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Water and Sewerage Schemes. (14 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the CLÁR programme will be of assistance to the Achill Sound sewerage scheme, County Mayo in view of the fact that the polluter pays principle means that it is making the scheme economically impossible, as the scheme has already been cut back to a considerable extent and the local contributions sought are still...

Human Rights Issues: Motion (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Extraordinary rendition is an illegal act and is inconsistent with international law. It is inconsistent with our Constitution and is inconsistent with the American Constitution. It is no more than kidnapping and internment without trial. No legal framework allows it to occur. Of the three detainees at Guantanamo Bay who committed suicide last week, one was 17 years old when he was taken into...

Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: The cancer control strategy recently published as part of the framework for quality cancer control looks for mandatory notification of cancer to be put in place through appropriate legislation. Is it envisaged that legislation will be in place in the lifetime of this Government?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the recent surveys conducted at St. James's Hospital, which have shown that as many as 15%, or 50,000 of those teenagers under 18 years of age who have been screened at clinics have been found to have a sexually transmitted disease, many of whom will be unaware there is a problem;...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this very important motion. There is a problem in my constituency with practical implications. Kildare County Council's civic amenity centre in Athy in south Kildare was not opened for well over a year after its construction because the resources did not exist to run it. This year the council has set aside €620,000 to run the centre and it anticipates a...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce assistance towards the cost of refuse collection for low income families; the consideration he has given into the research on the subject carried out by the Combat Poverty Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23059/06]

Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have gone missing from Health Service Executive institutions or whose outpatient psychiatric treatment was interrupted since 1995 to date in 2006 on foot of being reported missing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23867/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the support services available to children with Downs Syndrome; if speech and language therapy is provided to children with Downs Syndrome; the service providers for such services for children residing in Kildare; the earliest age for receipt of such services; if such services are provided to children at preschool,...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received diplomatic assurances from the US Government regarding their adherence to the procedures and circumstances under which prisoners may be transported through Irish airspace and ground based facilities; if, in view of the discovery that a prisoner was being transported through Shannon Airport without the prior consent of...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the recent discovery of a prisoner being transported via Shannon airport in the absence of consent from the Department of Justice was an isolated incident; the way in which he can be certain that other such prisoner transportation's have not occurred; if he has received assurances from the US Government that no other...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the recent administrative error on the part of the US Government in failing to request the permission of his Department to transport a military prisoner through Shannon Airport, he has made or will make enquiries as to whether similar administrative omissions have been made in the past; the number of...

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons reported missing each year since 1995 to date in 2006 who have since been accounted for and who it was suspected or confirmed were the victims of crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23864/06]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons reported missing each year from 1995 to date in 2006 who had a known history of psychiatric illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23865/06]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 2 February 2006 and his statement (details supplied), he has identified an existing service that the Missing Persons Helpline could be provided as an add on to; the efforts he has made to identify such a service; his views on the need for the re-establishment of a missing...

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the services which are available for the families of missing persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23909/06]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money allocated to services connected with searching for and seeking information on the whereabouts of missing persons each year from 1995 to date in 2006; the way in which this funding was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23910/06]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts expended by his Department in funding the Missing Persons Helpline during its operation; the dates between which this funding was expended; if this money was provided directly to the Missing Persons Helpline or indirectly through another organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23911/06]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons reported missing each year since 1995 to date in 2006 who have been accounted for as deceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23912/06]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the purpose of the report commissioned by his Department and carried out by the Department of Social Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology, at the end of 2003 regarding the Missing Persons Helpline; if he will implement all recommendations contained in that report; the consideration he has given to service provision for...

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (20 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the persons who were accounted for as having died during their time as missing persons of those reported missing between 1995 and 2006; the official causes of death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23941/06]