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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statutory Instruments (10 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30658/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30587/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Statutory Instruments (10 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30646/14]

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I have talked to the HSE and the other agencies to see what solutions can be put in place. The big difficulty is that the great strength that is the flexibility of agency provision for some is the greatest weakness in this case. With a tracheotomy, for example, if something goes wrong, one literally has three minutes to change it. It is a life or death situation. We cannot have a...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Most of the political focus of recent weeks has been on the Cabinet reshuffle, who will be dropped and who will be promoted-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: -----but we all know that the changes will mean nothing if they do not make a serious difference in people's lives, not least in terms of health care. The recent focus on failures in that sector has been on the medical card fiasco, but there are other system failures and they do not all have to do with money. I wish to highlight the plight of Shay and Finn Guihen, who were born with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of properties per valuation band for each of the local authorities that have been declared for payment of the local property tax; the percentage of properties per valuation band for each of the local authorities are compliant with the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30049/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected income yield to the Exchequer from the local property tax per valuation band per local authority for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30050/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (9 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason money under the Pobal-administered funding for voluntary organisations has been cut to the Neurological Alliance of Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this organisation is a vital representative and advocacy group for over 700,000 persons here living with a neurological condition; if his...

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The free travel scheme is hugely desirable because it keeps people actively engaged and independent. If the 780,000 people on the scheme were all to start using cars, quite an amount of damage would be done to the environment. If we really want to count costs, then we must take all of them into account. Like others, I have been contacted by people who have asked me questions. People...

Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is not a gap; it is an ocean. In a survey parents replied that, if they were given an Aonad, 62% would opt for English. They have already made a commitment through the medium of Irish in primary school. This is a good news story for the revival of the language, but it is not lost on many that in the 2015-16 school year, 2016 being a significant anniversary, that we will go backwards in...

Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The community has been demonstrating it for 30 years.

Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the evidence supplied to him from north Kildare parents (details supplied) on the provision of a gaelcholáiste for the north-eastern Kildare region; his response to the findings; if he will open a dialogue with the parents with a view to resolving the matter for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I passed a document to the Minister of State detailing a survey conducted by parents in north Kildare whose children were being educated through the medium of Irish in seven gaelscoileanna under a system in which secondary schools had been provided in west Dublin in Lucan and Clondalkin. From 2015 that option will no longer be available because full capacity will have been reached in west...

Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Other Questions: Gaelcholáistí Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I most certainly do. The survey was provided for the Department. I am not sure who is doing the counting in it, but essentially the parents maintain that an Aonad will not cut it. They have sent their children to all-Irish primary schools and the numbers in all-Irish primary schools can be counted. We do not expect every child who attends an Irish primary school to go to an all-Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the number of additional accommodation approvals and the number of projects to go to construction under the five-year plan are adequate for County Kildare in view of its sustained high population growth rate and the fact that its pupil-teacher ratio is among the highest in the State; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the information sources his Department has utilised in any study prepared to assess the utility and implications of adopting a wealth tax; if he will share the findings of this research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29844/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Panel Rights (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who qualified here but later worked in the United Kingdom may not have their experience in the UK taken into account when applying for inclusion in the supplementary redeployment panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29363/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (8 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 446. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way many historical wells and hand water pumps have been categorised by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29435/14]