for pension contributions when the pension pot reaches a certain level, say €65,000 per annum. [53148/12]
208. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of investigations currently underway in National Assets Management Agency; the number of people being investigated; the reason for these investigations and the person conducting them. [52297/12]
207. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of people that have taken up National Assets Management Agency's 80:20 deferred payment initiative scheme. [52296/12]
131. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the establishment of a museum for Irish sport; the efforts he is taking to establish such a body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52569/12]
105. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an outline of the events confirmed for the Gathering in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52568/12]
205. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agency that would be responsible for the management and clean-up of any oil spill in Dublin Bay that resulted from drilling by a company (details supplied) or any other such entity; the persons who would pay for this and the way it would be done. [52018/12]
180. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee are in the process of withdrawing funding from the position of catholic youth care education officer and the impact this will have on youth groups across the south inner city (details supplied). [52017/12]
138. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the event that a company (details supplied) or any other such company found oil in Dublin Bay, if the State will own that oil or a percentage thereof; if royalties will be paid to the Irish State; if the State will have a share in production of that oil; and if the company will be obligated to supply some oil to Ireland at a discounted rate to provide the State with security of energy supply. [52019/12]
623. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify his proposal to charge private patients for medical services provided in public hospitals (details supplied) [51463/12]
598. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1000 of 6 November 2012, if he has considered a penalty scheme for persons who do not attend appointments and give no prior notice of non-attendance in view of the high percentage that occur. [51160/12]
442. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of electors in each of the categories denoted by the letters (L) (D) (E) on the voters register for each of the Dáil constituencies, who have restricted voting because they are registered to vote in Local Elections only (L), to vote in local Dáil and European elections only (D), to vote in local and European elections only (E); if he will now readjust the electorate and turnout percentages in the official results maintained by his Department for the recent referendum to reflect this [51011/12]
441. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of electors in each of the categories denoted by the letters (L) (D) (E) on the voters register for the constituency of Dublin South East who have restricted voting because they are registered to vote in Local Elections only (L), to vote in local Dáil and European elections only (D), to vote in local and European elections only (E); if he will now readjust the electorate and turnout percentages in the official results maintained by his Department for the recent referendum to reflect this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51010/12]
420. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the conditions for receipt of Aosdana’s Cnuas; if it is specifically for younger, unestablished artists; and if he will provide some information as to who receives it. [51163/12]
405. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered moving child benefit from a universal payment to a form of opt-in scheme. [51461/12]
296. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding additional redundancies expected in the public sector, if these redundancies will be made in a selective or targeted way. [51164/12]
288. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name of the person managing the National Convention Centre and the terms under which the management company are operating the centre. [51162/12]
247. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove home economics initial teacher education from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo, as recommended in the recent report from the Higher Education Authority. [51159/12]
203. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 8 November 2012, if he will consider an investment scheme that applied to all businesses below a certain size, so that this would not skew the market towards one area, and would not risk starving larger companies of capital in view of the fact that the amounts being considered would be relatively low say something similar to the film section scheme for example but not confining the relief to one’s own tax band. [51161/12]
236. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has a policy on the location of its drug rehabilitation clinics. [50691/12]
235. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he has considered 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, and at a reduced cost to the State. [50689/12]
234. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to exempt anti-convulsant medication for epileptics from the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 in view of evidence that epileptics can suffer breakthrough seizures caused by switching medication. [50684/12]
185. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the drug rehabilitation clinic on Oakley Road, Ranelagh, is located 100 metres from two primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50692/12]
184. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 535 of 17 July 2012, if he will provide an update on the actions being taken to address the continuing problem of anti-social behaviour in the Temple Bar area, Dublin. [50690/12]
170. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 12 June 2012, if he will provide a list of the assets under the control of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust; the money received by the Trust as a return on these assets; and when he will publish and make available to the public the Latitude report on the Trust. [50688/12]
127. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any public sector workers that have become entitled to and have received additional allowances since the Croke Park agreement came into force; if so, if he will give details of the reason for these allowances; and the value of same. [50687/12]
126. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the pensions of retired secretaries general are still linked to the salaries of existing secretaries general, or their former salaries upon retiring. [50686/12]
117. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the possible merging of information systems to create one access point for information such as lists of schools, pupil numbers, teachers' salaries and grant payments. [50685/12]
82. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation respectively have sought to have declared bankrupt in court over the past two years. [50683/12]
596. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients, as a percentage, that are referred to a psychologist after an emergency appointment at a public hospital [49471/12]
595. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients being taken care of every month by psychologists and or psychiatrists in the Health Service Executive [49470/12]
594. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of days, on average, that a patient stays in, once admitted into a hospital for psychiatric care [49469/12]
593. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the waiting time in terms of access to mental health professionals within the public services [49468/12]
592. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the cost per day of a hospital bed within the mental health services for psychiatric patients [49467/12]
591. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the capacity, number of patients per year, within the public services to provide mental health services [49466/12]
590. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the cost breakdown to the Health Service Executive in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 to subsidise antidepressants and anxiolytic drugs [49465/12]
157. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that Give Peace a Chance: An Educational Resource on Conflict and Peace Building for Post Primary Educators is sufficiently objective for use by teachers in teaching Citizenship Education, Religious Education, Geography, English and History. [49338/12]
129. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered an enterprise investment scheme as is operated in the UK whereby an investor in an early-stage enterprise can claim back up to 50% of their investment through tax reliefs. [49339/12]
48. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all investment schemes currently operated by the State which involve some form of tax relief or similar, whereby persons investing money in small and medium sized enterprises may receive a portion of that investment back through the tax system; the maximum amount under each scheme which can be invested and the maximum rate of relief. [48847/12]
1244. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sectors of the public sector that are currently employed on a roster basis and if there are any plans to remove employees from the rostering system. [49079/12]
1198. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average age of a bus that is retired from the Dublin Bus fleet; and if buses retired from the Dublin Bus fleet are made available for purchase by private operators in the Irish market. [47404/12]