Results 521-540 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements which are in place to make current maps available in the Land Registry office in either hard or digital formats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7611/06]

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a project (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was closed; the alternative options which exist with regard to facilities offering educational assessments in view of this closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7612/06]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount which has been set aside for 2006 to commence implementing the McIvor report on further education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7596/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to expand the role of the special educational needs organiser beyond organising educational supports to one of evaluating the application of those supports; if, in the absence of such plans, she will consider such an expansion of the special educational needs organiser's role; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the value she places on pre-school education in the context of the education system; if she intends moving towards a situation where there is a guaranteed school place for every pre-school child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7595/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a restriction on the number of local authority housing waiting lists on which an applicant may be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7600/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the responsibilities which he intends should not be shifted from local authorities to private management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7601/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of unauthorised developments reported to local authorities in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005; the percentage of same which resulted in court actions, judgments and convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7602/06]

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputies Harkin and Cowley.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: This time last year, the public in Kildare North and Meath put child care firmly on the national agenda by raising the matter over and again with representatives on the doorsteps. I was reminded of this today when I saw the snow because the weather was similar then and it is well we remember it. Child care is now accepted as an issue of national importance and the Bill is the first attempt by...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the process of considering an application from Dublin Bus to expand its fleet and in examining the prospects of increasing competition in this sector, he has considered the implications of delays in expanding services for users in view of the increasing demand for services; his views on the effect that opening competition in this sector...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, due to the difficulties with primary school provision in a town (details supplied) in County Kildare whereby the three primary schools currently in place cater for either single sex only or co-educational only up until a certain age which is causing some parents to have several children placed in several primary schools at once,...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the need to reassess the demographics in the west Dublin-north Kildare area for health care provision. Figures illustrating the increasing number of patients awaiting treatment on hospital trolleys demonstrate that the main hospitals serving this catchment, namely, James...

Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: When a major study such as the McIver report is commissioned by the Government and published, one expects its implementation. The Government has obviously been taken by surprise by its findings. Otherwise, it would have anticipated the cost of implementing it. We are constantly being told that we must move up the value chain in our economy. Those who will drive that move will not necessarily...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional funding provided in 2004 and 2005 to programmes aimed at satisfying the mental health elements of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 and the Disability Act 2005; what these programmes are; the allocation of funds for such programmes planned for the future; and if she will make...

Written Answers — National Health Strategy: National Health Strategy (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the elements of the home care package for the elderly which will be in place in 2006; the body that will deliver the services; the way in which it is intended to ensure equality of service nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8592/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will comment on the inconsistency of his statements with regard to US use of Irish air space and ground-based facilities as against its operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility; the reason he is content to accept one form of diplomatic assurance while unwilling to accept another emanating from the US Administration on a...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the extensive development currently under way at the new town site of Adamstown and the proposed opening of a new railway station on the Dublin to Kildare line in March 2007, which is intended to service the new inhabitants of the town as well as the current users of this train line, an expansion of train services to include...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport if bus services to cater for the new residents of Adamstown will come on stream; the funding which has been made available to Dublin Bus in order to cater for the new inhabitants of this town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8394/06]