Results 821-840 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for an extension; if so, the stage of the application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24729/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis for her Departments special education policies (details supplied); if she will formulate and implement a clear and comprehensive policy regarding the provision of suitable facilities, resources, and school places for children with special needs in both primary and secondary schooling streams; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of purpose built special educational units built in each year since 2000; the number of those units being used for the purpose they were built; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24768/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (27 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 13 June 2006, if the 48 per cent increase in local authority funding was a constant 48 per cent for each county or if that figure is the average increase in funding during the period in question; if it was an average, the breakdown of the level of funding increase...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (29 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the continued delay in giving the go ahead for the purchase by Dublin Bus of 200 new buses. With traffic gridlock worsening daily, there is an urgent need to put measures in place to produce an immediate result. Bus-based transport can do that. I also raise the need for an immediate...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I do not take it lightly when groups such as Positive Action, Transfusion Positive, the Irish Haemophilia Society or the Irish Kidney Association contact me on an issue such as that which we face today. As far as I am concerned, those groups are experts because they are connected to people living with the problem. There is nobody with more expertise than those who live with this problem....

Local Authority Access. (29 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this item, as I hold the distinction of being the first person to receive a P45 as a consequence of the abolition of the dual mandate. While it might be thought I am joking, that is exactly how it happened. I was happy to receive it because it meant that I had been elected to the Dáil. I supported the end of the dual mandate. For several years, I...

Written Answers — School Management: School Management (29 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare is demanding that parents pay a registration fee in order to secure a school place for their children in the forthcoming year and is withholding items such as book lists until the fee has been paid; if her attention has further...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I strongly support those points. Yesterday I listened to the Tánaiste list symptoms that could be associated with other illnesses and viruses. The proposed subsection (c) is reasonable because a balance of probability would apply in this regard. If a person has the symptoms listed by the Tánaiste but never had a blood transfusion or was never treated with anti-D, it is clear that person...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)

Catherine Murphy: If one looks back over major political miscalculations in the past 12 years, the hepatitis C issue stands out. It happened because the only people considered to be experts were those with professional credentials. The other experts in this case are those living with the infection. They cannot be dismissed. I recall in the mid-1990s making arrangements for members of Positive Action to meet...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with Deputy Gilmore. I have never seen an environmental impact survey argue against a project. The items listed as critical infrastructure under the Seventh Schedule of the Bill include items of critical importance. Last week, An Bord Pleanála granted permission for an expansion of a water treatment plant and this needs to be implemented quickly. I remind the Minister of State that...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I support the amendment. A yellow notice for projects that have to be re-advertised is already a comparable case. I find that people do not read newspaper notices. In the area where the development is to take place it makes sense to differentiate the notices. This would be a wise move.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: One area of policy the public has a right to be concerned about is the area of planning. One need only look to Dublin Castle and the tribunals for the reason. Any punishment for wrongdoing in the past has fallen on the public. I refer to the €20 charge and the time limit restrictions for making objections. I agree with the point made by other speakers that this is the beginning of the end...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children by county who were provided with home tuition in lieu of school places in 2005; the expected numbers in 2006 by county; the number of these children with special learning needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25633/06]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the teaching and support staff resources which will be made available at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the successful section 29 appeals for places; if she will reconsider the enrolment policy in the area; the way in which pupils arriving during the year seeking accommodation at the school will be provided...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage of development of the Leixlip Garda Station; the estimated timeframe for commencement of works; the estimated timeframe for conclusion of works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25755/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the tax code as it relates to stamp duty in order to relieve the burden on families who wish to provide for a disabled person in the family home; his views on whether such measures are socially desirable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/06]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a family reunification application for a person (details supplied); if it has not reached a conclusion, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25575/06]

Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of section 29 appeals received in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; the number concluded successfully for those making the appeal; the number remaining unresolved in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25657/06]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (4 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places available at secondary level for the 2006 and 2007 school year for pupils transferring from primary outreach classes; the number of children seeking such places by county; the way in which it is intended to deal with the shortfall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25658/06]