123 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 14 September 2011, if any decision has been made on how the household charge will be implemented.
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122 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions in place to ensure that all public toilets are in working order and well maintained; and if there are any proposals to increase the number of public toilet facilities.
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116 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount he intends to spend on consultancy fees in 2011, in particular those contracted to identify value for money in his Department.
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113 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount he intends to spend on consultancy fees in 2011, in particular those contracted to identify value for money in his Department.
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106 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount she intends to spend on consultancy fees in 2011, in particular, those contracted to identify value for money in her Department.
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86 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that overtime has been approved for senior community welfare officers in the rent unit in order to bring rent applications up to date; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that this is at a higher cost than maintaining those staff on a lower wage who have recently been made redundant and who are now applying for welfare benefits.
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83 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount he intends to spend on consultancy fees in 2011, in particular fees pertaining to those contracted to identify value for money in his Department.
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82 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the agency workers regulation legislation; and if he is engaging with or consulting agencies as the legislation is being drafted.
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80 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount he intends to spend on consultancy fees in 2011, in particular those contracted to identify value for money in his Department.
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78 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of national lottery money spent on health; and the percentage of European lottery money spent on health each year.
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75 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount he intends to spend on consultancy fees in 2011, in particular those contracted to identify value for money in his Department.
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55 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount he intends to spend on consultancy fees in 2011, in particular those contracted to identify value for money in his Department.
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43 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount he intends to spend on consultancy fees in 2011, in particular those contracted to identify value for money in his Department.
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498 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if, in view of his meeting with the Irish Thalidomide Association on 15 July 2011, he has made a decision as to whether by thalidomide will be included in the compensation tribunal process.
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389 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has examined the report from his Department following its visit to Stockholm; and if he has reviewed at the Attorney General’s recent advices regarding the legal and constitutional implications of introducing a ban on the sale of sex.
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331 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason gardaí serving on UN or EU missions abroad are unable to vote in the presidential election.
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327 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his involvement in the day-to-day operations of Bord Gáis, vis-à-vis salary increases, its office location and its value for money and audits.
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315 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 32 and 36 of 11 May 2011, if the meeting with the National Assets Management Agency is taking place; and if he has any further information from NAMA on buildings that have no commercial potential.
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314 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been give to emphasising or utilising Hume Street as a cultural asset.
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256 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons estimated to begin drawing down additional social welfare payments as a gap solution between reaching retirement at age 65 years and receiving the State pension at age 66 years; and the cost to the Exchequer of same.
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257 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if measures are in place to ensure the most vulnerable in society, especially the over 70’s medical card holders, will not be adversely affected by the cuts in the household benefits package.
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217 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount generated from PRSI contributions in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; and the corresponding percentage of total revenue generating in those years.
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171 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made to include history as a core subject in the junior cycle.
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170 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a site containing a school building and land, purchased by his Department on Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
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115 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland’s commitment to international arms control, in particular nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and in view of Ireland’s chairmanship of the OSCE, which we will take up in 2012, if he will inform Dáil Éireann when he intends to implement Ireland’s accession to the Antarctic Treaty.
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114 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a decision has been reached in relation to retaining an Irish embassy in the Vatican.
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388 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed abolition of upward only rent reviews for existing leases.
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605 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the Start Mortgages decision; and the steps that are being taken to revise the 2009 legislation in regard to response orders by including amending legislation in the miscellaneous provisions bill.
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524 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the criteria that will be used to determine the amount of property tax to be paid when the measure comes into effect.
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290 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who are estimated to begin drawing down additional social welfare payments as a gap solution between reaching retirement at age 65 years and receiving the State pension at age 66 years; the cost of same to the Exchequer.
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120 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Questions Nos. 89 and 93 of 10 May 2011 regarding employment contracts of all the senior management in financial institutions covered by the State guarantee, the stage the review has reached; when it will be completed; and if he will give details of any preliminary details.
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119 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering alternative courses of action for lenders other than the current moratorium on the enforcement of repossessions.
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118 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if any adjustment will be made in the future to take into account those who paid their pension levy out of their personal pension.
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117 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to protect those who had their finances managed by a company (details supplied).
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115 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if existing legislation allows for regulation of debt management and debt advice services companies.
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114 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce national car test VAT rate to 13% to bring it in line with the VAT rate for other services.
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113 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the current legislation governing the opening hours of bookmakers.
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643 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if EU pensioners are entitled to an Irish medical card without being means tested once they are in receipt of a pension from their country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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642 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the arrangement made between the parents of children affected by thalidomide and the Government in 1975.
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613 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if those in receipt of a State and work pension are entitled to a medical card once they reach 70 years, as in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14.
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604 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she supports the Big Brother Big Sister mentoring programme for children in the community organised by Foróige.
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352 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if any steps are in place to review the personal public service system in view of the discrepancy between the quantity of personal public service numbers in circulation and population figures.
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191 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reasoning behind Dublin City Council changing the requirements for non-adjacent grants for independent mature students, resulting in a cut of €2000; and the reason this cut is not means tested in the case of a person (details supplied).
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91 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a reduction in stamp duty on commercial properties has been considered to bring Irish rates in line with the 1% rate charged in London.
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89 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the strategies he has in place for increasing and maintaining deposits in Irish banks; and his views on a zero rate of DIRT for one year as a possible option.
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88 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to encourage banks to provide timely credit for small and medium enterprises.
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87 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to balance the national budget; and the year he estimates that this will happen.
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