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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (5 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the problems being encountered by parents of children with special educational needs in accessing second level school places. In a recent parliamentary reply communicated to me from the Minister for Education and Science it was stated that the National Council for Special Education had no way of...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share my time with Deputies Joe Higgins, James Breen, Connolly, Cuffe and Ferris. While this Bill deals exclusively with apartments, clearly there is also a problem with traditional housing developments. It appears that the Minister is not calling the shots on this issue. The County and City Managers' Association is calling the shots and we should be clear about that. We need to ask...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures that she has taken to ensure the delivery of the extension of the school year through the month of July in the case of all special facilities catering for children with autism as indicated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13392/06]

Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (5 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average age at which infants enter primary school for the first time in each county; the number of schools which operate age restrictive enrolment policies at present preventing children under five from being enrolled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13467/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school year will be extended through July 2006 for a special class, details supplied, and the reason for this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13580/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent matter: not only must census data be collected and compiled but the Government must make a strong commitment to realise the promises made in the census 2006 advertising campaign. The public is being told in this campaign that census data is needed so that services can be planned for but similar...

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to ask about a promised debate on the Transport 21 initiative. The debate commenced but was then adjourned. Is it intended to resume that debate? Will the Dublin Bus network review be debated at the same time? I also wish to ask the Tánaiste about the contractual obligation she mentioned regarding the Ryder Cup.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Will that have an impact on the EU's designation of other events, such as soccer internationals, which involve contractual obligations as well?

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I asked the Tánaiste about the Transport 21 debate.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: This Bill attempts to do several things, many of which are requirements under EU directives. It is reactive in that sense. Much of the Bill is about the extension of functions. I welcome the mechanism for an all-Ireland approach to energy which is sensible and meaningful. However, I wonder whether it is an academic exercise given the looming energy crisis. We may have great institutional...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: We have been told that bigger, wider roads will give us more cars, as has happened everywhere else, and we need to counterbalance that with public transport, but we ignore that saying it will not happen here. When it happens, we try to resolve it. That approach seems to be almost a national pastime. We need to plan for a crisis but I see no evidence of that happening. An article in The...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional funding that was provided in 2004 and 2005 to specific programmes relating to the mental health elements of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 and the Disability Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14171/06]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the elements of the home care package for the elderly that will be put in place in 2006; who 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. [14172/06]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the hospitals that have accident and emergency departments that are equipped with cardiac monitoring equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14176/06]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if progress has been made on the purchase of a new school site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14201/06]

Written Answers — National Archives: National Archives (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the consideration that has been given to the establishment of a purpose built public records office in view of the storage constraints in the National Archives; the advances in multimedia technologies that could be built into such a new facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14132/06]

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when it is intended to open a new round of applications for swimming pool facilities; the number of those applications made in the last round that remain to be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14133/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the findings of the Dublin Bus network review, funding will be made available for the purchase of 200 new buses to meet the demand for bus services in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14087/06]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to re-establish the missing persons helpline and deliver on the recommendations made in the report into the evaluation of the national missing persons helpline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14145/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she anticipates a 16 or 24 teacher school (details supplied) to be in place by September 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14201/06]