56. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department during the past 12 months or being considered for establishment during the next 12 months, and in each case the person or persons conducting the inquiry and the timeframe, including start and end date envisaged. [38334/14]
38. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under her Department during the past 12 months or being considered for establishment during the next 12 months, and in each case the person or persons conducting the inquiry and the timeframe, including start and end date envisaged. [38340/14]
563. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce further protections in so far as dramatically increasing rents over a short period of time are concerned for long-term renters, specifically families, so that they can realistically choose to rent long term, where buying a home is either not an option or a preference, so that families cannot be effectively evicted from their homes with the resulting upheaval to their families’ lives, for example, moving a child out of school and so on. [38199/14]
6. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be another round of sports capital grants in 2015. [36662/14]
588. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider extending the under 18s water allowance to third-level students living in the family home. [37122/14]
161. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the decrease in the number of recipients of illness benefit from a 20-year high of 81,253 people in 2010, to an estimated 58,468 recipients in 2014, a ten year low. [36892/14]
160. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the more than 100% increase in the number of recipients of disability allowance over a ten-year period between 1996 and 2006, from 37,054 recipients to 83,697 recipients, and the subsequent more than 40% increase in recipients over the following eight year period until 2014, with an estimated 108,274 recipients expected to receive the allowance this year; if there is a precedent in other countries for such an increase; and the way in which the figure of 108,274 persons on disability allowance, as a percentage of the overall population, compares to other countries. [36891/14]
287. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding his discussions with the National Transport Authority on the feasibility of a pilot partial footpath parking scheme for a limited number of specific locations in Dublin, as per previous replies. [36320/14]
248. 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. [36321/14]
231. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of funding awards currently available from her Department for primary schools. [36318/14]
165. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has designated or will designate a point of contact in his Department to liaise with youth educators on the various departmental schemes across Government, in place to assist children in education and fitness, and the various eligibility criteria and so on to help youth educators better navigate the system. [36319/14]
420. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the conditions or circumstances in which an Irish person can obtain a second passport. [35718/14]
164. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of interest repayments on the national debt; the changes in comparison to the previous year and forecasts for next year; the amount these interest repayments will increase as a result of borrowing to fund the deficit in 2015. [35631/14]
114. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence in view of recent hostilities in eastern Europe, if he has held talks with any NATO members on the developing situation in Ukraine; and his plans to increase Irish co-operation with NATO or to formalise it through an application for membership. [34543/14]
26. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence in view of recent hostilities in eastern Europe, his plans to review the resources allocated to the Defence Forces for peacekeeping operations, either in relation to equipment or the recruitment of additional personnel into the forces for possible future peacekeeping operations along Europe’s border with Russia. [34544/14]
16. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence in view of recent hostilities in eastern Europe, his plans to review the State’s defence doctrine and resources, in particular the triple-lock policy which may impede future peacekeeping or other deployment needs in eastern Europe. [34545/14]
1675. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bring forward regulations or primary legislation that would give local authorities the right to forgo, extinguish or transfer an income stream arising directly from a designated zoned area of permit parking for which it has entered into a contract under the applicable by-law with members of the public/residents; his further plans to bring forward regulations or primary legislation which would give local authorities the authority to cancel that pre-existing contract to move that beneficial interest in the value of the permit parking/fee out of the public domain directly as a consequence of serving or facilitating the needs of a private commercial vendor to become the sole beneficiary of that beneficial interest. [33060/14]
1662. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce regulations that will permit local authorities to enact by-laws pertaining to the trailing of leads over public roads, footpaths and car parks (details supplied). [33170/14]
991. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on implementing best practices regarding hereditary angioedema (HAE) which have been outlined in a report (details supplied), and adopted in most European Union countries, specifically to make home infusions of C1-INH protein standard practice; his views on the report's positive cost-benefit analysis of said practice and to educate medical professionals of the symptoms of HAE. [33815/14]
962. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's policy on foetal abnormality testing; the State support provided; and the guidelines or policy that is in place for the HSE in dealing with religious and cultural beliefs that may be at odds with the welfare of women in this State. [33731/14]
621. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider allocating additional resources to the gardaí so that they may increase the number of gardaí on active duty in Dublin city centre; and if she will consider bringing forward zero tolerance legislation and regulations when it comes to certain activities, including public street drinking, drug use, begging, breaches in planning law, and cycling on footpaths. [33730/14]
620. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will regulate the use of house alarms in order that that they have automatic shut-off times and give the required powers to gardaí to turn off such alarms when they malfunction and cause a noise nuisance. [33729/14]
241. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the following biases in the tax code vis-à-vis self-employed persons (details supplied). [33732/14]
696. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider adding the multiple sclerosis drug Fampyra to the drug payment scheme. [31511/14]
641. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that members of the dentistry profession or any medical profession have to disclose gifts received by industry, for example, hospitality, entertainment or travel; the way such disclosures are policed or regulated; and if he is satisfied with current practice in this area. [30976/14]
640. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of February 2014, if the response from the Health Service Executive includes its involvement in the creation of new posts at an organisation (details supplied); and if not, if the Health Service Executive will indicate the amount of money it has put into these new posts and the timeframe for same. [30975/14]
573. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is concerned regarding reports of errors in the property price register; if these errors are fraudulent or accidental; and the way the errors are monitored, detected and corrected. [30978/14]
566. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to any Government agencies that have direct access to the networks of telecommunications companies; the number of court orders that were obtained in the past three calendar years to directly access the calls and e-mails of citizens; her plans to introduce new legislation to protect the privacy of telecommunications and to ensure that Government agencies are only given access to such data on foot of a High Court warrant; and if Government agencies that are accessing the privacy of telecommunications without a court order are complying with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. [30665/14]
282. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the work undertaken to date by the programme officer charged with developing the new curriculum on education about religion and beliefs and ethics for primary schools following the Report of the Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector; when a curriculum will be published; her plans to provide appropriate in-service and resources to facilitate the implementation of this new curriculum when published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30979/14]
277. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on potential funding awards in her Department, either from the national lottery fund or other, that could be granted in respect of projects in the area of science, engineering and fitness (details supplied), at primary school level; and if he will provide a relevant point of contact for accessing such funding. [30768/14]
268. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise on potential funding awards in her Department, either from the national lottery fund or other, that could be granted in respect of fitness (details supplied), at primary school level; and if he will provide a relevant point of contact for accessing such funding. [30769/14]
173. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering a VAT rate of 23% on health products; and if this will include food or drink products that are viewed as natural remedies to certain conditions, or are taken as alternatives to other similar foods because of dietary requirements. [30977/14]
161. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies refusing home insurance, including but not limited to flood insurance, to householders in Dublin based on a supposed risk of flooding, even though there is no history or projected risk of flooding in the area in question. [30767/14]
177. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering regulating the live-in au pair market as in other European countries to reduce the occurrence of abuse in the sector; if her attention has been drawn to the exploitation in the live-out au pair market where au-pairs regularly have no protection due to the fact that this type of employment tends to subsidise foreign students whose visas do not permit employment; if she will consider bringing this sector out of the black economy by way of legislation akin to JobBridge and make the necessary provisions in law by amending the visa scheme. [27611/14]
60. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide assurances that he will not allow banks here to impose any further increase in variable rate mortgages while the ECB rate remains as low as it is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27629/14]
15. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the performance of the tourism sector here to date in 2014, in comparison with the previous two years and projecting forward for the rest of the year, including the increased numbers in employment. [27315/14]
11. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed bid for the Rugby World Cup. [27316/14]
191. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health when and the way the Health Service Executive is to clear the waiting list for bariatric surgery in Loughlinstown weight management clinic; if additional funding will be provided; and if he is committed to reducing the waiting list for bariatric surgery to a maximum of one year [27570/14]
136. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish definition of hatred as per the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 does not include gender as its basis, or gender identity or expression, as per EU law. [27580/14]
448. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider making provision in regulations for the introduction of a new bike scheme (details supplied). [27013/14]
272. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving disability allowance, illness benefit and invalidity pension this year, and every year since 1994, broken down by benefit category; the total number of persons in receipt of one or more of these allowances each year; and the total cost to the Exchequer for each of these years. [26734/14]
205. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update regarding his engagement with the National Transport Authority on the possibility of a pilot partial footpath parking scheme. [26318/14]
193. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding hereditary angioedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/14]
757. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the involvement he has in the introduction of the new bus rapid transit between Blanchardstown and UCD; his views that the new BRT should be introduced in a way that makes the operation of the service compatible with pedestrian and cyclist safety in order that it does not have a negative impact on residents living in the city centre, particularly in the city’s historic Georgian quarter; and if he will consider the merits of a policy (details supplied). [25380/14]
578. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence which has arisen with students of a college (details supplied) and other similar institutions. [25667/14]
249. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his view on correspondence which has arisen with students of a college (details supplied) and other similar institutions. [25666/14]
153. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to outline his views on whether the Revenue Commissioners should be paying the same attention to hospital consultants and medical professionals as it does to sole traders in terms of auditing their accounts and in view of the high number of medical practices that accept only cheque or cash payments; if a system of spot-checks on those who apply for tax back on medical expenses each year by furnishing their receipts might be a way of initiating this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25423/14]
126. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide information on a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 in the asylum process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24887/14]