1197. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information detailing changes in train speeds and times over the past 30 years, for example, the average journey time by train from Dublin to Cork; the average speed of trains on this line; and the power of engines used by trains on this line; his views on whether the current work practices are an impediment to achieving greater improvements in journey times on this or any other line. [47403/12]
1196. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way subvention to Iarnrod Eireann for free travel passes is calculated and determined. [47402/12]
1189. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health 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. [49075/12]
1000. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the percentage of outpatients not turning up for scheduled outpatient appointments and not giving any notice; the estimated cost of this to the health service; if penalties financial or otherwise for a person not cancelling an outpatient appointment are being considered by the Government. [47406/12]
999. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the percentage of accident and emergency admissions that are drink related or due to the abuse of alcohol and the estimated cost of this to the health system. [47405/12]
968. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 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. [49069/12]
943. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [49067/12]
842. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence 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. [49071/12]
829. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality 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. [49076/12]
762. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [49073/12]
656. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [49070/12]
617. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [49068/12]
603. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection 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. [49077/12]
395. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [47401/12]
387. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [49072/12]
183. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [49074/12]
157. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Taoiseach 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. [49078/12]
187. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the recently vacated Harcourt Terrace Police Station, Dublin 2. [46652/12]
93. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the amount of child benefit paid to parents of twins, triplets and so on. [46653/12]
177. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Memorandum for Understanding agreed with the Troika includes provision for the establishment of certain larger retailers here. [45491/12]
167. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the following case regarding a disability (details supplied). [45492/12]
121. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the former secondary school building on Haddington Road, Dublin 4, which was purchased by the Department of Education and Skills last year. [45490/12]
75. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects construction on LUAS BXD to commence; when he expects the project to be concluded; the measures he will take to ensure that the impact on traders is minimised to the greatest extent possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44939/12]
51. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the harmonisation of penalty points with Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44938/12]
260. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Irish children who are living abroad, and who are in possession of an Irish passport, are required to pay college fees other than the standard registration fee, if they wish to attend university here. [44725/12]
114. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of money to be paid out in increments in 2013 to all those entitled to them; if he will provide a breakdown of this amount per sector; if he will provide a breakdown of this amount per salary band; and if he will provide a breakdown of this amount per sector and salary band. [43763/12]
553. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the Adoption Authority of Ireland to contact her regarding the legal advice sought on Ethiopian adoptions; and when she expects the AAI to have completed its consideration of this matter. [43247/12]
552. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to conclude her review of the reports submitted by the Adoption Authority of Ireland following their visit to Ethiopia. [43246/12]
480. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 27 September 2012, if he is in a position to instruct public bodies to waive their upward only rent review clause on legacy commercial leases for tenants when there is no borrowing against the asset in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43248/12]
177. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 26 September 2012, the transactions by Allied Irish Bank and Irish Life and Permanent that require his approval. [43249/12]
171. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way his plans for deploying civil servants from his Department as immigration officials in Dublin Airport are progressing; the number of staff been deployed; the hourly rate anticipated for their redeployment; the actual hourly rate; and if Gardaí are still allocated to these positions to work outside the hours of 9am-5pm; and the way in which this impacts on the cost savings that were originally anticipated in redeploying civil servants to this role. [42386/12]
152. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when he intends to publish legislation to regulate geothermal energy here, the Geothermal Energy Development Bill; and if any other legislation in the area of geothermal power generation is planned. [42385/12]
129. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing other professions such as financial brokers to participate in the new advisory service for mortgage holders in advance on the June 2013 review. [42387/12]
124. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is considering adding geothermal energy as a priority area in the National Research Prioritisation Exercise. [42384/12]
127. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he is in a position to instruct public bodies, for example local authorities, to waive their upward only rent review clause on legacy leases for tenants where there is no borrowing against the asset in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41129/12]
140. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any problems regarding the personal data request form issued by the Garda Central Vetting Office (details supplied). [40840/12]
50. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the financial institutions Allied Irish Bank, Permanent TSB and Irish Life are subject to public procurement rules. [40839/12]
280. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the steps being taken to protect tenants from paying the household charge in an instance in which the landlord wrongly imposes the charge on a tenant. [40116/12]
228. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the following hardship case (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [40367/12]
90. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the seven action points put forward by Trocaire in relation to Ireland's presidency of the EU in 2013; and his thoughts on same. [40107/12]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
724. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the situation regarding young people facing homelessness and problems with emergency accommodation (details supplied). [38036/12]
360. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the following case regarding a reduced allocation of a special needs assistant in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [37006/12]
246. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in recognition of the fact that an active lifestyle is important for both physical and mental health, if he will consider lowering the VAT rate on membership fees for gyms and public pools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38035/12]