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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 88. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the extreme waiting lists for spinal surgery at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12 which is increasingly resulting in children not being able to access vital corrective surgery before they mature to a stage where intervention is less effective and conditions tend to become permanent; the number of children that are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that employment scheme supervisors who were working for FÁS up until its dissolution and who continue to work in that capacity for SOLAS and who paid pension contributions during their time at FÁS may have their prior contributions counted towards their current occupational pension plan with SOLAS; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to substantial concerns that parents of children attending a school of 277 pupils (details supplied) in County Kildare have expressed in relation to substandard accommodation, the prevalence of vermin in classrooms, the functionality of fire doors, unsuitable flooring and so on; if the school in question cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the historical model that has been utilised by her Department when anticipating future educational needs across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39478/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a minimum floor area that is specified for a classroom; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools are approaching 40 pupils per class and that this situation is exacerbated by a cramped physical environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39483/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that progression from Gaelscoil to Gaelcholáiste is close to 100% where commute distance is not a significant factor and falls markedly with a slight increase in distance to travel each day; if this is taken into account when determining new Gaelcholáistí; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the broader Gaelscoil-Gaelcholáiste strategy of her Department over the next five years with regard to responding to a growing demand; if a refocusing of resources is required to accommodate the growing trend toward Irish-only instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39500/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, in the north east Kildare area, in September 2015 there will be over seven full classes of pupils attending Gaelscoileanna who cannot be accommodated at a Gaelcholáiste as is the clear wish of parents and students; the measures she proposes to address before numbers grow even further; and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the protocol between Irish Water and local authorities, in view of the fact that construction bonds to cover costs of public foul water services will expire on the taking in charge of estates by local authorities, and where Irish Water will not have completed the taking of charge of public...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contingencies that are in place should a local authority decide to take an unfinished estate in charge, effectively relinquishing any bond in force in respect of the estate, and subsequently water infrastructure problems are identified; in such a case if Irish Water will pay to alleviate the deficiencies; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (15 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has taken all necessary steps to ensure that every digit on the meters can be read by a homeowner and that none are obscured; if the obstruction of lower numbers on a meter is commonplace; if so, the measure he proposes to ensure that a full meter reading can be taken by homeowners; and if he will make a...

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Now that citizens have spoken and decided to retain the Seanad, it is essential that it be reformed. The recent by-election which had a total electorate of just 220 Deputies and Senators exposed how numerically limited the electorate was. I take the opportunity to congratulate Senator Gerard Craughwell on his election. Some of us signed his nomination papers because we believed there was...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (16 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to ongoing disputes involving retired staff of bodies where no forum or audience is possible for pensioners' representatives to engage with the industrial relations mechanism of the State; his plans to bring forward legislation addressing this omission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (16 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no mention of copyright legislation on the Government's legislative programme; if he expects heads of such legislation to be ready before the end of the current Dáil Éireann term; if his attention has been further drawn to the urgent need for updated legislation in...

Other Questions: Departmental Customer Charters (21 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the key performance indicators and measures of evaluations that are in place to underpin the performance of the customer charter and action plan for 2013 to 2015; if she will provide an assessment of the way the charter and action plan is performing in regard to each criterion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39802/14]

Other Questions: Departmental Customer Charters (21 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: There are two elements to this question, one relating to the targets set by the Minister for the services that will be delivered, and the second relating to who delivers the service in regard to customer training. In respect of the first element, I refer to the length of time it takes to process particular applications. For example, it takes up to one year to process appeals, three months...

Other Questions: Departmental Customer Charters (21 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to the customer-friendly approach, I acknowledge there are very many people who go far beyond the call of duty but I certainly come across serious problems. Serious misinformation is given to people quite routinely. For example, people are told not to sign on for credits as there is no point although not doing so could have a very serious implication for them, including in...

Other Questions: Departmental Customer Charters (21 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I can state absolutely to the Minister that it happens, and it will pose a serious problem in the future. It happens too often. As the Minister knows, Members of the Oireachtas are all given software, a constituency database. I use it for every case so we can track and identify peaks concerning difficulties. The difficulty I mentioned arises routinely. If the Minister does only one thing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (21 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for the processing of spouse reunification visas by INIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40077/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (21 Oct 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, by category and value, the extent of assets which were transferred to Irish Water upon its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40354/14]