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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Finance Acts to regulate the rights, powers and duties of officers regarding the collection of outstanding taxes and seizure of goods in order to ensure the maximum transparency and accountability; if he will provide for an appeal process for those who have had goods seized and disposed of; if he is satisfied that there are adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Irish research that informs policy into the strengths and weaknesses in terms of the effectiveness of learning in post-primary schools of different sizes, for example, 250, 500, 750, 1,000, 1,250 or 1,500; the size of school that falls into the category super school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50005/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the aspects if any of the presentation made at a meeting regarding a school (details supplied) that were considered when the decision was made to provide for two vertical schools on the same campus as opposed to the junior-senior option of the existing school, the preferred choice of parents; if any consideration was given to a report which was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupils from a school (details supplied) will be required to enrol in the proposed new Maynooth Community College or will it be open to them to attend Maynooth Post Primary School; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50023/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he intends to handle the downsizing of a school (details supplied); what the maximum intake will be; the consideration that has been given to subject choice in that scenario during the transition period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been no direct correspondence between his Department and the parent body of a school (details supplied); the reason no explanation has been given on the reason the junior-senior option, their preferred option, was not agreed to; if he will agree to a plebiscite of parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration was given to the wider community impact of the decision to provide for two vertical post primary schools as opposed to a junior-senior school on the one site in Maynooth; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the post primary school is regarded as a unifying force in the town; if he is aware of the high regard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the 2014 intake to schools (details supplied) will be handled; where the pupils of both will be accommodated in September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can reconcile the way his stated aim of increasing pluralism and choice for parents and students in school patronage models fits with the potential new patronage model for schools (details supplied) as part of the Government's overall commitment to reducing the proportion of schools under catholic patronage; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (21 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a right to have returned personal data contained on a computer which has been seized by the Revenue Sheriff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50059/13]

Road Traffic Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Dooley for bringing this Bill before the House and commend the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, on his acceptance in principle of the Bill. I hope it will proceed at an early stage to Committee Stage and that it, like future legislation introduced on Fridays by Opposition or Government backbenchers, will become law. While it is the wish of Members who avail of the Friday sittings...

Other Questions: School Patronage (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to change the status of a school (details supplied) from that of a multi-denominational school to that of a catholic ethos; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school is not regarded as a denominational school; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the school is seen an inclusive school that...

Other Questions: School Patronage (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Maynooth post-primary school currently has 1,300 pupils. It is a very successful school educationally from the point of view of inclusiveness and it is a unifying force within the town. The decision was made recently that its footprint was too small and it is to move to a new educational campus. The decision was made to create a second school - a community college - but also to change the...

Other Questions: School Patronage (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I spoke to the CEO of the VEC in respect of this because a number of parents contacted me who were concerned about what they understood to be a re-designation of the school as Catholic with the new school being a multidenominational school with an intake from a variety of different sources, some of them outlying schools. The only conclusion I could draw from the conversations I had was that...

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the group from Ballyhea in the Gallery. I also welcome the many people who sent e-mails in support of this motion. Collectively, I estimate that approximately 100,000 e-mails have been received by Deputies during the past week. This is not just a small number of people who are expressing concerns. I congratulate our colleague, Deputy Joan Collins, on having the courage to take...

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The suicide rate has reached shocking proportions. Mass emigration has returned, bringing with it social consequences. Vulnerable people, including the elderly and those with disabilities, have been directly impacted by cuts in services. This is not our debt. It was not our debt in 2008. It was not our debt in 2011 when, during the general election, so much was said about Frankfurt's way...

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: What?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undertaken a cost benefit analysis of the school transport scheme operated by Bus Éireann; if he will account for the high cost of operating the scheme compared to school transport systems in other jurisdictions; if he will confirm if Bus Éireann makes a profit from the scheme; if he will provide the latest accounts...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance if the continued applicability of the Central Bank's CCMA now depends on the regulatory status of the ultimate acquirer of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book; if this position differs from the position stated by him on 6 February 2013 that it is critically important that mortgage account holders understand that their situation following the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the code of conduct on mortgage arrears will be available to those whose mortgages are part of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book which is currently for sale as a condition of sale; the way that might be done in practice; if that condition will limit the selection of bidders for the loan books and if so how; and if he will make a statement...