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Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I most certainly do. The survey was provided for the Department. I am not sure who is doing the counting in it, but essentially the parents maintain that an Aonad will not cut it. They have sent their children to all-Irish primary schools and the numbers in all-Irish primary schools can be counted. We do not expect every child who attends an Irish primary school to go to an all-Irish...

Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is not a gap; it is an ocean. In a survey parents replied that, if they were given an Aonad, 62% would opt for English. They have already made a commitment through the medium of Irish in primary school. This is a good news story for the revival of the language, but it is not lost on many that in the 2015-16 school year, 2016 being a significant anniversary, that we will go backwards in...

Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The community has been demonstrating it for 30 years.

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The free travel scheme is hugely desirable because it keeps people actively engaged and independent. If the 780,000 people on the scheme were all to start using cars, quite an amount of damage would be done to the environment. If we really want to count costs, then we must take all of them into account. Like others, I have been contacted by people who have asked me questions. People...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the number of additional accommodation approvals and the number of projects to go to construction under the five-year plan are adequate for County Kildare in view of its sustained high population growth rate and the fact that its pupil-teacher ratio is among the highest in the State; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the information sources his Department has utilised in any study prepared to assess the utility and implications of adopting a wealth tax; if he will share the findings of this research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29844/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Panel Rights (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who qualified here but later worked in the United Kingdom may not have their experience in the UK taken into account when applying for inclusion in the supplementary redeployment panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29363/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 446. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way many historical wells and hand water pumps have been categorised by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29435/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 725. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the estimated cost of implementing the extension of the free cancer screening programme BreastCheck to women aged 65 to 69 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29413/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare after 11 years of supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29488/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 819. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the driving licence transfer arrangements that exist between this State and individual Canadian provinces; his plans to expand this to cover Alberta where a fully licensed Irish driver staying more than 12 months wishes to continue driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29501/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list the driving licence transfer arrangements that exist between this State and other non-EU countries; if any transfer arrangements are yet to be agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29502/14]

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Most of the political focus of recent weeks has been on the Cabinet reshuffle, who will be dropped and who will be promoted-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: -----but we all know that the changes will mean nothing if they do not make a serious difference in people's lives, not least in terms of health care. The recent focus on failures in that sector has been on the medical card fiasco, but there are other system failures and they do not all have to do with money. I wish to highlight the plight of Shay and Finn Guihen, who were born with the...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I have talked to the HSE and the other agencies to see what solutions can be put in place. The big difficulty is that the great strength that is the flexibility of agency provision for some is the greatest weakness in this case. With a tracheotomy, for example, if something goes wrong, one literally has three minutes to change it. It is a life or death situation. We cannot have a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of properties per valuation band for each of the local authorities that have been declared for payment of the local property tax; the percentage of properties per valuation band for each of the local authorities are compliant with the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30049/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected income yield to the Exchequer from the local property tax per valuation band per local authority for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30050/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason money under the Pobal-administered funding for voluntary organisations has been cut to the Neurological Alliance of Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this organisation is a vital representative and advocacy group for over 700,000 persons here living with a neurological condition; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30593/14]